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August 13th 03, 01:47 AM
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"Greg Burkhart" wrote in message news:S9f_a.130591$uu5.18889@sccrnsc04... These are ones that I'm familiar with too. A lot of 3-letter identifiers make 'some' sense but I haven't figured out how Carroll, IA got CIN (C for Carroll, I for Iowa and N for Neu?), MFE (McAllen Miller International) and also JYG... The identifiers with numbers make even less sense... Can you think of more logical combinations that fit the criteria and are not in use? 
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August 13th 03, 02:18 AM
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
link.net... "Greg Burkhart" wrote in message news:S9f_a.130591$uu5.18889@sccrnsc04... These are ones that I'm familiar with too. A lot of 3-letter identifiers make 'some' sense but I haven't figured out how Carroll, IA got CIN (C for Carroll, I for Iowa and N for Neu?), MFE (McAllen Miller International) and also JYG... The identifiers with numbers make even less sense... Can you think of more logical combinations that fit the criteria and are not in use? How about CRL, MCA and SJM for these?
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August 13th 03, 02:49 AM
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"Greg Burkhart" wrote in message news:ylg_a.131184$uu5.18788@sccrnsc04... How about CRL, MCA and SJM for these? CRL is in use, it's Carleton VORTAC, MI. MCA and SJM are unassigned, but note that one of the criterion (one that is rather frequently ignored) is that the first and second letters or second and third letters or third and first letters of a three-letter identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation. Would assigning MCA to McAllen or SJM to St. James require such duplication?
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August 14th 03, 06:19 PM
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EOK Is Keokuk. Makes sense. CID Cedar Rapids. CVG is my favorite. Greater Cncinnati, OH airport, located in Covington, KY. Get it now? Actually, while Greater Cincinnati airport does use the CVG designation to stand for Covington, it is actually about 5-10 miles from Covington. It is actually located in Hebron, KY. I think they used the CVG designation because Covington was the closest city of a certain size, although most Cincinnatians (at least those on the Ohio side) think of Covington as just another suburb of Cincinnati.
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August 13th 03, 01:13 AM
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:4Oa_a.128203$o%2.55258@sccrnsc02...
In another thread, someone mentioned that only 13% (or something like that) of the possible 3-letter combinations are currently used as airport identifiers. Given this fact, why in the world did they start mixing numbers into the scene? For example, why "C89" (for Sylvania Field, in WI) instead of some letter combo? Because it doesn't report weather.
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