The Airport Codes website provides stories behind more than 350 airport codes around the world. The following gallery offers a sampling, with back stories provided courtesy of the site. On the website ...

With more than 9,000 airport codes issued by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), there are some we recognise instantly, like JFK and LAX, but some airports have not been quite so lucky ...

A sign denoting the day's departures is seen near the airline ticket counters at The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids in January 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers ...

Touring cyclist arriving at LAX, Los Angeles International Airport at Westchester, California, United States/USA. (Photo by: Marica van der Meer/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...