Lesson Learned: No matter what,some people can alway mess up something simple. There is nothing idiot-proof.
@Trump2PrisonOn34Counts
10 ай бұрын
A lot of cloud companies use the airport code for their data centers. Like SYD2, SYD7, IAD1, IAD9, or LON3-6. Funny story: a group of four data centers in Dallas are on the same property, but not the same building. So when you want a DC tech to go change out 50 failed drives, you gotta check which building it's in, and if it's not the one with the parts crib, and it's raining, they have to get a truck to move them. Can't use the golf cart which is what they normally used to get between buildings.
@Johnnycdrums
10 ай бұрын
And there is no system that can't be beat.
@us3rG
9 ай бұрын
I mean it's handwriting, teachers stopped teaching cursive for this reason. I just need to understand how doctors and pharmacist communicate
@badbiker666
10 ай бұрын
There is also the Denver International Airport, DIA. Of course, there's no confusion because the airport code for DIA is DEN.
@PrimusRoblox
9 ай бұрын
Yeah but DCA and IAD are like 10 mins away from each other but Denver is on the whole other side of the country
@brendanjones9026
8 ай бұрын
The Denver International Airport didn’t open until 1995, decades after Dulles’s code changed to IAD.
@matthewtorchiana6418
8 ай бұрын
DEN was the code for Stapleton International Airport in Denver. In 1995 the new Airport was designated DIA. DEN is not the code for Denver International. DIA is.
@ricecatfuzzy4
7 ай бұрын
@@matthewtorchiana6418DEN is the code for denver rn. DIA was the code for Stapleton
@SherriLyle80s
Жыл бұрын
I used to prefer Dulles over Reagan but as traffic got hellacious, I would only go if the price was worth it. Now they have a metro line going to Dulles so I may start flying into Dulles again as it was usually slightly cheaper than Reagan.
@christopherlabas7724
10 ай бұрын
It's National (not Reagan)\
@Da__goat
10 ай бұрын
@@christopherlabas7724nah. Raegan all the way. National just sounds weird
@MinorLW2
6 ай бұрын
@Da__goat it's national
@nairbvel
10 ай бұрын
Of course, people kept making so many mistakes that after the code was changed, the *name* of the place was changed. Here in the DMV we all refer to IAD as just "Dulles," but so many tourists & travelers (especially from overseas) couldn't tell the difference between "Dulles" and "Dallas" -- especially when the names are spoken -- the official name is "WASHINGTON Dulles International Airport."
@Nafregamisrocanob
8 ай бұрын
Up until hipsters thought renaming DC metro area as DMV was cool, it stood for Dept of Motor Vehicles to us Washingtonians.
@vanguard9067
8 ай бұрын
@@Nafregamisrocanobit was DMV long before hipsters and it stands for DC, Maryland, Virginia, not limited to the metro area. You can also go DelMarVA if you like really old school.
@papagramps1257
5 ай бұрын
@@Nafregamisrocanob I refuse to believe DMV was a hipster thing, even if it was I won’t accept it
@Rob_Kay
11 ай бұрын
IAD still makes sense because it stands for International Airport Dulles. And DCA stands for District of Columbia Airport.
@Bobby3OOO
10 ай бұрын
How does DIA not make sense?
@atheon4075
10 ай бұрын
@@Bobby3OOOwho said it didn't?
@Rob_Kay
10 ай бұрын
@@Bobby3OOO and who said that DIA doesn’t make sense?
@vuchaser99
10 ай бұрын
@@Bobby3OOO Tell me you didn't watch the video without telling me you didn't watch the video
@jongbasco
8 ай бұрын
id think the reverse made sense. ADC makes more sense specially when spelled out.
@billmulkins3217
10 ай бұрын
At least it isn't DOA
@NicholasSouris
10 ай бұрын
It was also code for Dead In Air, so changing the letters just made sense
@kungseng8665
10 ай бұрын
I was standing in line at DCA and overheard the ticket lady telling a couple that the were at the wrong airport. They were supposed to be at IAD. I thought to myself "what a sucker, they're st the wrong airport". Then I went up to the counter and the same lady told me I'm at the wrong airport. Now I'm the sucker!
@dragon32210
10 ай бұрын
Now if United can get an actual terminal built in Dulles that'd be great
@AirrickR
3 ай бұрын
Doesn’t United have 2 terminals to themselves? The C and D terminals are all United I’m pretty sure
@anthonyvarrecchia2956
10 ай бұрын
Dulles airport is not in Washington DC. The airport is approximately 30 miles away from Washington DC . It is in Virginia, so really the airport could be called. VIA ~ Virginia international airport.
@MaltaMcMurchy
8 ай бұрын
Aviation enthusiast here. Thanks for the history lesson, including why they changed the Dulles airport code. Much appreciated! 🌟
@Peter_Wang
10 ай бұрын
Actually it was due to air traffic controllers making NUMEROUS mistakes routing aircraft into the DC Metro arriving into DIA now IAD (International Airport Dulles) and DCA (Reagan)
@Dr.M.VincentCurley
10 ай бұрын
This educational message was "duty free"
@user-fp2gl9fi1u
10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Learned something new today!!
@giovannidomenech4321
9 ай бұрын
Worked there for 20 years and I did not know that! Thanks
@TripHacksDC
8 ай бұрын
You bet!
@giovannidomenech4321
8 ай бұрын
@@TripHacksDC happy thanksgiving!
@gdaddy5193
9 ай бұрын
I drove limos for a while. She came in to LaGuardia Airport so she assumed she was leaving from there. Her travel agent didn't plan it that way. Fortunately the porter at LaGuardia picked up the mistake. There's a myth that one can drive from LaGuardia to JFK in ten minutes. On a normal day it's impossible to do in under 45 minutes. The stars were in alignment and there was no traffic on a Sunday morning. I actually got her there in ten minutes. So ... Check and double check your tickets and ask questions!
@fredsmith6324
11 ай бұрын
Interesting tidbit, thanks!
@SLagonia
10 ай бұрын
This happens in Cincinnati too - Cincinnati Airport is a tiny little GA airfield in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport is one of the largest airports in the country, ,but isn't actually in Cincinnati, so people in Cincinnati just go to the nearest airport and end up in the wrong place.
@edwardmeade
8 ай бұрын
As I heard it, it was because they used to mark the luggage with chalk and it was the bags, not the passengers, that kept ending up at the wrong airport.
@TripHacksDC
8 ай бұрын
Interesting
@Nafregamisrocanob
8 ай бұрын
Ironies of all ironies is both Dulles (IAD) and Reagan National (DCA) are located in Virginia. Thurgood Marshall BWI near Baltimore is actually the ideal airport in the region.
@DominicMazoch
11 ай бұрын
IAH Intercontinental Airport Houston!
@koendos3
11 ай бұрын
Good video, enjoyed it
@TripHacksDC
11 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Jason-pq5mq
Жыл бұрын
International Airport Dulles Some airlines use WAS
@blondrussian9554
Жыл бұрын
Or Washington Dulles too
@Originalman144
Жыл бұрын
No, WAS means all Washington DC area airports for flight searches and includes IAD, DCA, and BWI
@Itzibbahlol17
10 ай бұрын
What about Orlando Intl? MCO?
@wadem4955
9 ай бұрын
Uh.... I've been booked to change planes arriving in Dulles and connecting flight out of Reagan.... Gotta read those bookings when they're made.... discovering that on the way to the airport or arriving in Dulles would've been a bad scene
@walt1955
8 ай бұрын
A large number of Europeans buy tickets to Dallas instead of Dulles or vice versa. I thought that it must be a rare occurrence until I met someone who had done it.
@pooryorick831
10 ай бұрын
Same for Houston Intercontinental. IAH.
@JerjerB
10 ай бұрын
They are pretty close to each other, so I guess worse comes to worse, if you did show up to the airport early you can make it to the other place with an Uber in about 30 minutes...
@alwallace4538
10 ай бұрын
Interesting. Especially since DCA, or Reagan National Airport, only goes a certain amount of miles and only in the USA. Dulles flies everywhere in the Americas and Europe. Also, it's well over an hour drive in the afternoon from Reagan to Dulles if you mess up.
@billolsen4360
10 ай бұрын
I used to fly in and out of Fresno, CA Airport code FAT!
@gale212
8 ай бұрын
Close but it's more about the pilots and controllers than travel agents.
@barbaradavis8372
9 ай бұрын
Interesting!🎉
@s80keys
10 ай бұрын
Always wondered this. Cool story!
@Lima_Golf_Bravo
10 ай бұрын
Mixups happen in Houston all the time with IAH(Bush Intercontinental Airport) and Hobby(HOU).
@InkaBall
Ай бұрын
This is why people went to BWI so much
@thevillage38
8 ай бұрын
Thank god, I've never wondered
@Sleepingbear2222
10 ай бұрын
They need to change the name of the airport to something like “Seaborne” airport. Easy to remember. Quit calling places and things after people.
@carolstanziano1536
10 ай бұрын
The dude on the phone looks like a creepy 1960s version of Pete Buttigieg.
@theinsight
9 ай бұрын
I am sure you would have an explanation for EWR too
@erikaostlund5229
6 ай бұрын
I do, they can't use "N" as that means NAVY for the first letter... NEWARK uses the E W and R is all...
@ShaareiZoharDaas
10 ай бұрын
The real reason is probably not to use a triple letter agencies designated abbreviation.
@peterhedberg9528
Жыл бұрын
As working for an Airline - Canada has by far the worst Airport codes. Most of the makes very little sense.
@EMMANUELIWUOHA.
11 ай бұрын
True. YYZ = Toronto Pearson international Airport. No sense.
@CallieMasters5000
11 ай бұрын
The whole country's airports start with Y just to tell people it's not American.
@camilleurueta9629
8 ай бұрын
But at least if you see a city code starting with a Y you KNOW it’s Canadian.
@user-zq4zi3dy3c
10 ай бұрын
Some might end up at denver international airport?
@edlavoie7307
10 ай бұрын
Detroit is really romulus in Wayne County code is D T W detroit metroit Wayne there's a detroit city for small personal aircraft
@xjp1998
10 ай бұрын
Also, Dullas gets confused with Dallas with international travelers and ends up in Dallas instead of DC,
@TripHacksDC
10 ай бұрын
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@HighMojo
10 ай бұрын
At least its the wrong airport, not the wrong country.
@chicostacos2
10 ай бұрын
I've never wondered about it. Interesting enough, though.
@hegodamask7384
8 ай бұрын
I showed up to Dulles on the wrong day. I’m not very smart.
@user-db6wv4rd9m
10 ай бұрын
I have literally never wondered about this
@Edaloy27
10 ай бұрын
There is an airport code FAT I cannot recall where though
@robertcolgan5548
9 ай бұрын
Interesting
@SeanCakaBroncoFan623
5 ай бұрын
Houston's airport is IAH, then Dulles is IAD
@RebeccaHargate
11 ай бұрын
Is this why Denver International Airport’s code is DEN?
@TripHacksDC
11 ай бұрын
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@brookemcquale5096
10 ай бұрын
And all this time I thought it was IUD.
@vanguard9067
8 ай бұрын
Does anyone still use travel agents? Do they still exist?
@deadbolt91765
11 ай бұрын
I am one of those travelers that showed up at the wrong airport. Mistakes happen.
@scherzva
10 ай бұрын
Ditto and I lived in NOVA at the time.
@GD-ru7xr
10 ай бұрын
60 years ago?!
@kenjf1009
11 ай бұрын
ICAO origins are often quite interesting. Where is Orchard Park? GUS? Fairfield, Ohio?
@anselmnova
11 күн бұрын
YAAAY.
@jaytowle1624
10 ай бұрын
DIA is the code for Doha International Airport
@kenney1050
10 ай бұрын
You started with WASHINGTON then ended up with DULLES so wheres washington gone?
@sbjennings99
10 ай бұрын
I never wondered about anything
@youtubewatcher4603
10 ай бұрын
IAH we have a problem.
@thihal123
8 ай бұрын
Where’s DCA?
@alankovacik1928
10 ай бұрын
USE CAUTION ⚠
@vanguard9067
8 ай бұрын
Doha International Airport is DIA.
@jdc3636
10 ай бұрын
I did that once😄
@erikhance8914
Жыл бұрын
Why is Orlando Int'l Airport code is MCO
@tresgriffin8242
Жыл бұрын
Orlando International Airport used to be McCoy Air Force Base before being converted to commercial use. They just never changed the code from its military days. McCoy - MCO.
@Thomas-jl3gn
10 ай бұрын
What changes have Doctors made we do not know about.
@WhisperJetAmerica
8 ай бұрын
International Airport Dulles
@VanquishedAgain
10 ай бұрын
DUL would have been better
@lingth
9 ай бұрын
Dallas International Airport, DIA Why not DAA, DAllas Airport.. Drop the I and there is less mistakes
@mikeupton5406
11 ай бұрын
DIA Denver
@moose6954
11 ай бұрын
DIA is Doha International Airport. Denver International Airport is DEN.
@richardburke6902
10 ай бұрын
My apartment number 2K has been written as 21C by sloppy writers.
@timothylevin2661
11 ай бұрын
I thought it was IUD
@donato286
11 ай бұрын
That's IntraUterine Device 🤭
@sellinwood1
10 ай бұрын
To me, DIA means Denver International Airport. This would be so confusing eventhough Denver is KDEN.
@TripHacksDC
10 ай бұрын
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@Bobby3OOO
10 ай бұрын
And yet people still going to the wrong airport all these years later
@MrWATM
10 ай бұрын
I. Always. Divert.
@dosaussiethai2127
10 ай бұрын
It took me a while to realise Dallas and Dulles are two different airports. I thought they said Dallas.
@brianarbenz1329
10 ай бұрын
I hate it when a taxi driver mistakes me saying “Dulles Airport “ for “Dallas” and drives me all the way to Texas.
@dosaussiethai2127
10 ай бұрын
@@brianarbenz1329 Too bad you missed your flight since you went to a wrong airport.
@brianarbenz1329
10 ай бұрын
@@dosaussiethai2127 Yeah, what a bummer.
@richardgray1730
10 ай бұрын
I had a friend flying into Northern Virgina from Germany who got tickets to Dallas Texas…. And because of the language problems she did not understand her problem.
@brianarbenz1329
10 ай бұрын
@@richardgray1730 There was an American man who was flying from L.A. to Oakland, Ca. and heard a New Zeeland airline call out "Auckland." He boarded the wrong plane and had to go as far as the refueling stop in Alaska. Then the airline flew him home. True story; he was a guest on The Tonight Show.
@nacoran
10 ай бұрын
At least it wasn't DOA or DIAF.
@NicholasSouris
10 ай бұрын
Well, Dead In Air was bad enough
@davidmontville4885
10 ай бұрын
You could have mentioned it's also an acronym for 'International Airport Dulles.'
@MoClasse
10 ай бұрын
No true.... they changed because DIA belongs to the Defence Intelligent Agency
@james112680
10 ай бұрын
I thought he said it was interesting? 😊
@kartos.
8 ай бұрын
Cross your I's, no issue
@huntergirl7275
10 ай бұрын
And DIA is in Denver.
@TripHacksDC
10 ай бұрын
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@NewToTheUS
10 ай бұрын
DIA is Denver International airport
@TripHacksDC
10 ай бұрын
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@huynht76
Жыл бұрын
Kakaka
@joshelguapo5563
11 ай бұрын
Well now DIA is Denver International Airport
@moose6954
11 ай бұрын
Denver International Airport is DEN. Doha International Airport in Qatar is DIA.
@TripHacksDC
11 ай бұрын
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@markh3279
9 ай бұрын
And unfortunately Dulles still has sixty year old transportation to get you around the airport
@TripHacksDC
8 ай бұрын
Nope. Aerotrain opened in 2010.
@mtsenskmtsensk5113
10 ай бұрын
Here's a thought, why not write the airport name in full, and close all travel agents that fail to do so.
@philipb2134
10 ай бұрын
Originally the code was YAW: for 'yawn' /boring. Then religious zealots thought it blasphemous,.
@KYoss68
10 ай бұрын
LOL too many airports there. Where I live there's only 1 international and it's... (ironically) DIA
@TripHacksDC
10 ай бұрын
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@lon3don
11 ай бұрын
Dulles is in the middle of nowhere. Reagan is much nearer DC.
@moose6954
11 ай бұрын
It depends on where you are going in the DC area. If you are going to DC itself it is closer. But I go to Bethesda, MD and find Dulles easier to get to.
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