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Laatst bijgewerkt: 11 September 2026 Β· Door het AirportCodesDB-team
Airport codes are usually straightforward abbreviations β but some are hilariously confusing, accidentally rude, or just plain weird.
π The Funniest Airport Codes
Fukuoka, Japan β A perfectly normal abbreviation of the city name. One of Japan's busiest airports with 25M+ passengers annually.
Singapore β Not sinful at all. Changi Airport is consistently voted the world's best airport by Skytrax.
Mumbai, India β Not explosive! The code comes from the city's former name "Bombay." Despite the 1995 rename, the code stuck.
Dickinson, North Dakota, USA β Named after the city. A small regional airport in the Badlands.
Sioux City, Iowa, USA β The city actually tried to change it but couldn't. They embraced it with the slogan "FLY SUX."
Barra, Scotland β Located in the windy Outer Hebrides, the code suits the chilly climate perfectly. Planes land on the beach!
Gondar, Ethiopia β Named after the historic city once called the "Camelot of Africa."
Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, USA β Named after Lt. Eugene Barksdale, a WWI aviator. Despite the code, it's a major USAF base.
π€ Codes That Don't Match Their City
| Code | City | Why It Doesn't Match |
|---|---|---|
| ORD | Chicago | Originally "Orchard Field" |
| MCO | Orlando | McCoy Air Force Base |
| YYZ | Toronto | Canadian weather station code |
| PEK | Beijing | Old name "Peking" |
| BOM | Mumbai | Old name "Bombay" |
| NRT | Tokyo | Located in Narita city, not Tokyo |