Whats with airport names? FABP SWAB etc.

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Whats with airport names? FABP SWAB etc.

Postby DieselFan » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:22 pm

Whats the convention used when giving airports their names? :shock: And how do other pilots even know what you're talking about? Or do they always say the english name and in brackets put some weird abbreviation :?
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Postby kb » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:28 pm

Each airport gets a 2 letter code, (Virginia = VG), then, the F means Africa, and the A means South Africa, so FAVG, is Africa, South Africa, Virginia.
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Postby DieselFan » Tue Sep 27, 2005 7:06 am

Thanks!
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Postby DarkHelmet » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:03 am

Refer to my post here for a break down:

http://microlighters.co.za/viewtopic.php?t=748
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