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Oct 22, '07 6:58 PM
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa - City leaders have scrapped plans to do away with the Sioux Gateway Airport's unflattering three-letter identifier — SUX — and instead have made it the centerpiece of the airport's new marketing campaign.

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Sioux City officials petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration to change the code in 1988 and 2002. At one point, the FAA offered the city five alternatives — GWU, GYO, GYT, SGV and GAY — but airport trustees turned them down.

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ememalb wrote on Oct 22, '07

If I were them, I'd go with XYZ.

iambmetammy wrote on Oct 22, '07

Yeah... not as impressive as the Ride the SLUT marketing campaign.

neim0 wrote on Oct 22, '07

Out of 17576 possibilities about 10000 of them are taken. So I wonder what limitations the FAA puts on changes.

leonardofvince wrote on Oct 22, '07

In Canada, all airport codes begin with the letter Y. So the city code for Toronto is YTO and for Ottawa is YOW and for Vancouver is YVR, etc.

But if there's more than one airport, the airport codes seem to be essentially arbitrary. e.g. in Toronto, Pearson International Airport is YYZ, Buttonville airport is YKZ and the City Centre Airport is YTZ.

mrvogon wrote on Oct 22, '07

I used to cherish my YYZ tags on my luggage, as it made me think of Rush. But then it started making me think of how I acquired them, and I cut them off:(

mikemol wrote on Oct 22, '07

That reminds me of something I heard about the new Los Angeles airport. There was some concern over the old one being known as "Ex-LAX".

The Grand Rapids airport is pretty angry, though: GRR.

leonardofvince wrote on Oct 22, '07

mrvogon said

I used to cherish my YYZ tags on my luggage, as it made me think of Rush. But then it started making me think of how I acquired them, and I cut them off:(

Let me know if you want to acquire new ones for some other purpose.

mrvogon wrote on Oct 23, '07

I may do that, but I'm more interested in visiting our 51st state on two wheels next time (and when it's a bit warmer out than the last time:)

tuxette wrote on Oct 23, '07

CDG is the true SUX...

infinitemonkey wrote on Oct 23, '07

tuxette said

CDG is the true SUX...

Heh. Never been there myself, but my parents had to change planes there twice. The first time was pretty bad, but the second time made them swear never again.

Cheers,

Ethelred

finnbiff wrote on Oct 23, '07

Welcome to HEL... ;)

infinitemonkey wrote on Oct 23, '07

Hey! Those bastards didn't include our airport!

Cheers,

Ethelred

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