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One Typo, Wrong Continent
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CGP Grey explains why airport codes are inconsistent and sometimes confusing, from their origins in old weather station codes to the quirks that cause mistakes. He builds the story around a single typo that sent a flight to the wrong continent.
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HN people point to it as a fun summary of how messy airport codes are, especially in threads on aviation falsehoods and code collisions.
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CGP Grey did a couple of episodes on runways[0] and airport codes[1] that are just fascinating and worth the watch [0] [LINK] [1] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗Great Summary of how messed up Airport Codes are by CGP Grey [VIDEO] including (attempts at) a few in-depth reasons for why these quirks exists
Read original comment ↗CGP Grey The Maddening Mess of Airport Codes! [VIDEO] I'd rather deal with designing tables to properly represent names.
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