▲ 681 ▼ Play to your strengths (media.piefed.social) submitted 10 months ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) X means international I think permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago X is from when airport codes were two letters. The ICAO designator for all airports in the contiguous US starts with K, so it's full designator is KLAX. Same for KPDX. There are over 5,000 public use airports in the US. While not all of them start with K (some very small airports start with a number instead), all moderately sized or larger airports do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CodeInvasion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago X is from when airport codes were two letters. The ICAO designator for all airports in the contiguous US starts with K, so it's full designator is KLAX. Same for KPDX. There are over 5,000 public use airports in the US. While not all of them start with K (some very small airports start with a number instead), all moderately sized or larger airports do. permalink fedilink source parent
