The Reason Why So Many Airport Names End With X

Anyone familiar with Miley Cyrus’ Party In The USA will know that the code for Los Angeles is LAX. But that’s not the only one – Portland is PDX, for instance, and our own Birmingham is BHX.

Not all airport codes, of course, end in the letter. But that doesn’t mean the “X” ending is random.

Nope – in fact, you’ll find that most of the airports with the iconic ending were so named in the ’30s and ’40s.

Why do so many airport codes end in........

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