FBO and Business Aviation News From ACUKWIK
California Legislature Passes Temporary Relief for Flight Training
/Banyan Announces John Mason, Director of FBO Services
/TSA Administrator John Pistole to Speak at NBAA2010 Opening General Session
/Hangar Ten Holds Grand Opening of Phase II at MKC
/Volunteers Needed for Project to Benefit Boys & Girls Club at NBAA2010
/Congress Recognizes NATA's 70th Anniversary
/New “Flying Theater” Installed in Hollywood Producer’s Gulfstream
/New Beijing Office Launches JetEx Into Fast-Growing Chinese Market
/Sage Parts Widens Product Offering
/NBAA Hails Final Congressional Passage of Bonus Depreciation
/NBAA to Honor 11 Flying Safety Award Recipients at Annual Convention
/Stirring the Pot of Airport Identifier Alphabet Soup
/One of our favorite things about working in the world of aviation is the alphabet soup of airport identifiers we encounter every day.
Some of us at AC-U-KWIK proudly reminisce about the first time we remembered that SUS is shorthand for Spirit of St. Louis Airport or that HPN is another way to say White Plains, N.Y.
When we came across this piece about airport code history, we had a good excuse to ponder the puzzles of airport codes that appear to be assigned without rhyme or reason.
