Flight Number In-jokes?

sturmovik · Fri May 01, 2015 5:01 pm

You win.

United1 · Fri May 01, 2015 5:30 pm

Quoting beachbum1970 (Reply 47):
There used to be a UA767 with
the tail number N666UA also, not sure if that plane is still in the fleet, we get so few wide bodies in Denver anymore

N666UA is sitting in EWR right now....just flew in from Paris.

My favorite tail number

777X · Fri May 01, 2015 5:43 pm

I'm sorta new here...
What's so funny about 69?

Maverick623 · Fri May 01, 2015 5:50 pm

Some US Airways flights:

500 PHX-IND (Indy 500)

777 SNN-PHL

1776 PHL-BOS-PHL

Before the AA merger they ran a PHX-CLT flight number 1550, with a scheduled departure of 3:50pm.

IslandRob · Fri May 01, 2015 5:52 pm

Quoting 777X (Reply 52):
I'm sorta new here...
What's so funny about 69?

That number has a widely understood sexual connotation. Google it. -ir

SAAFNAV · Fri May 01, 2015 6:08 pm

Quoting 777X (Reply 52):
I'm sorta new here...
What's so funny about 69?

Not just new here, but you must be new to the whole internet in general!

pasu129 · Fri May 01, 2015 6:20 pm

Quoting beachbum1970 (Reply 47):
the infamous 405 freeway

You mean the #405parkinglot ?

beachbum1970 · Fri May 01, 2015 6:24 pm

Quoting United1 (Reply 51):
N666UA is sitting in EWR right now....just flew in from Paris.

My favorite tail number

Cool, thanks!

speedbored · Fri May 01, 2015 6:30 pm

Quoting 777X (Reply 52):
I'm sorta new here...
What's so funny about 69?

Try it, then you'll know...

n797mx · Fri May 01, 2015 6:45 pm

Quoting IslandRob (Reply 54):
Quoting 777X (Reply 52):
I'm sorta new here...
What's so funny about 69?

Google it.

Bad idea!!!

ajhYXE · Fri May 01, 2015 7:08 pm

Quoting ideekay (Reply 19):
AY666 to HEL

Will that flight number ever be used for direct HVN-HEL service? Of course Helsinki will need to freeze over countless times before such a route will ever become remotely feasible.

Quoting 777X (Reply 52):
I'm sorta new here...
What's so funny about 69?

What are you learning in school these days?

LTU932 · Fri May 01, 2015 7:12 pm

Any flight that goes to AUS that has the flight number 316?

Those who know the Austin 3:16 promo from Stone Cold Steve Austin know what I mean.

[Edited 2015-05-01 12:13:45]

nojetlag · Fri May 01, 2015 8:06 pm

Slightly off topic, but there two airport abbreviations, my home town is Dud, and of course the cleanest city in Asia Singapore, airport code is Sin.

nojetlag · Fri May 01, 2015 8:11 pm

Oops forgot my wife's hometown in China, Shenyang and its She

32andBelow · Fri May 01, 2015 8:17 pm

I will let you guys figure this call sign out.

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/PEN152

klm672 · Fri May 01, 2015 8:21 pm

Quoting LTU932 (Reply 61):
Any flight that goes to AUS that has the flight number 316?

Those who know the Austin 3:16 promo from Stone Cold Steve Austin know what I mean.

That would be cool.

lucianflyboy · Fri May 01, 2015 8:44 pm

Spirit (NK)

FLL DFW NK 469
DFW FLL NK 972
LAS DFW NK 214
DFW LAS NK 817

All Dallas/Fort Worth area codes

29erUSA187 · Fri May 01, 2015 8:53 pm

Quoting 32andBelow (Reply 64):
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/PEN152

Hey PEN15! Im proud of myself for getting that one...

LV · Fri May 01, 2015 9:08 pm

Quoting hongkongflyer (Reply 10):
Any airline have flight 777 to or from LAS?

I know for sure F9 does 777 DEN-LAS and I know a few people have mentioned other airlines that have.

Back when CO was around I flew on 500, IND-IAH and a few airlines have had 500 and 400 (Brickyard 400) into IND over the years.

Brick · Fri May 01, 2015 9:18 pm

I have flown UA1492 between CMH and ORD a few times. Hover your mouse over CMH if you don't get it.

777X · Fri May 01, 2015 9:49 pm

Quoting ajhYXE (Reply 60):
What are you learning in school these days?

I try not to hang around perverts...
It's not even funny, it's just immature and stupid

32andBelow · Fri May 01, 2015 9:52 pm

Quoting 777X (Reply 70):
I try not to hang around perverts...

Wrong industry!

gunsontheroof · Fri May 01, 2015 10:00 pm

If I recall correctly, back before CVG was downsized, several of DL's CVG-SEA flights were numbered 727, 737, 747 etc. Can't recall the specifics, but I know the 1x daily that remains didn't keep any of those numbers...

SEA-DEN on AS/UA/WN/F9 420 would be fun...

HNL · Fri May 01, 2015 10:22 pm

Quoting doofus (Reply 1):
Any airlines flight 69.

AA69: MAD-MIA-SFO

vatveng · Fri May 01, 2015 11:01 pm

Quoting aloges (Reply 37):
Is ORF the commercial airport closest to Kitty Hawk, NC? Would be nice to have a flight 1903 to/from there.

It is, but it's far enough away that it wouldn't make sense to most people.

flynhi808 · Fri May 01, 2015 11:01 pm

HA HNL-JFK is HA50, call sign Hawaiian 50

IIRC, HA also had HA808 (HI area code

olddominion727 · Fri May 01, 2015 11:17 pm

US 5050 that crashed when the take-off was aborted from LGA-CLT in 89. The people had a 5050 chance of making it. Unfortunately some didn't.

Viscount724 · Fri May 01, 2015 11:33 pm

Quoting doofus (Reply 1):
Any airlines flight 69.

CP Air had a flight CP69 YUL-YYZ-YVR for quite a few years in the 1970s/80s.

IslandRob · Fri May 01, 2015 11:49 pm

Quoting 777X (Reply 70):
I try not to hang around perverts...

A curiously judgmental comment coming from someone of your (purported) age. Regards. -ir

747buff · Sat May 02, 2015 12:30 am

Quoting olddominion727 (Reply 76):
US 5050 that crashed when the take-off was aborted from LGA-CLT in 89. The people had a 5050 chance of making it. Unfortunately some didn't.

Ironically it wasn't even a scheduled flight. It was supposed to be a ferry flight, then some pax from earlier cancellations were added at the last minute, IIRC.

NW777 flew MSP-LAS for years.

NW 88 flew PEK-DTW.

Not that it will ever happen, but wouldn't it be hilarious if the 744 N666US flew to HEL?

nitepilot79 · Sat May 02, 2015 12:49 am

Quoting 29erUSA187 (Reply 40):

Quoting jetblue1965 (Reply 31):
UAL 420 is DEN-LGA ... go figure =)

Would have been better if was DCA-DEN or SEA-DEN

Don't forget PDX-DEN for #420

Viscount724 · Sat May 02, 2015 1:01 am

Quoting 747buff (Reply 79):
NW 88 flew PEK-DTW.

The CX HKG-YVR-JFK flight has been CX888 since it started. AC HKG-YVR is AC8, inherited from CP when it was CP8 for quite a few years. AC PEK-YYZ is AC88.

Does any carrier have a flight 13?

DeltaRules · Sat May 02, 2015 1:41 am

Quoting PanAm788 (Reply 24):
I remember flying NW1492 MSP-CMH a few years back on a DC-9-30. Pilot joked about the flight number on the intercom and the flight was smooth as silk.

Along with the other airlines mentioned (CO, UA), I think DL's first CMH-LAX (or vice versa) was DL 1492.

DL 500 was ATL-IND at one point.

Skybus 777 was CMH-GPT. The Gulfport/Biloxi area of Mississippi has casinos.

Allegiant 614 is a flight into or out of LCK. 614 is Columbus' area code.

longhauler · Sat May 02, 2015 2:19 am

Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 81):
The CX HKG-YVR-JFK flight has been CX888 since it started. AC HKG-YVR is AC8, inherited from CP when it was CP8 for quite a few years. AC PEK-YYZ is AC88.

And AC's flight YYZ-LHR-BOM-SIN started as AC858, then was changed to AC888, as it was supposedly a luckier number.

joeycapps · Sat May 02, 2015 2:53 am

Quoting IslandRob (Reply 78):
A curiously judgmental comment coming from someone of your (purported) age. Regards. -ir

midex461 · Sat May 02, 2015 2:58 am

At one point, the F9 flight from DEN-GSO was #336, which is the area code for GSO. Also, the first flight of the day from DAB-ATL on DL used to be #366, which is the statute mileage between DAB and ATL.

Quoting Maverick623 (Reply 53):
500 PHX-IND (Indy 500)

United:

UA500 IND-SFO

Zkpilot · Sat May 02, 2015 3:17 am

NZ88 to SIN is because 8 is lucky in Asia. Actually they have their 8x flights to Asia for that reason

FlyboyOz · Sat May 02, 2015 4:30 am

Ansett Australia used AN 888 from HKG to SYD too

pusserchef · Sat May 02, 2015 4:41 am

When QF retired VH-OJA a B747-438, its ferry flight number was QF7474 from Sydney to Albion Park and was scheduled to land at 0747 local time (it was a little late).

zkncj · Sat May 02, 2015 4:50 am

Air New Zealand's morning Auckland-Melbourne flight is NZ123

Utah744 · Sat May 02, 2015 5:44 am

My logbook shows that I flew NWA flight 711 MSP-LAS on July 11th (7/11 .Pretty obvious except for the date) but it was a B727-200 ship number 711. I made an announcement that it might be a good day to try the Craps tables in Vegas.

omerlich · Sat May 02, 2015 6:07 am

LY has flight 007 to JFK

bill142 · Sat May 02, 2015 6:10 am

One of QFs codeshare flights on EK from LHR-DXB is QF8008. Think about it.

dc10s2hnl · Sat May 02, 2015 6:37 am

Quoting PanAm788 (Reply 24):
NW1492 MSP-CMH

Back in the 80s/90s, US Air operated flight 1492 through CMH (usually part of routings like SYR-DCA-CMH-LAX-SFO). Interestingly, US 1493 going the other direction was involved in the runway collision at LAX in 1991 with the OO Metro, which killed 35.

aussie747 · Sat May 02, 2015 3:48 pm

When Qantas used to number its flight JFK-LAX-SYD As QF 108 it was often referred to those taking the flight from LAX back to SYD at One-O-Late as it quite often late in departing when delayed arrival from JFK.
However since then the routing and flight number has changed.

ajhYXE · Sat May 02, 2015 3:48 pm

Quoting 777X (Reply 70):
I try not to hang around perverts...
It's not even funny, it's just immature and stupid

Riiight...because everyone who understands sexual slang is nothing but a filthy pervert.

And last time I checked teenagers don't exactly hold the high ground when it comes to "immature and stupid" matters.

lugie · Sat May 02, 2015 5:47 pm

Quoting steady eddie (Reply 38):

used to have a night flight at my first airline that was the XXX2820 known as the owl flight. (work it out)

Could anyone help me with this? Please?

PietPiloot · Sat May 02, 2015 5:57 pm

At KLM we have the early morning flight out of Berlin to Amsterdam with call sign KLM22T... You know what it takes..

MonsieurX · Sat May 02, 2015 6:17 pm

Quoting lugie (Reply 96):
Could anyone help me with this? Please?

It's kind of hard to explain without being an expert in linguistic terms, but I'll give it a shot. Imagine an owl's call as being something like t'wit-t'woo when written down. When the numbers of that flight are pronounced individually (i.e. two-eight-two-'o', not twenty-eight twenty), it becomes an approximation of the owl's call, although I'll grant that some imagination may be required!

X

lugie · Sat May 02, 2015 7:18 pm

Quoting MonsieurX (Reply 98):

Thanks!

I found two more though I have to admit I don't know if they were intended:

-US Airways PHL-ORF-PHL rotation uses flight #4776 -> 4 / 7 / (17)'76
-Southwest DCA-DAL-SNA flight #4112 -> DAL 4th, 1st and 12th letter of the alphabet

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