EuroBonus From Denmark, joined Nov 2004, 96 posts, RR: 0 Posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2373 times:
Just wondering how many international airports got female names after famous female pioneers, royals, etc. I don't think there's many. I just can think of two so far:
Concorde001 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1230 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2357 times:
Amman - Queen Alia International Airport
Delhi - Indira Gandhi International Airport
When Diana, Princess of Wales died some were thinking of renaming Heathrow as Princess Diana International, or something along those lines.
Cadet57 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 9081 posts, RR: 34 Reply 2, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2335 times:
SXM- Princess Juliana
AUA- Queen something or other, i cant remember now.
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Oly720man From United Kingdom, joined exactly 9 years ago today! , 6183 posts, RR: 11 Reply 3, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2325 times:
Queen Beatrix Airport, Aruba
Princess Juliana, St Maarten
Some smaller airports..
There's an Amelia Earhart Airport in Atchison Kansas.
Nancy Bird Walton has a terminal named after her at Bourke airport NSW, Australia. QF's first A380 will carry her name as well.
2travel2know From Panama, joined Apr 2005, 3580 posts, RR: 4 Reply 5, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2288 times:
Medellín City Airport is called Olaya Herrera.
Maracaibo Airport is known as "La Chinita" = Little Chinawoman, but I've told that name has nothing to do with a chinawoman.
Rio Hato Aerodrome in Panamá - site of a former US Military base - is named Cap. Scarlett Martínez.
Summa767 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 2387 posts, RR: 7 Reply 7, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 2200 times:
Quoting 2travel2know (Reply 5): Medellín City Airport is called Olaya Herrera.
But in this case Olaya is a surname. The name of the airport is Enrique Olaya Herrera (Hence EOH as its code)
Enrique Olaya H was a president of Colombia.
2travel2know From Panama, joined Apr 2005, 3580 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 2154 times:
Quoting Summa767 (Reply 7): But in this case Olaya is a surname. The name of the airport is Enrique Olaya Herrera (Hence EOH as its code)
Enrique Olaya H was a president of Colombia.
This is news for me and a lot of other people, Olaya Herrera was actually a man!?
Shamrock350 From Ireland, joined Mar 2005, 6100 posts, RR: 15 Reply 12, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2007 times:
Quoting Concorde001 (Reply 1): When Diana, Princess of Wales died some were thinking of renaming Heathrow as Princess Diana International, or something along those lines.
They should have named a terminal after her and not the whole airport. It is a nice idea.
Coronado990 From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 1590 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 2000 times:
TIRANA-Rinas International Mother Theresa (TIA/LATI)
SlamClick From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 10062 posts, RR: 71 Reply 14, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 1989 times:
Who could forget San Diego's "Linda Bergh" field?
Las Vegas and Mc Karen?
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2travel2know From Panama, joined Apr 2005, 3580 posts, RR: 4 Reply 15, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1899 times:
How about ORY - Paris Orly? Orly is sometimes a female name.
Before MGA name was changed to Sandino International it was known as "Las Mercedes".
I think there's an airport on Puerto Rico called "Mercedita" - it's Ponce?
Quoting Brink777 (Reply 11): stockholm arlanda ARN if that was a name of somone not sure
Arlanda is an skandinavian name of some kind. Can't say if it's female or male. For an spanish speaker sounds like a female name, doubt if there are girls named Arlanda in Latinamerica.
Kiwiandrew From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 8435 posts, RR: 15 Reply 16, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1888 times:
a few years ago there was a proposal to rename Auckland International Airport after Jean Batten , the female aviation pioneer ( and the first person to fly from the UK to New Zealand ), sadly they wimped out and made a messy compromise by just renaming the international terminal .
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Confuscius From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 3633 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1879 times:
N276AASTT From US Virgin Islands, joined Jan 2004, 620 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1875 times:
Xpat From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 634 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1689 times:
Swissgabe From Switzerland, joined Jan 2000, 5265 posts, RR: 37 Reply 24, posted (7 years 4 months 2 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1653 times:
Dhaka - Zia International Airport (Bangladesh)
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25 Civilav: Let me put the record straight here. La Chinita refers to the Catholic patron of Maracaibo city, the Virgin of Our Lady of Chiquinquira. Her facial f
26 Zizou: Colombo's airport is named after the 1st female prime minister in the world; Bandarnaike
27 Planemanofnz: The international terminal at Auckland Airport is named after the famous kiwi pilot - Jean Batten
28 2travel2know: I'm not that well informed of Singalese history, Was Mrs Bandarnaike primeminister before or after Golda Meir of Israel? Mrs Meir has not gotten an a
29 Civilav: Mrs. Golda Meir was PM of Israel from 1968 till the mid 70's when she resigned over differences with her cabinet. Mirs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike was sev
30 Swissgabe: Isn't the airport in Colombo named after the father of Bandaranaike? She got a new name as she married anyway.
31 ZKSUJ: I thought that was just the food court inside the terminal ?
32 Planemanofnz: Yes and no. When you walk from the carpark past those little paying machines and then you walk into this area where there is elevators and vending ma
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