2006-06-27 06:45:31 · 13 answers · asked by espi824 1 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Not Sure, but it's assigned by the FAA. Many airports are international and do not have X in their designation.
2006-06-27 06:49:50 · answer #1 · answered by TravelOn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here's a brief explanation from a story about the birth of airport codes:
"When the Wright brothers first took to the air in 1903, there was no need for coding airports since an airport was literally any convenient field with a strong wind. However, the National Weather Service did tabulate data from cities around the country using a two-letter identification system. Early airlines simply copied this system, but as airline service exploded in the 1930's, towns without weather station codes needed identification. Some bureaucrat had a brainstorm and the three-letter system was born, giving a seemingly endless 17,576 different combinations. To ease the transition, existing airports placed an X after the weather station code. The Los Angeles tag became LAX, Portland became PDX, Phoenix became PHX and so on. Incidentally at the historic sand dune in Kitty Hawk where the first flight occurred the U.S. National Parks Service maintains a tiny airstrip called FFA—First Flight Airport."
Read the whole story at:
http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html
2006-06-27 16:01:37 · answer #2 · answered by TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laxative
2006-06-27 14:42:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
International
2006-06-27 13:47:44 · answer #4 · answered by skyyn777 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X traditionally stands for International. SO in this sense Los Angles International Airport.
2006-06-27 14:17:55 · answer #5 · answered by rpeel61461 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't actually stand for anything.
Airport codes in the US started off as two letters, so Los Angeles was naturally known as "LA". When aviation growth required changing to three letter codes to accomodate all the new airports, airports with two letter codes like LA were given a meaningless "filler" letter to change them to three letters. The Portland, Oregon airport is called "PDX" for the same reason; Sarasota, Florida is known as "SRQ".
2006-06-27 13:52:52 · answer #6 · answered by missstevi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X = International
2006-06-27 13:48:38 · answer #7 · answered by kimchee_boi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For ease of reference in the aviation world, each airport is given a 3 letter designation. It does not stand for anything.
2006-06-27 13:51:14 · answer #8 · answered by spirus40 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HEY DUDE, LAX MEANS LOS ANGELES AND THE " X " FOR THE WORD LAX IS CODE FOR THE FIELD OF AVIATION I HOPE YOU CAN SLEEP WELL NOW
2006-06-27 14:06:35 · answer #9 · answered by ggoy33 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Xenophobic
2006-06-27 13:47:34 · answer #10 · answered by huh? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋