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Skyscanner's Top 10 Personal Favourites:
1. Batman Airport (BAL) Turkey
2. Useless Loop Airport (USL), Australia
3. Black Tickle Airport (YBI), Canada
4. Mafia Airport (MFA), Tanzania
5. Moron Airport (MXV), Mongolia
6. Ogle Airport (OGL), Guyana
7. Brest Airport (BES), France
8. Eek Airport (EEK), USA
9. Pickle Lake Airport (YPJ), Canada
10. Raspberry Strait Airport (RSP), USA
Watch your language - airports that may offend!
1. Old Crow Airport (YOC), Canada
2. Fukui Airport (FKJ), Japan
3. Dang Airport (DNP), Nepal
4. Pratt Airport (PTT), USA
5. Ponce Airport (PSE), Puerto Rico
6. Fort Dix Airport (WRI), USA
7. Tsili Tsili Airport (TSI), Papau New Guinea
8. Gaylord Airport (GLR), USA
9. Shafter Airport (MIT), USA
10. Phi Phi Island Airport (PHZ), Thailand
11. Fak Fak Airport (FKQ), Indonesia
12. Big Bell Airport (BBE), Australia
Say what now? The strangest sounding airports
1. Gorom-Gorom Airport (XGG), Burkina Faso
2. Wee Waa Airport (WEW), Australia
3. Wagga Wagga Airport (WGA), Australia
4. Woodie Woodie Airport (WWI), Australia
5. Wuhu Airport (WHU), China
6. Xingning Airport (XIN), China
7. Puka Puka Airport (PZK), Cook Islands
8. Flin Flon Airport (YFO), Canada
9. Kar Kar Airport (KRX), Papua New Guinea
10. Linga Linga Airport (LGN), Papua New Guinea
11. Muko-Muko Airport (MAL), Indonesia
12. Mala Mala Airport (AAM), South Africa
13. Sabi Sabi Airport (GSS), South Africa
Airports you might prefer not to fly to...
1. Mafia Airport (MFA), Tanzania
2. Slave Lake Airport (YZH), Canada
3. Asbestos Hill Airport (YAF), Canada
4. Desolation Sound Airport (YDS) Canada
5. Crooked Island Airport (CRI), Canada
6. Deception Airport (YGY), Canada
[Canada sounds depressing - Syt]
7. Broken Hill Airport (BHQ), Australia
8. Warroad Airport (RRT), USA
9. Battle Mountain Airport (BAM), USA
10. Battle Creek Airport (BTL), USA
11. Mysore Airport (MYQ), India
12. Bloodvein Airport (YDV), Canada
13. Storm Lake Airport (SLB), USA
14. Red Devil Airport (RDR), USA
15. Rifle Airport (IRD), USA
16. Deadhorse Airport (SCC), USA
17. Cue Airport (CWT), Australia
18. Alert Airport (YLT), Canada
19. Danger Bay Airport (DGB), USA
20. Colon Airport (ONX), Panama
21. Gaspe Airport (YGP), Canada
Airport or Zoo - airports for animals?
1. Monkey Mia Airport (MJK), Australia
2. Atlanta Beaver Ruin Airport (JAO), USA
3. Squirrel Cove Airport (YSZ), Canada
4. Big Trout Airport (YTL), Canada
5. Snake River Airport (YXF), Canada
6. Goose Bay Airport (YYR), Canada
7. Whale Cove Airport (YXN), Canada
8. Beaver Creek Airport (YXP), Canada
9. Muskrat Dam Airport (MSA), Canada
10. Sheep Mountain Airport (SMU), USA
11. Elk City Airport (ELK), USA
12. Deer Park Airport (DPK), USA
13. Hawk Inlet Airport (HWI), USA
14. Big Bear Airport (RBG), USA
15. Red Dog Airport (RDB), USA
16. Moose Jaw Airport (YMJ), Canada
17. Mammoth Lakes Airport (MMH), USA
18. Wolf Point Airport (OLF), USA
19. Chicken Airport (CKV), USA
20. Fox Airport (FOX), USA
21. Duck Airport (DUF), USA
And finally, a little fun with IATA Airport Codes:
1. DIK - Dickinson Airport, USA
2. NOB - Nosara Beach Airport, Costa Rica
3. KOK - Kokkola/Pietarsaari Kruunupyy Airport, Finland
4. BOG - Bogotá Airport, Columbia
5. BUM - Butler Airport, USA
6. PEE - Perm Airport, Russia
7. POO - Pocos De Caldas Airport, Brazil
8. SEX - Sembach Airport, Germany
9. EAT - Wenatchee Airport, USA
10. FAT - Fresno Yosemite Airport, USA
11. CAT - Cat Island Airport, Bahamas
12. DOG - Dongola Airport, Qatar
13. DOH - Doha Airport, Qatar
Ahhh Australians.
Defiantly a nation founded by the British working class. Flippant to the end.
Quote from: Tyr on July 14, 2009, 11:58:58 AM
Ahhh Australians.
Defiantly a nation founded by the British Criminal class. Flippant to the end.
Fixed for accuracy.
Warroad should be in Australia. Otherwise the list seems correct.
Slave Lake is a terrible place. Indians are everywhere.
Places yours truly has been:
Flin Flon Airport (YFO), Canada
Slave Lake Airport (YZH), Canada
Beaver Creek Airport (YXP), Canada
Moose Jaw Airport (YMJ), Canada
Chicken Airport (CKX), USA (by the way, the list mistakenly says its code is CKV :smarty:)
And, the one airport on the list I have flown into/out of:
Whale Cove Airport (YXN), Canada
:cool:
Whale Cove is a tiny Inuit community on Hudson's Bay. The airport is gravel, is a single building with "Whale Cove" written on the side. I don't think you can even refuel there.
I've been to Battle Creek and Gaylord; neither of which are as exciting as the names would suggest. Battle Creek is the home of Post and Kellogg's. Gaylord is a city of about 4000 which is known for... :unsure: being on the road from Detroit to Mackinaw City :unsure:
Quote from: Syt on July 14, 2009, 11:43:23 AM
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Skyscanner's Top 10 Personal Favourites:
6. Ogle Airport (OGL), Guyana
Skyscanner's a languishite :contract:
but where is the putative sockpuppet?