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macintux on Dec 14, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The maddening mess of airport codes [video]

Country namespaces would violate the implied (or maybe explicit) idea that the codes never change.

thriftwy on Dec 14, 2022 | [–]

When Kazakhstan renamed its capital from Astana to Nursultan it also changed airport code from TSE to NQZ.

Fun thing is that they have since renamed it back but the code is still NQZ. Why it was TSE before that is left as an excercise for the reader.

andromeduck on Dec 14, 2022 | [–]

Maybe location hash? Something like what 5 words or plus codes.

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