SFORunner From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 323 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3648 times:
Is it not the name of the city the airport is located in?
Kjet12 From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 975 posts, RR: 8 Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3648 times:
I believe that was the name of the village that the airport was built in just outside of Tokyo.
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22024 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3621 times:
Narita is a small town were the airport was built at.
I have visited "downtown" Narita on several layovers in the past.
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Ktachiya From Japan, joined Sep 2004, 1729 posts, RR: 2 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 3586 times:
Narita is indeed the name of the town that it was built in. It is interesting, if some naieve guy didn't suggest to the government to build the airport there, then it would have been located in Sanrizuka city which is also a part of Chiba prefecture and it wouldn't have had to deal with all the land constraints that it currently deals with........
The name of the airport itself recently got switched over to Narita airport. Before that, it was called Shin-Tokyo International airport (New Tokyo International Airport) because HND is called Tokyo International Airport.
Danialanwar From Switzerland, joined Mar 2001, 421 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3491 times:
Many airports are called by the village they are closets to - and since it's small villages never heard of before, it does sound "exotic" at times:
Zurich KLOTEN
Amsterdam SHIPOL (I believe)
Singapore CHANGI
Kuala Lumpur SEPANG Intl
Melbourne TULLAMARINE
Tokyo NARITA
to name but a few ...
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UpperDeck79 From Finland, joined Feb 2005, 1139 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3500 times:
Helsinki-VANTAA. Is that exotic or just strange?
Yes, I wish it wasn't Narita where the New Tokyo International Airport is located, as maybe then Finnair could get more than two slots per week there...
IBERIA747 From Spain, joined Aug 2003, 1825 posts, RR: 62 Reply 8, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3479 times:
Also:
Buenos Aires EZEIZA (Even though the official name is "Ministro Pistarini Int'l"
Madrid BARAJAS
Barcelona EL PRAT (Right next to the town of EL Prat de Llobregat)
Montevideo CARRASCO
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 10445 posts, RR: 20 Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 3370 times:
StevenUhl777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 3219 times:
Quoting Danialanwar (Reply 6): Many airports are called by the village they are closets to - and since it's small villages never heard of before, it does sound "exotic" at times:
Zurich KLOTEN
Amsterdam SHIPOL (I believe)
Singapore CHANGI
Kuala Lumpur SEPANG Intl
Melbourne TULLAMARINE
Tokyo NARITA
to name but a few ...
Didn't know that about MEL...I think that's one of the coolest names for an airport..."Tullamarine"
ExFATboy From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2974 posts, RR: 9 Reply 13, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3104 times:
I presumed it was Japanese for "Huge Airport That's A Pain In The Ass"
Seriously, it's interesting to see this international naming convention, especially since we don't seem to practice it here in the US. If our airports have more words in the name, they seem to either be a dead politician or some weird bit of wishful thinking (yep, I'm looking at YOU, "Fresno-Yosemite International"...)
It would be interesting if we had such a practice here in the US:
New York - Astoria (La Guardia)
New York - Howard Beach (JFK)
Tampa - Westshore
Denver - Middle Of BFE
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 14, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 3067 times:
Well, in the US we have Cincinnatti Northern-Kentucky (where it actually is) and the code is CVG for Covington, Kentucky
Maui's airport is Kahului International, after the village of Kahului where it is. Same with Maui Kapalua. Keyhole-Kona as well.
Many major airports in the US are simply named for their city, like Los Angeles International, Miami International, San Fransisco International, etc.
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Fewsolarge From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 409 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2988 times:
It does come from a town name, but here's where the town name came from: The "nari" character means to become or come of age, and the "ta" character (same as in Haneda, Honda, Toyota, etc.) means field or rice paddy. Haneda literally means wing field.
GoBoeing From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 2630 posts, RR: 12 Reply 17, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 2940 times:
Thanks for the information everyone. Interesting that the naming of airports after a local town seems to be a non-U.S. practice. I like it better than naming airports after people. Thanks for explaining the word, Fewsolarge. If I have a daughter someday, I think I might name her Narita. I like that name.
FFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 732 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 2839 times:
And if you'll have a son, maybe you want to name him as Los Angeles International, or...Lax!
ACAfan From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 709 posts, RR: 6 Reply 19, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2829 times:
Quoting GoBoeing (Reply 17): Thanks for the information everyone. Interesting that the naming of airports after a local town seems to be a non-U.S. practice. I like it better than naming airports after people. Thanks for explaining the word, Fewsolarge. If I have a daughter someday, I think I might name her Narita. I like that name.
How about Arlanda?
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Swisskloten From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 22, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 2625 times:
So, are Arlanda, Landvetter and Sturup actually names of towns? Malmo isn't big compared to other cities in Europe, a measly 300,000 people! Stockholm has only around 800,000 as well. Any Swede a.netters who can answer this?
Trolley Dolley From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 2565 times:
Here in New Zealand there is Mangere (Auckland), Rongotai (Wellington) Harewood (Christchurch) and Momona (Dunedin). Most of them are the Maori names for the areas they are built on.
Narita is quite a nice place. A Qantas technical crew took me to all the night spots, certainly more fun than staying in central Tokyo as you could be in a rocking pub within an hour of touchdown.
AADC10 From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 1831 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 2557 times:
Quoting Danialanwar (Reply 6): Many airports are called by the village they are closets to - and since it's small villages never heard of before, it does sound "exotic" at times:
Zurich KLOTEN
Amsterdam SHIPOL (I believe)
Singapore CHANGI
Kuala Lumpur SEPANG Intl
Melbourne TULLAMARINE
Tokyo NARITA
to name but a few ...
My favorite airport name is Milan Malpensa, which is named after the nearby town, but it appears to translate as something like "bad thought" or "bad idea." "Schiphol" (whirlpool) is a good one too.
Two of the airports here in the Los Angeles area are named after actors: John Wayne (SNA) and Bob Hope (BUR). I nominate Jimmy Stewart to be the new name for LAX. He played Charles Lindbergh in "The Spirit of St. Louis," and an aeronautical engineer in "No Highway in the Sky." He of course, also had a cameo in "Airport '77." I suppose they could revert to its original name: Mines Field. You could then make funny puns about "minefields."
Nartia is actually much better now that it was when it opened. You used to have to take a bus past the angry farmers. Now the train goes right into the terminal. Still, it would be a ghost town if international airlines were not forced to fly there instead of Haneda.
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