Favorite Airport Name

airbus3801 · Fri Dec 31, 2004 3:34 pm

What do you think is the best airport name. I love my home airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor.

xjramper · Fri Dec 31, 2004 4:00 pm

DTW-"wayne county"

and the terminal name: McNamara

XJR

hbfly · Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:46 pm

Salzburg - W.A. Mozart

who was born in our town in 1756

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ZKSUJ · Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:54 pm

Phoenix Sky Harbour. I also thing the CDG is a cool name.

andz · Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:24 pm

I like this name cos I don't think anyone can pronounce it!

MRU: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport

justplanesmart · Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:41 pm

I rather like the name Dum Dum.

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CougarAviator · Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:46 pm

Intercontinental Airport (IAH) aka Bush Intercontinental

Ready4Pushback · Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:37 pm

Robin Hood Airport (Sheffield, UK)

SE210Caravelle · Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:14 am

I like Ohare International Airport (ORD). I think it flows well when it's announced over the PA and of course it is my home airport to! Big grin

Happy New Year!!!,

SE210Caravelle

bananaboy · Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:19 am

V C Bird International - ANU.

Just hearing that said with a Caribbean accent puts a smile on my face. Smile/happy/getting dizzy

Mark

soaringadi · Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:31 am

One of my favorite to hear is Heathrow !!!

Lan_Fanatic · Sat Jan 01, 2005 12:36 am

London Heathrow
Sockholm Arlanda
Oslo Fornebu and Gardermoen
Buenos Aires Ezeiza

skytrain · Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:38 am

1. London Heathrow (LHR)
2. Charles De Gaulle (CDG)
3. Eleftherios Venizelos (ATH)

Cheers - Skytrain.

FedExA380 · Sat Jan 01, 2005 1:51 pm

Hey Airbus3801... I'm with you, Phoenix Sky Harbor is a perfect name for an airport.. I grew up there.. I was there the day Terminal 4 opened up.. it was great to watch PHX grow to what it is today.

nzblue · Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:36 am

I can't pick just one! Some of my favorites include:

Kennedy International (JFK)
Amsterdam-Schiphol International (AMS)
Rome-Fiumicino (Leonardo da Vinci) International (FCO)
Lindbergh Field (SAN)

NZblue

salso · Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:46 am

To me, CGN (Cologne Bonn Konrad Adenauer Flughafen) sounds awesome. So sophisticated.

jfrworld · Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:39 pm

Ditto for Phoenix Sky Harbor!!

I was born and raised in PHX and I remember in the late 80's when some suggested the idea of renaming the airport after Barry Goldwater. Even in the Conservative/Republican state like AZ, there was such an outcry that the idea was dropped. Even Barry Goldwater came out and said that he was opposed to the idea and loved the name Sky Harbor.

Hey FedExA380, I too was there the day T4 was opened to public preview. I was like 13 at the time.

jetBlue190 · Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:51 pm

1. Paris- Roissy Charles De Gaulle International- CDG
2. New York- John F. Kennedy International- JFK
3. London Heathrow- LHR

-jB190

ConcordeBoy · Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:09 am

FAVES:
1) Roissy/Charles de Gaulle International Airport
2) London/Gatwick International Airport
3) London/Heathrow International Airport
4) New York/John Fitzgerald Kennedy International Airport (at Idlewild Field)
5) Phoenix/Sky Harbor International Airport
6) New York/Fiorello Henry LaGuardia International Airport
7) Chicago/Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare International Airport (at Orchard Field)
8) Boston/General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport
9) Hong Kong International Airport (primarily atop Chek Lap Kok island)
10) Athens/Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport

FAVE EXTINCT AIRPORT NAMES:
1) Hong Kong International Airport (at Kai Tak field)
2) Athens/Hellenikon International Airport
3) Denver/Stapleton International Airport

AIRPORTS WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN RUINED:
1) ATL
2) EWR

September11 · Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:00 pm

Favorite airport name:

Los Angeles International Airport

Why? L-A-X is most popular airport code of all!

KDTWflyer · Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:32 pm

Detroit Metro
Phoenix Skyharbor
Ramstein AFB

StevenUhl777 · Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:45 pm

"Sea-Tac" (SEA) is an easy one to say, rolls right off the tongue!

I think my favorite is "Tullamarine" in MEL. What a cool name! Smile/happy/getting dizzy

adam · Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:48 am

My home airport(s) :

Rome Leonardo Da Vinci (Fiumicino) Airport

BAViscount · Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:20 pm

Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok - sounds more like a pre-flight instruction than an airport name! Wink/being sarcastic

ozvirginuk · Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:10 am

I agree with many others Phoenix Sky Harbour is great,it sounds like a desert oasis.....

I think Heathrow sounds mechanical, and Gatwick sounds made up.....

Tullamarine (MEL) is a good one sounds Australian....

CLK (HKG) is a fantastic airport, but the name does sound like a checklist of pre-flight instructions!!

HAWK21M · Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:08 am

KAMRAJ INTERNATIONAL Smile

regds
MEL

Checo77 · Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:53 am

Stockholm Arlanda and George Bush Intercontinental in Houston are the bets airport names.
Regards,
Adam

ConcordeBoy · Sun Jan 16, 2005 4:17 am

Why? L-A-X is most popular airport code of all!

Though I agree with you... JFK might beg to differ.

Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok - sounds more like a pre-flight instruction than an airport name!

Chek Lap Kok has nothing to do with the official name of HKG
...sorta like people still calling JFK "Idlewild" Big grin

mtnmanmakalu · Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:31 am

US- SEA/Seattle-Tacoma aka- Sea-Tac

International- AMS/Amsterdam-Schiphol

mtnman Smile

SLC1 · Sun Jan 16, 2005 11:55 am

Favorites - Arlanda (ARN)/ Sciphol (AMS) ..

Least Favorite - SeaTac (SEA) , how unimaginative

...btw, L-A-X is known nationwide, ask someone where J-F-K airport is in the west, maybe 30% would know (although JFK would beg to differ, LAX is the most popular airport code ever)

ltbewr · Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:28 pm

I like the name Heathrow as it clearly identifiable and is a name that could only be found in England. It is a simple, clear name and was the name of a village that was on the site of that airport. Phoneix Sky Harbor is quite good too. Neither get into politics, or into questionable people whom names may be forgotten many years from now, easy to spell and distincitve. I would also note that the literal translation of the German word for airport, flugenhaven (sp?) is flight or aircraft harbor. Names of aviators, or those connected to aviators are good too. Houston/Bush Intercontential is a sutable name as President (#41) and he was a torpedo bomber pilot in WWII in the Pacific, he was shot down and somehow survived and was rescued in a very dangerous place. Chuck Yeger, the first man to survive the speed of sound and an excellent WWII fighter pilot in Europe has his name on an airport in his original home area of West Virginia, USA. Lindburgh Field in San Diego, CA is also a good name as his historic "Sprit of St. Louis" aircraft was made by Ryan Aircraft adjacent to the site of the Lindburg Field. The Ryan Aircraft Co. still exists and has facilities there (it is part of a larger USA based company for a number of years).

JUANR · Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:41 pm

I find airports named after a person name quite boring; My favorite is BOG "Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado" "El Dorado International Airport"

Juan
SKBO

VictorTango · Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:58 pm

Fav: London Heathrow - Sounds Cooool!
Least Fav: BOM - Chatrapati Shivaji International - Yuck! Sahar was so much better.

Rgds, Olly

goboeing · Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:10 pm

I like the sound of Sheremetyevo.

Nick

kc7mmi · Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:55 am

Phoenix Sky Harbor is a great name..only problem is, it's run by the City of Phoenix. Big grin

I also like my hometown airport Falcon Field.
-Benjamin

amirs · Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:52 pm

I like BEOING FIELD, BEN GURION, TULAMARINE, Eleftherios Venizelos , LAX, malpensa

I DISLIKE ... GATWICK, ORLY, Laguardia,

centrair · Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:16 pm

Not open yet but
Chubu International Airport - Centrair (Central Airport)
Take some boring words and put them together. WAM! Centrair. nice.
Much easier than Chubu International Airport or Chubu Kokusai Kukou.

aerorobnz · Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:01 pm

has to be Napoli Capodichino -NAP. Say quickly with Italian accent for best results.....Na-poh-lee Car-pa-dee-chee-no

ndebelebev · Mon Jan 24, 2005 10:29 pm

Hello

Sydney-Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD/YSSY)

Always sends shivers down my spine Smile/happy/getting dizzy

And good old Manchester International (Ringway) because its my home airport.

Regards

Ndebelebev

flyingnanook · Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:50 pm

I love CDV (Cordova, Alaska) - Mudhole Smith Airport. It always brings a smile to my face.

WA727 · Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:33 am

Fellow Sky Harbor fans:

Terminal 4's new south concourse opening 3/05 and will house SW with 8 gates. That makes 7 of the 8 concourses completed. Also, note the new 300 foot ATC going up next time you're flying through.

BALandorLivery · Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:58 am

I quite like Punta Raisi (PMO/LICJ) at Palermo.

just something about it Insane

OzarkD9S · Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:59 am

Being a major Beatles fan:

Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Finally, an airport named after someone REALLY important.

Runner Up:

New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport

AAtakeMeAway · Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:15 am

Love Field and Sky Harbor I think are cool.
ABQ Sunport is OK, but a little cheesy.

My least favorites are the ones with no flavor (i.e. DFW, MIA, SEA)

mdsh00 · Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:38 pm

I also like Sky Harbor, and FCO

LAX is the most popular airport code ever
No doubt about that. JFK got it's recognition after being named "Kennedy International." "LAX" on the other hand has been so popular that a name is probably not necessary. Why else does the airport have gigantic L A X at the entrance (on the top right by the poles)

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estick · Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:04 am

Definitively, Liverpool JOHN LENNON Airport!!!
For spanish speaking people.....don't you find Cordoba's "Pajas Blancas" kinda funny?????

Regards!

Estick

burnsie28 · Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:16 pm

DTW with the McNameitaftermyself errr NWA world gateway terminal Big thumbs up

USAIRWAYS321 · Wed Feb 16, 2005 3:58 pm

I like Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Albuquerque International Sunport the best. Melbourne's Tullamarine is pretty cool, too.

57AZ · Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:45 pm

Washington National for the US airports. Others with good names are Boeing Field, Reno Cannon, John C. Tune (Nashville) and First Flight (Kill Devil Hills, NC).

BA380 · Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:15 pm

Bananaboy

you beat me to it. I love it when they say "welcome to the VC Bird International Airport in Antigua, The Jewel of the Caribbean". Magic!

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