lynnandtonic / airport-codes

✈️ Making sense of those three-letter airport codes.
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+ STC, MHR #1283

Open lynnandtonic opened 1 year ago

lynnandtonic commented 1 year ago

Named after Charles McNary, US Senator for Oregon and 1940 candidate for Vice President, this airport code takes from the city of SaLEm, Oregon.

St. Cloud is a regional airport and backup feeder airport for MSP, and the code is named for the city of ST. Cloud, Minnesota.

Another instance of an airport that used to be a military airfield. Mather Airport is named for 2nd Lt. Carl Spencer MatHeR, a training pilot from WWI who lost his life in 1918.

lynnandtonic commented 1 year ago
{
    "id": "stc",
    "name": "St. Cloud Regional Airport",
    "city": "St. Cloud ",
    "state": "Minnesota",
    "stateShort": "MN",
    "country": "USA",
    "description": "St. Cloud Regional Airport gets its three-letter code from the city of *St*. *C*loud.",
    "imageCredit": "",
    "imageCreditLink": ""
}
lynnandtonic commented 1 year ago
{
    "id": "mth",
    "name": "Sacramento Mather Airport",
    "city": "Sacramento",
    "state": "California",
    "stateShort": "CA",
    "country": "USA",
    "description": "Sacramento Mather Airport is located on the former *M*a*th*er Air Force Base, named after Second Lieutenant Carl Spencer Mather who was killed in 1918.",
    "imageCredit": "",
    "imageCreditLink": ""
}