FORT WORTH, Texas — Donald Smith is on a quest to crack some codes. Not the kind of codes that involve espionage or international intrigue or even computer geekdom. Rather, Smith is investigating the ...

You may have noticed a three letter acronym on your plane ticket, or next to your departure and arrival city when you’re booking your flight online. Maybe you even refer to your airport as a ...

It’s one of those things that you’ve perhaps never explicitly thought about, but it may have tickled the back of your mind a few times as you make airplane reservations or stare at a departure screen.

In Kansas City, people typically refer to the airport as KCI, even though its actual code is MCI. Turns out, that's pretty common. As the winter holiday season comes to a close and friends and family ...

Anytime I use a certain three letters to described Orange County’s airport, I get splattered with aviation alphabet soup. The grumbling usually starts when we have a story referring to John Wayne ...