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How Airport-Code Errors Can Send Flights to the Wrong Continent

CGP Grey · Explainer · YouTube title: One Typo, Wrong Continent
Why it's here

HN people point to it as a fun summary of how messy airport codes are, especially in threads on aviation falsehoods and code collisions.

What it covers

CGP Grey explains why airport codes are inconsistent and sometimes confusing, from their origins in old weather station codes to the quirks that cause mistakes. He builds the story around a single typo that sent a flight to the wrong continent.