It seems that in every other case in the US, in the common names for airports that service more than one city, the city names are in alphabetical order (e.g. Dallas/Ft. Worth, Akron/Canton, Midland/Odessa, Champaign/Urbana, Greenville/Spartanburg, and others).
2007-06-27 00:33:35 · 5 answers · asked by Alex F 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
Actually, good question. In ALL cases, it's the larger city that is first, but it's funny how they seem to be alphabetized.
Hope this helps!
2007-06-27 00:38:44 · answer #1 · answered by NotAgain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's simply the larger city named first. And Raleigh is larger than Durham.
However what's funny is back when the airport was being first built, Durham was actually larger than Raleigh. But that changed soon after.
2007-06-27 13:40:13 · answer #2 · answered by rob1977nc 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it seems the larger city goes first. But even if Durham is larger, Raleigh is the state capital so that might be it too.
2007-06-27 07:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by noble_savage 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question.
I grew up in Minneapolis/St. Paul. I guess I've never noticed that before. In the case of Mpls/St. Paul, I always assumed Minneapolis was first because it is the larger city of the two.
2007-06-27 11:48:21 · answer #4 · answered by gopher646 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been wondering about that myself, and what's worse is they've been calling this entire city "Raleigh/Durham". I think you should know, that really irks me.
2007-06-27 07:43:30 · answer #5 · answered by Mike M. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋