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Confusing airports worldwide
Some of the ports worldwide have similar names. Similar airport name could be in same location, same country or in different countries.
I introduce below, airports name with more than one similar names. How will you identify the correct location?
Each airport has an airport code worldwide. So you need to mention the correct airport code where you need to ship. Secondly, make sure, you have mentioned the correct country of destination.
I give below, airports which may confuse with similar name situated within a location, within a country or in another country. Please read airports below as airport name, Country, and airport code respectively.
I hope, this information helps in international travelers and trade to avoid confusion and inconvenience.
Beijing China PEK
Beijing - Nanyuan Airport China NAY
Chicago, IL, Midway USA MDW
Chicago, IL, O'Hare International Airport USA ORD
Chicago, IL USA CHI
Cleveland, OH, Burke Lakefront USA BKL
Cleveland, OH, Hopkins USA CLE
Columbus, GA USA CSG
Columbus, OH - Port Columbus International Airport USA CMH
Dallas, TX, Love Field USA DAL
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX - Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport USA DFW
Detroit, MI, Coleman A. Young Municipal USA DET
Detroit, MI, Wayne County Airport USA DTW
Detroit, MI, Metropolitan Area USA DTT
Elat Israel ETH
Elat, Ovula Israel VDA
Emerald Australia EDR
Emerald Australia EMD
Fort Myers, Metropolitan Area, FL USA FMY
Fort Myers, Southwest Florida Reg, FL USA RSW
Frankfurt/Main Frankfurt Airport (Rhein-Main-Flughafen) Germany FRA
Frankfurt/Hahn Germany HHN
Glasgow, Prestwick United Kingdom PIK
Glasgow United Kingdom GLA
Glasgow, MT USA GGW
Grand Bahama Bahamas GBI
Grand Bahama International Bahamas FPO
Grand Rapids, MI USA GRR
Grand Rapids, MN USA GPZ
Hong Kong - International Airport (HKIA) Hong Kong HKG
Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong ZJK
Houston, TX, Hobby USA HOU
Houston, TX - George Bush Intercontinental Airport USA IAH
Istanbul - Ataturk Turkey IST
Istanbul - Sabiha Gokcen Turkey SAW
Jackson, MI - Reynolds Municipal USA JXN
Jackson, MN USA MJQ
Jackson, MS - Jackson Internationall USA JAN
Jackson, MS - Hawkins Field USA HKS
Jackson, TN - Mckellar USA MKL
Jacksonville, AR Little Rock AFB USA LRF
Jacksonville, FL - Cecil Field NAS USA NZC
Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville NAS USA NIP
Jacksonville, FL - International USA JAX
Jacksonville, FL - Craig Municipal USA CRG
Jacksonville, IL - Municipal Airport USA IJX
Jacksonville, NC, USA OAJ
Jacksonville, TX USA JKV
Jakarta - Halim Perdana Kusuma Indonesia HLP
Jakarta - Metropolitan Area Indonesia JKT
Jakarta - Soekarno-Hatta International Indonesia CGK
Jamestown, ND USA JMS
Jamestown, NY USA JHW
Kuala Lumpur - International Airport Malaysia KUL
Kuala Lumpur - Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Malaysia SZB
Lafayette, IN USA LAF
Lafayette, La USA LFT
London London Metropolitan Area United Kingdom LON
London - City Airport United Kingdom LCY
London - Gatwick United Kingdom LGW
London - Heathrow United Kingdom LHR
London - Luton United Kingdom LTN
London - Stansted United Kingdom STN
Long Island, AK USA LIJ
Long Island, Islip, NY - Mac Arthur USA ISP
Mexico City Mexico City - Atizapan Mexico AZP
Mexico City - Juarez International Mexico MEX
Mexico City - Santa Lucia Mexico NLU
Milan Italy MIL
Milan - Linate Italy LIN
Milan - Malpensa Italy MXP
Milan - Orio Al Serio Italy BGY
Monterrey - Gen. Mariano Escobedo Mexico MTY
Monterrey - Aeropuerto Del Norte Mexico NTR
Montreal - Dorval (Montréal-Trudeau) Canada YUL
Montreal - Mirabel Canada YMX
Moroni - Prince Said Ibrahim Comoros (Comores) HAH
Moroni - Iconi Comoros (Comores) YVA
Moscow - Metropolitan Area Russia MOW
Moscow - Domodedovo Russia DME
Moscow - Sheremetyevo Russia SVO
Moscow - Vnukovo Russia VKO
Myrtle Beach, SC - Myrtle Beach AFB USA MYR
Myrtle Beach, SC - Grand Strand Airport USA CRE
New York - John F. Kennedy, NY USA JFK
New York - LaGuardia, NY USA LGA
New York - Newark, NJ USA EWR
New York, NY USA NYC
Newcastle - Belmont Australia BEO
Newcastle - Williamtown Australia NTL
Orlando Metropolitan Area, FL USA ORL
Orlando - International Airport, FL USA MCO
Osaka, Metropolitan Area Japan OSA
Osaka - Itami Japan ITM
Osaka - Kansai International Airport Japan KIX
Oslo Norway OSL
Oslo - Fornebu Norway FBU
Oslo - Sandefjord Norway TRF
Palma de Mallorca Spain PMI
Palmdale/Lancaster, CA USA PMD
Panama City - Tocumen International Panama PTY
Panama City, FL USA PFN
Paris - Charles de Gaulle France CDG
Paris - Le Bourget France LBG
Paris - Orly France ORY
Portland Australia PTJ
Portland, ME USA PWM
Portland International, OR USA PDX
Porto Portugal OPO
Porto Alegre Brazil POA
Reykjavik - Metropolitan Area Iceland REK
Reykjavik - Keflavik International Iceland KEF
Rio de Janeiro - Galeao Brazil GIG
Rio de Janeiro - Santos Dumont Brazil SDU
Rio de Janeiro Brazil RIO
Rochester, MN USA RST
Rochester, NY USA ROC
Rome Italy ROM
Rome - Ciampino Italy CIA
Rome - Fuimicino Italy FCO
Santa Cruz de la Palma Spain SPC
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivia SRZ
Buenos Aires Argentina BUE
Buenos Aires, Ezeiza International Airport Argentina EZE
Buenos Aires, Jorge Newbery Argentina AEP
Santa Rosa, CA USA STS
Santa Rosa Bolivia SRB
Santa Rosa Brazil SRA
Santa Rosa Argentina RSA
Santa Rosa, Copan Honduras SDH
Sao Paulo Brazil SAO
Sao Paulo - Congonhas Brazil CGH
Sao Paulo - Guarulhos Brazil GRU
Sao Paulo - Viracopos Brazil VCP
Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan SPK
Sapporo - Okadama Hokkaido, Japan OKD
Sapporo - Shin-Chitose Airport Japan CTS
Seoul - Incheon International Airport South Korea ICN
Seoul - Kimpo South Korea SEL
Sheffield, City Airport United Kingdom SZD
Sheffield, Doncaster, Robin Hood International Airport United Kingdom DCS
Springfield, IL USA SPI
Springfield, MO USA SGF
Taipei - Chiang Kai Shek Taiwan TPE
Taipei - Sung Shan Taiwan TAY
Tallinn - Pirita Harbour Estonia QUF
Tallinn - Ulemiste Estonia TLL
Washington DC - Baltimore Washington International USA BWI
Washington DC - Dulles International USA IAD
Washington DC - Ronald Reagan National USA DCA
Washington DC USA WAS
Windhoek - Eros Namibia ERS
Windhoek - Hosea Kutako International Namibia WDH
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