U.S. Airports - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Boston, Massachusetts. Lt. General Edward Lawrence Logan was a Spanish-American War hero.
• A2) Phoenix, Arizona. Curiously, although the airport code is PHX, the 'X' is not from the last letter of the city's name. The original set of three-letter airport codes was created by adding the letter 'X' to the two-letter weather station codes (LAX in Los Angeles doesn't refer to the calm attitude of the locals either).
• A3) Newark, New Jersey. The code couldn't start with an 'N' because the U.S. Navy reserved that initial letter for its airports.
• A4) Washington, D.C. Washington National Airport can be considered "District of Columbia Airport"), and Dulles International Airport's letters were rearranged to avoid confusion between DCA and DIA.
• A5) Wichita, Kansas. The initial letters 'W' and 'K' were reserved for radio stations (why you'd confuse a radio station with an airport is beyond me). Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport is abbreviated AZO for the same reason.
• A6) Chicago, Illinois. The full names are Midway Airport and O'Hare International Airport (formerly known as Orchard Field Airport).
• A7) Alabama. Birmingham and Huntsville are abbreviated in less than obvious ways.
• A8) Connecticut (Bradley International Airport). Lt. Eugene M. Bradley was the first fatality in 1941 shortly after the U.S. Army created the airport. The airport was passed on to the state after World War II, and commercial flights began in 1947.
• A9) Atlanta, Georgia. William B. Hartsfield and Maynard H. Jackson were former mayors responsible for building and modernizing the airport respectively. Jackson was the city's first African-American mayor in 1974.
• A10) New Orleans, Louisiana. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was formerly known as Moisant Field, which was built at the Moisant Stock Yards.
• A11) Portland, Oregon. The full names are Hillsboro Airport and Portland International Airport.
• A12) Austin, Texas. Austin native Capt. John A. E. Bergstrom was killed during World War II.