In November of 2015 I had the brilliant idea to open and type the first letters of codes and see what happened. I thought it was going to be years or possibly never that I could get that last one. I reviewed lists of “Q” airports and saw a lot of small inaccessible places in Alaska, Greenland, military bases etc. Says Groves, “At that point I was down to Q. First he went to Vienna (VIE) as a courier, Then in July of 2015 he went to Warsaw (WAW) as a courier followed by XNA ( Northwest Arkansas Regional airport) to go to the EMC ( Extra Miler Club) meeting a week later. While working part-time as a courier, Matt realized that he had been to airports whose codes started with 22 out of the 26 letters (missing only Q, V, W and X).Īt that point, Matt made it a goal. For purposes of Matt’s journey, he went with the 3 letter airport code.
What constitutes an airport’s name, anyways? Atlanta goes out of its way to remind you that the OFFICIAL name of its main airport is actually Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, whereas aviation enthusiasts will often refer to the 3 letter IATA code (in this case, ATL). After he posted about his accomplishment, I thought some of my PWaC readers would also enjoy reading about it. Matt and I both belong to the Extra Miler Club (EMC), whose members are attempting to visit all 3,143 counties of the United States. Today I thought I’d share with you the story of Matt Groves, who just finished his goal of going to airports whose airport codes start with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet.
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