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The world's oddest airport names
I once took a flight from Batman Airport, had a layover at Useless Loop and then landed at Monkey Mia. Okay, I didn't. But I could have flown in or out of those and several other airports with equally odd names. Batman is located in Turkey, and Useless Loop and Monkey Mia serve Western Australia.
Skyscanner has put together a list of some of the strangest airport names in the world, including these. On the titillating side, there's Brest Airport in France and Ogle Airport in Guyana, while Asbestos Hill Airport in Canada and Mafia Airport in Tanzania are on the "airports you might not want to fly into" list. But at least neither of those sound as scary as Danger Bay Airport.
There are airports named for animals: Canada is home to Squirrel Cove, Muskrat Dam and Goose Bay Airports while the US has Chicken, Fox and Duck Airports. Then there are the ones that just sound silly: Wee Waa, Wagga Wagga, and Woodie Woodie Airports are all in Australia and Flin Flon and Kar Kar serve Papau New Guinea.
The site also lists some funny airport codes like BUM (Butler Airport), PEE (Perm Airport), and SEX (Sembach Airport).
Check out the full list of strange and silly airport names here.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
kwjayhawk Aug 14th 2009 2:27PM
my personal favorite is Sioux City, Iowa or better known as SUX
johnmc Aug 14th 2009 8:57PM
I work at one of those airports on the list - FAT.
James McGowan Aug 14th 2009 8:52PM
Flin Flon is in Manitoba, Canada.
mvcomputers Aug 16th 2009 8:46PM
That is the funniest and yet strangest list of air ports I have ever heard of. Great!!!
Jack Aug 16th 2009 10:24PM
If Los Angeles International airport is known as "LAX", Is Tampa Internatiomal airport known as "TAMPAX?
person Aug 17th 2009 7:28AM
Haha very funny. It's just not fun when you're the person that needs them!!!
MYRNA GOFF Aug 16th 2009 11:41PM
I am very, very disappointed in the picture showing Denver International Airport taken from the air after a snow storm. The Denver airport is amazing and was designed and built in a very, very unusual design and it deserved a fair shot (like a close up of its architecture on the inside and outside) in this showing of airports worldwide.
emma Aug 17th 2009 12:40AM
lighten up, it is fun for a change
miah Aug 17th 2009 12:57AM
it's not that funny.
billy Aug 17th 2009 3:58AM
I used to fly in Alaska. One airport was at the entrance to Denali National Park. We just called it park entrance, but the identifier is PAIN. And yes, it could be during very windy days.