• Montreal ( YMQ ) – Trudeau ( YUL ), Mirabel ( YMX ), and Saint-Hubert ( YHU )
• Moscow ( MOW ) – Sheremetyevo ( SVO ), Domodedovo ( DME ), Vnukovo ( VKO )
• New York City ( NYC ) – John F . Kennedy ( JFK , formerly Idlewild ( IDL )), La Guardia ( LGA ), and Newark Liberty ( EWR )
• Osaka ( OSA ) – Kansai ( KIX ) and Itami ( ITM , formerly OSA )
• Paris ( PAR ) – Orly ( ORY ), Charles de Gaulle ( CDG ), Paris – Le Bourget Airport ( LBG ) and Beauvais – Tillé Airport ( BVA )
• Rio de Janeiro ( RIO ) – Galeão ( GIG ) and Santos Dumont ( SDU )
• Rome ( ROM ) – Fiumicino ( FCO ) and Ciampino ( CIA )
• São Paulo ( SAO ) – Congonhas ( CGH ), Guarulhos ( GRU ) and Campinas ( VCP )
• Seoul ( SEL ) – Incheon ( ICN ) and Gimpo ( GMP , formerly SEL )
• Shanghai ( SHA ) – Pudong ( PVG ) and Hongqiao ( SHA )
• Stockholm ( STO ) – Arlanda ( ARN ), Bromma ( BMA ), Nyköping-Skavsta ( NYO ) and Västerås ( VST )
• Tokyo ( TYO ) – Haneda ( HND ) and Narita ( NRT )
• Toronto ( YTO ) – Pearson ( YYZ ), Bishop ( YTZ ) and Buttonville ( YKZ )
• Washington , D . C . ( WAS ) – Dulles ( IAD ), Reagan-National ( DCA ), and Baltimore-Washington ( BWI )
When different cities with the same name each have an airport , the airports need to be assigned different codes . For example ,
• Birmingham – Shuttlesworth International Airport ( BHM ), is in Birmingham , Alabama , United States and Birmingham Airport ( BHX ), is in Birmingham , England , United Kingdom .
• Norman Y . Mineta San Jose International Airport ( SJC ), is in San Jose , California , United States and Juan Santamaría International Airport ( SJO ) is in San José , Costa Rica .
• Portland International Jetport ( PWM ), is in Portland , Maine , while Portland International Airport ( PDX ), is in Portland , Oregon .
Sometimes , a new airport is built , replacing the old one , leaving the city ' s new " major " airport code to no longer correspond with the city ' s name .
The original airport in Nashville , Tennessee was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation , BNA . A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA .
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