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Airport Codes Quiz #1

We give you the airport code. You give us the major city served by that airport.
Give the major city served by the airport, even if the airport is technically in the suburbs
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First submittedJune 2, 2012
Times taken163,940
Average score59.4%
Rating4.80
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Code
City
SEA
Seattle
LAX
Los Angeles
LHR
London
MAD
Madrid
CPT
Cape Town
AMS
Amsterdam
SGN
Ho Chi Minh City
FLL
Fort Lauderdale
Code
City
CDG
Paris
JFK
New York City
ORD
Chicago
SFO
San Francisco
YVR
Vancouver
YYZ
Toronto
CAI
Cairo
MAN
Manchester
Code
City
FCO
Rome
DUB
Dublin
PER
Perth
CUN
Cancun
GIG
Rio de Janeiro
SYD
Sydney
PEK
Beijing
NRT
Tokyo
Code
City
BOM
Mumbai
BHX
Birmingham
BKK
Bangkok
MNL
Manila
NBO
Nairobi
AKL
Auckland
HNL
Honolulu
CPH
Copenhagen
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92 Comments
THobbes1651
+21
Level 55
Mar 2, 2014
I knew YYZ was Toronto only because of Rush. 20/32 and never flown.
djm
+10
Level 64
Apr 5, 2014
Yeah, freebie for Rush fans. :) Although all Canadian airports start with Y I think.
Jacob131410
+3
Level 44
May 15, 2017
theres also ywg yeg yqb and so much more
Sifhraven
+4
Level 72
Jun 20, 2019
interesting!
CapitalsIsMyGoal
+1
Level 52
Aug 4, 2024
Nope, theres ones that start with W

(knowledge from CGP Grey)

Sammy87
+6
Level 61
Jan 24, 2018
Rush is life
YoshiSoda
+1
Level 43
Apr 11, 2024
Rush the F1 movie???
bonobojanglebork
+1
Level 42
Apr 25, 2024
nah the band. movie still great tho
wolfcat95
+12
Level 66
Mar 2, 2014
DUH!! I tried Saigon... completely forgetting that it hasn't been Saigon for nearly 40 years.
ThirdParty
+25
Level 45
Mar 2, 2014
Yeah, obsolute names were one of my favorite parts of this quiz. SaiGoN, PEKing, BOMbay...
JackintheBox
+3
Level 79
Nov 11, 2019
obsolete* ;)
kalbahamut
+5
Level 81
Oct 10, 2021
but Saigon and Bombay are accepted as type-ins, while Peking is not.
kalbahamut
+11
Level 81
Mar 3, 2014
Everyone still calls it Saigon. Especially the locals.
NauruPalau
+3
Level 49
Feb 9, 2020
That’s interesting
Lomeo
+4
Level 52
Aug 5, 2023
You actually hear Ho Chi Minh more now, especially among travelers. In Vietnam, Saigon refers only to the center while HCMC is for the modern metropolis.
TheCrusher
+1
Level 71
Apr 25, 2019
Typing Saigon worked for me.
DiscoBayGolfer
+2
Level 78
Mar 2, 2014
Staring at AKL thinking, "Is that Auckland?" Never even tried it...
Brickie
+20
Level 35
Mar 3, 2014
For those wondering, by the way ... BHM = Birmingham, Alabama; BHX = Birmingham, England.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jul 3, 2016
Thank you. I WAS wondering which one it was.
markasol
+1
Level 76
Dec 29, 2017
One of the few airports I have actually used as I lived there 8 years and I missed it!! BHX = Birmingham International - the full title of the airport - just as LAX is Los Angeles International....
DaviJamesson
+1
Level 65
Mar 8, 2020
And Bournemouth, England = BMH
SpammyMcSpamface
+3
Level 53
Oct 12, 2021
BOH I think
tubi11
+4
Level 24
Oct 11, 2021
Also, MAN = Manchester England MHT = Manchester New Hampshire
shinwasha
+2
Level 28
Mar 4, 2014
SEA should be SeaTac not Seattle. The town it is in SeaTac.
Quizmaster
+17
Level ∞
Mar 4, 2014
The instructions address this.
Minteh
+3
Level 22
Oct 16, 2015
MAJOR CITY! cx
Yossarian
+3
Level 63
Oct 13, 2016
I vote it accept Tacoma. >.>
JBlouw1850
+2
Level 43
Nov 16, 2016
SEAttle + TAComa = SeaTac
Trackles13
+5
Level 57
Mar 15, 2014
all done with 5min 03sec to go! yes, yes, I'm a travel agent....
stromae
+2
Level 71
Nov 6, 2014
i travel so much and i couldn't even guess chicago, the airport i live by!! wtf!
Minteh
+1
Level 22
Oct 16, 2015
greeaaaat
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Sep 2, 2018
O ha!
GlassMonkeyCode
+1
Level 68
Jul 19, 2024
It's like O'hare!
geobuff13422
+1
Level 44
Aug 3, 2015
100% :)
beccimoo
+3
Level 56
Dec 17, 2015
Only got 25, and gave up with 1 minute to go. The ones I got were either ones I had heard of, or had been to, or just guesses. I would never have guessed the rest if I'd sat here for an hour!! YYZ for Toronto??!! Wow.
Symmetrik
+5
Level 57
Jul 5, 2016
It's actually kind of a giveaway. All Canadian airport code start with Y.
jajaco2017
+1
Level 57
Apr 1, 2017
YCU is in China
jayhiatt
+19
Level 71
Apr 25, 2019
He did say all Canadian airport codes start with Y, not that all airport codes starting with Y are Canadian.
AchillesFirstStand
+4
Level 78
Jul 3, 2016
After guessing about 10 that I actually knew, I got around 10 more just by guessing random cities. Maybe this should be a yellow box quiz?
markthoma
+2
Level 72
Jun 1, 2018
Yeah, same here. I still didn't get 100%, but I got all but three. That was part of the fun though...usually I think quizzes have too much time but in this case I enjoyed trying to guess which major cities might be on the quiz.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 72
Jun 20, 2019
Some I knew, some I figured out by letter, but I admit a few I only got by guessing big cities. A yellow box could an option. Though I am actually fine with it the way it is.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jul 3, 2016
Have seen so many of these places on my airline tickets before. BKK and MNL staring at you from a boarding pass: always a good reason to smile.
ander217
+4
Level 75
Jul 3, 2016
I'm curious - why does that make you smile? Are they nice places to visit, or just good airports?
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Jul 3, 2016
The only airport I ever look forward to visiting is Changi in Singapore. Bangkok's isn't bad. But I meant they are great places to visit.
macie22austria
+1
Level 43
Jul 3, 2016
24/32 by just guessing big cities :D
amangla
+7
Level 58
Jul 6, 2016
Kept typing in Heathrow for LHR... This is the moment you realise you should have read the instructions.
k1w1
+1
Level 51
Jul 6, 2016
Working in the freight forwarding industry this makes me happy to see :)
ilustrado
+1
Level 61
Jul 7, 2016
Great quiz! This gives me a good idea as well to make a version with real icao codes instead! Should be easier because icao codes also sort of give away the country so will have to compensate with either harder locations or more airports
JBrommit
+4
Level 64
Aug 5, 2016
Very surprised Atlanta wasn't on the list. Anyway, I did rather lousy. I only got most of my answers by guessing major cities that had international airports. I'm too poor to travel internationally (or like, at all). :P
HectorVortac
+2
Level 48
May 9, 2017
There are thousands of airports that were left off of this quiz. What is surprising about Atlanta not being there?
Maladroit
+10
Level 51
May 9, 2017
It's the largest airport in the world. Kind of important, wouldn't you think?
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jun 20, 2019
Atlanta popped into my head too, and I am from europe. Some airports you have just heard more about than others. Usually ( though not allways) the big ones.
Yossarian
+2
Level 63
Oct 13, 2016
I'm sitting in Britain and I missed all of them.
ruudsje
+5
Level 69
Apr 27, 2019
and you're a pilot
AlexThirkell
+6
Level 75
Nov 11, 2020
Yeah but he really doesn't want to be.
LyRiKH
+1
Level 51
Dec 15, 2016
They all look so obvious after the answers are shown! 26/32
travelfan
+1
Level 67
Dec 17, 2016
For the first time I managed to get them all, yay! :-D
IneedasHower
+1
Level 32
May 9, 2017
add LGA for Laguardia
Sifhraven
+8
Level 72
Jun 20, 2019
em I hope you are aware these arent all the airports that exist in the world..
Zefyrinus
+4
Level 72
Oct 14, 2017
Why isn't Bombay allowed as a type-in like in all other quizzes?
Insaniot
+7
Level 60
Feb 9, 2018
SEA - Indicates water landing
simonedavis
+2
Level 49
Dec 13, 2018
Can you accept "Saigon" for Ho Chi Minh City?
Algarve
+1
Level 69
Mar 21, 2019
Why not to add LED? It will be a good challenge for people getting it (leave alone the fact that’s a quite nice airport)
AlexThirkell
+6
Level 75
Nov 11, 2020
I looked it up. Please don't add it.
AwesomePotato170
+1
Level 54
Dec 20, 2023
I agree.
xAmirjanx
+1
Level 23
Apr 25, 2019
Haha completly forgot Ho Chi Minh City and Nairobi but apart from that i got all on first try
geographic
+1
Level 60
Apr 25, 2019
Too much time for random guesses!
Quizzyquizzed
+1
Level 28
Apr 25, 2019
Interesting that even though Bombay was changed to Mumbai the airport never changed its code
magentagiraffe11
+1
Level 17
Apr 25, 2019
LA should work for Los Angeles
Sifhraven
+3
Level 72
Jun 20, 2019
I does not work for any of the other quizzes on this site.
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 75
Nov 11, 2020
It worked once for me I remember and I was very pleasantly surprised. Trouble is so many words begin "la" that you'd get it without trying too often...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jun 20, 2019
Some I knew, a lot I figured out because of the letters, a few I got by guessing ( rio, tokyo, chicago, toronto and vancouver).

Got 26, very happy with that :) (missed sgn, fll, cun, bom (really should ve seen that..), bkk and nbo)

Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jun 20, 2019
It is weird how the mind works, sometimes all knowledge is accessible and sometimes it locks up. Like only 42% got perth...

If you would have asked which city starts with Per... I think 90+% would ve gotten it ( on this site, not on the street). It is like almost totally written already.

NEGeo
+2
Level 60
Aug 5, 2023
i was like peru?
PickleChicken
+3
Level 43
Sep 22, 2019
They should make it so that you have to select the airport before you can answer, otherwise you can just guess at well known cities for the answers.
NauruPalau
+1
Level 49
Feb 9, 2020
Got most by guessing big global cities. Missed FLL, CUN, and BHX
Fuse
+2
Level 78
Feb 13, 2020
VERY surprised about BHX. I got BHX straight away. Turns out only 26% got BHX is Birmingham (UK)
rcshelton23
+2
Level 56
Apr 12, 2020
I started randomly naming random cities and only missed 4
SpencerGT
+2
Level 68
Feb 28, 2021
This should be a yellow box quiz.
EvanAviator
+1
Level 59
May 7, 2021
got 100% and only been to 3 of them
EvanAviator
+1
Level 59
Oct 11, 2021
Did it again and got 37 seconds
AnnikaKim
+1
Level 63
Oct 10, 2021
Can't believe I wrote "Peking" and then gave up. Beijing is Peking in Finnish. Got 17 right, been in 14 of these cities/airports. Or 15 - can't remember about Birmingham.
RSGenius25
+1
Level 37
Oct 10, 2021
I got 31. Missed Ho Chi Minh. easy quiz
TheQuizzler
+4
Level 64
Oct 13, 2021
Why do so many of the big city airports codes in Canada begin with "Y"?
lumbertworthy
+1
Level 67
Mar 9, 2022
My favourite is BTS - Bratislava :)
NEGeo
+1
Level 60
Aug 18, 2024
Found the KPop fan
Historyman606
+1
Level 28
Jul 17, 2022
I knew that LAX is LA because I’ve flown there before.
manOFsteel
+2
Level 44
Jul 28, 2022
Here's one: Newark Liberty is EWR
connorwartzki
+3
Level 52
Jul 22, 2023
I can't believe I forgot Perth, I literally live there.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 69
Aug 7, 2023
27
Nitrogen366
+1
Level 33
Jun 12, 2024
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