On Jun 7, 12:28 pm, Bob Crawford wrote:
According to http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html "Z" codes have been
reserved for "special uses".

Ah, I've read that site before but apparently not well enough... I
actually thought about whether there were any restrictions on leading
Z before I posted, but convinced myself there were not thanks to
another nearby airport - Zanesville (KZZV). FWIW, someone pointed out
in a similar discussion elsewhere that there's also KNEW in New
Orleans, so all the rules are made to be broken I suppose

Your 200nm rule might explain why it wasn't KELI - too close to
KERI... so, yeah, maybe they just got sick of trying to make something
fit and picked some random letters out of the hat. Maybe someday I'll
get to the bottom of it...

todd