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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Oct 2012, 08:48

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Old Airport Codes

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Posted By DaveReidUK

Well in this case, same difference. IATA use...

Well in this case, same difference. IATA use "Metropolitan Area" codes like LON to group together facilities serving the same city - usually airports, but they can also include bus and rail...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Oct 2012, 06:47

Replies: 17

Old Airport Codes

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Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, EMA replaced CDD (indicating Castle...

Yes, EMA replaced CDD (indicating Castle Donington/Derby, presumably).

LON preceding LHR must have been before my time, though I do recall in my youth when the road signs for Heathrow said simply...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Oct 2012, 10:47

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Old Airport Codes

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Posted By DaveReidUK

Yes, it was changed from SAY to HRE in (I think)...

Yes, it was changed from SAY to HRE in (I think) 1981, shortly after Mugabe came into power following independence.

Presumably the aim was to remove any relics of the former colonial past, I...

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