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For a person who doesn't like to fly, I have been to a lot of airports. I wondered, I counted, I remembered more. 71 73 so far. Some unusual ones, like Yakutat, Invercargill and Yellowknife. I can't exactly remember when the landing in SLC was diverted to Twin Falls, so that date may change. I mainly try to forget the terror of the attempted landing in the thunderstorm before the pilot had a better thought.
The image doesn't have anything specific to do with airports, but I did make it on the first trip with my D70, back in 2004. Read on to see the entire table. I will update it as I add to my collection, although that's not likely to be anytime soon. Road trips for me, until this book is done. After that, all destinations considered. Recommendations?
| # | Airport | Country | State | City | Date | Story | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AEP | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Oct-06 | regional airport to Bariloche | ||
| 2 | BRC | Argentina | Bariloche | Oct-06 | learning Spanish during R's meeting | ||
| 3 | EZE | Argentina | Buenos Aires | Oct-06 | int'l airport to Bariloche | ||
| 4 | SYD | AU | NSW | Sydney | Aug-04 | on the way to Perth | |
| 5 | BNE | AU | Queensland | Brisbane | Jan-04 | layover day for Whitsundays trip | |
| 6 | HTI | AU | Queensland | Hamilton Island | Jan-04 | a week in the Whitsundays | |
| 7 | PER | AU | Western Australia | Perth | Aug-04 | Margaret River after R's meeting | |
| 8 | YEG | CA | AL | Edmonton | Jun-05 | rafting the Nahanni | |
| 9 | YHZ | CA | NS | Halifax | Nov-06 | tagalong on R's meetings | |
| 10 | YFS | CA | NWT | Ft. Simpson | Jun-05 | rafting the Nahanni | |
| 11 | YZF | CA | NWT | Yellowknife | Jun-05 | rafting the Nahanni | |
| 12 | CYB | Cayman Islands | Cayman Brac | Mar-02 | to get to Little Cayman | ||
| 13 | GCM | Cayman Islands | Grand Cayman | Jan-98 | to get to Little Cayman | ||
| 14 | LYB | Cayman Islands | Little Cayman | Jan-98 | in a twin otter | ||
| 15 | CDG | France | Paris | Jun-80 | foreign exchange student | ||
| 16 | SNN | Ireland | Shannon | Jun-06 | Galway, Connemara, Inish Meain | ||
| 17 | KIX | Japan | Osaka Kansai | Nov-97 | Kyoto, Osaka, Nara | ||
| 18 | NRT | Japan | Tokyo | Aug-98 | Tokyo, Nagoya, Takayama | ||
| 19 | AMS | Netherlands | Amsterdam | Nov-89 | Amsterdam, Bruges, Paris | ||
| 20 | AKL | NZ | Auckland | Nov-03 | R's mini-sabbatical | ||
| 21 | CHC | NZ | Christchurch | Nov-03 | transfer from Invercargill | ||
| 22 | IVC | NZ | Invercargill | Nov-03 | leaving hospital after hiking trip | ||
| 23 | ZQN | NZ | Queenstown | Nov-03 | a hiking trip | ||
| 24 | BOB | Tahiti | Bora Bora | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 25 | HUH | Tahiti | Huahine | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 26 | MOZ | Tahiti | Moorea | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 27 | PPT | Tahiti | Papeete | May-02 | a catamaran adventure | ||
| 28 | JNU | US | AK | Juneau | Jul-00 | Start of Tatsinshini river trip | |
| 29 | SIT | US | AK | Sitka | Jul-00 | Reward for surviving Tatsinshine river trip | |
| 30 | YAK | US | AK | Yakutat | Jul-00 | End of Tatsinshini river trip | |
| 55 | FLG | US | AZ | Flagstaff | Jun-08 | aerial photography of Sunset Crater for Hwy89 project | |
| 31 | PHX | US | AZ | Phoenix | 1996 | work at the U | |
| 32 | TUS | US | AZ | Tucson | Dec-98 | work at the U | |
| 33 | FAT | US | CA | Fresno | Nov-06 | Yosemite with mom | |
| 34 | LAX | US | CA | Los Angeles | Jun-80 | on the way to Paris | |
| 35 | OAK | US | CA | Oakland | 1982 | home airport #3 when I lived in Palo Alto | |
| 36 | ONT | US | CA | Ontario | 1994 | visit my sister - survived Northridge earthquake | |
| 37 | PSP | US | CA | Palm Springs | 1995 | tagalong on R's meetings | |
| 38 | SAN | US | CA | San Diego | Jun-94 | work at the U | |
| 39 | SFO | US | CA | San Francisco | 1982 | home airport #2 when I lived in Palo Alto | |
| 40 | SJC | US | CA | San Jose | 1982 | home airport #1 when I lived in Palo Alto | |
| 41 | SNA | US | CA | Santa Ana | Jun-75 | My first airport departure | |
| 42 | DEN | US | CO | Denver | 1986 | to visit friends and try skiing | |
| 43 | DCA | US | DC | Reagan | Jul-92 | DC for 4th of July | |
| 44 | FLL | US | FL | Ft. Lauderdale | May-96 | after they moved R's meeting from Sarasota | |
| 45 | SRQ | US | FL | Sarasota | Sep-05 | another R meeting on the beach | |
| 46 | TPA | US | FL | Tampa | May-93 | first tagalog meeting with R to Sarasota | |
| 47 | ATL | US | GA | Atlanta | May-96 | on the way to Ft. Lauderdale | |
| 48 | TWF | US | ID | Twin Falls | Aug-96 | diversion from SLC after aborted landing in a t-storm | |
| 49 | IND | US | IN | Indianapolis | Oct-91 | to visit my friend Marilyn | |
| 50 | MSY | US | LA | New Orleans | Oct-97 | booth at Neuroscience to launch the company | |
| 51 | BOS | US | MA | Boston | Oct-04 | on the way to Acadia | |
| 52 | BGR | US | ME | Bangor | Oct-04 | Acadia | |
| 53 | DTW | US | MI | Detroit | Jun-04 | R had a meeting, dinner at the GM car museum | |
| 54 | MSP | US | MN | Minnesota | Jun-04 | on the way to Detroit | |
| 55 | GTF | US | MT | Newark | Jun-08 | traveling to Choteau for Hwy89 project | |
| 55 | EWR | US | NJ | Newark | Jun-06 | transfer to Ireland | |
| 56 | ABQ | US | NM | Albuquerque | 1992 | San Ildefonso pueblo art fair | |
| 57 | JFK | US | NY | New York | Jun-80 | on the way to Paris | |
| 58 | CVVG | US | OH | Cincinnati | Jul-03 | on the way to Paris | |
| 59 | OKC | US | OK | Oklahoma City | 1983 | meeting the BF's parents | |
| 60 | TUL | US | OK | Tulsa | 1983 | meeting the BF's parents | |
| 61 | PDX | US | OR | Portland | Aug-98 | transfer to Japan | |
| 62 | RAP | US | SD | Rapid City | Jun-75 | My first airport destination | |
| 63 | AMA | US | TX | Amarillo | 1992 | Solo camping trip to Palo Duro Canyon | |
| 64 | DFW | US | TX | Dallas-Fort Worth | 1987 | SWA transfers | |
| 65 | ELP | US | TX | El Paso | 1991 | first trip with R | |
| 66 | HOU | US | TX | Houston-Hobby | 1987 | home airport #1 when I lived in Houston | |
| 67 | IAH | US | TX | Houston-Intercontinental | 1987 | home airport #2 when I lived in Houston | |
| 68 | BTF | US | UT | Skypark- Bountiful | Nov-02 | day trip to Wendover in Clark's new plane - I did the take-off | |
| 69 | ENV | US | UT | Wendover | Nov-02 | day trip return - R flew most of the way back | |
| 70 | SLC | US | UT | Salt Lake City | 1993 | home airport since moving to SLC | |
| 71 | SEA | US | WA | SeaTac | 1988 | mom moved here |
Comments (2)
Hey, what a cool meme. You should think about passing this airport meme around to al select group of folks to spread it around.
Posted by BWJones | June 11, 2007 8:37 PM
Posted on June 11, 2007 20:37
As a pilot, I find this fascinating, although I'm not sure why. I think it's because I thought Airport Codes were things that just pilot types and travel agents thought about. Then I got to wondering whether non-pilots realized that just about every airport -- even teeny tiny ones -- has one of these codes.
A note here: all 3-letter codes for airports in the US are preceded with a K for their formal code. So Salt Lake City would be KSLC. But I'm not sure how important that is if you're not putting the code into an aviation database GPS.
Anyway, this post does indeed make a good meme. I've suggested it in a post on my blog, hoping that other pilots will blog about the airports (or airport codes) they've landed at.
Maria (4 miles from 80T)
Posted by Maria | July 25, 2008 8:21 PM
Posted on July 25, 2008 20:21