Those short airport location identifiers pack a lot more history, logic and hidden meaning than you might expect ...

Touring cyclist arriving at LAX, Los Angeles International Airport at Westchester, California, United States/USA. (Photo by: Marica van der Meer/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

IATA codes (International Air Transport Association airport codes) are three letter signifiers that airports are recognised by worldwide. They originated from two-letter identification codes used by ...

There are plenty of exceptions that seemingly have nothing to do at all with city names. Most travelers know Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport is ORD, but why? The site was originally Old Orchard ...