Two aviation fans set out to document the world's airport codes and explain how they were chosen with their website Airport Codes. Listing the origins of 438 airports from 94 countries, ...

The Airport Codes website provides stories behind more than 350 airport codes around the world. The following gallery offers a sampling, with back stories provided courtesy of the site.

Here are some interesting airport codes around the world: BAM — Battle Mountain airport in Nevada. BUM — Butler Airport in Missouri. CAT — Cat Island in the Bahamas ...

There are only 676 possible combinations using two letters (26x26), and there are over 1,200 international airports in the world today. So, the codes were increased to three letters with 17,576 ...

World Area Code : 67: Airport Type : Small: Orlando Airport Address / Contact Details : Lake Buena Vista Stolport (DWS), Orlando, FL 32836, USA: Timezone : America/New_York: Walt Disney World Airport ...

"Canadian airports are not the only ones with IATA codes that don't match the name," he adds. "Chicago's O'Hare airport, the fifth-busiest in the world, has the designation ORD.