*** 1979-ITINERARIES-2008 ***




Some facts:
39 out of 50 states - USA - 19 airports - 6 out of 13 provinces - Canada - 10 airports
34 round-trips to North America since May 10 1979
6 bicycle trips - further by plane, train, bus, car and hitch-hiking
Total: 214 times - take-off - 47 airports - 1 time "around the world" - 1982 -


State Abbreviations and State Capitals

The table below shows the US Postal Service (USPS) abbreviation for each of the United States, districts, territories, and possessions. Included a link to the official government website, the "old style" state abbreviation and the capital. Also, see abbreviations for: " Airports" and Canadian Provinces.

US Postal Service Abbreviation

US State, Possession or Territory

Capital

Old Style
Abbreviation

AL

 Alabama Montgomery Ala.

AK

 Alaska Juneau -

AS

 American Samoa Pago Pago -

AZ

 Arizona Phoenix Ariz.

AR

 Arkansas Little Rock Ark.

CA

 California Sacramento Calif.

CO

 Colorado Denver Colo.

CT

 Connecticut Hartford Conn.

DE

 Delaware Dover Del.

DC

 District of Columbia Washington  

FM

 Federated States of Micronesia Palikir  

FL

 Florida Tallahassee Fla.

GA

 Georgia Atlanta Ga.

GU

 Guam Hagatna (Agana)  

HI

 Hawaii Honolulu -

ID

 Idaho Boise -

IL

 Illinois Springfield Ill.

IN

 Indiana Indianapolis Ind.

IA

 Iowa Des Moines -

KS

 Kansas Topeka Kan.

KY

 Kentucky Frankfort Ky.

LA

 Louisiana Baton Rouge La.

ME

 Maine Augusta -

MH

 Marshall Islands Majuro  

MD

 Maryland Annapolis Md.

MA

 Massachusetts Boston Mass.

MI

 Michigan Lansing Mich.

MN

 Minnesota St. Paul Minn.

MS

 Mississippi Jackson Miss.

MO

 Missouri Jefferson City Mo.

MT

 Montana Helena Mont.

NE

 Nebraska Lincoln Neb.

NV

 Nevada Carson City Nev.

NH

 New Hampshire Concord N.H.

NJ

 New Jersey Trenton N.J.

NM

 New Mexico Santa Fe N.M.

NY

 New York Albany N.Y

NC

 North Carolina Raleigh N.C.

ND

 North Dakota Bismarck N.D.

MP

 Northern Mariana Islands Saipan  

OH

 Ohio Columbus -

OK

 Oklahoma Oklahoma City Okla.

OR

 Oregon Salem Ore.

PW

 Palau Koror  

PA

 Pennsylvania Harrisburg Pa.

PR

 Puerto Rico San Juan  

RI

 Rhode Island Providence R.I.

SC

 South Carolina Columbia S.C.

SD

 South Dakota Pierre S.D.

TN

 Tennessee Nashville Tenn.

TX

 Texas Austin -

UT

 Utah Salt Lake City -

VT

 Vermont Montpelier Vt.

VI

 Virgin Islands Charlotte Amalie  

VA

 Virginia Richmond Va.

WA

 Washington Olympia Wash.

WV

 West Virginia Charleston W.Va.

WI

 Wisconsin Madison Wis.

WY

 Wyoming Cheyenne Wyo.


Airports - 47 -

 CODE

City

 CODE

City

DTW

 DETROIT

BGR

 BANGOR

BWI

 BALTIMORE

IAD

 WASHINGTON

BOS

 BOSTON

SEA

 SEATTLE

ORD

 CHICAGO

MSP

 MINNEAPOLIS

ATW

 APPLETON

GRB

 GREEN BAY

MKE

 MILWAUKEE

BIS

 BISMARCK

MOT

 MINOT

JFK

 NEW YORK

EWR

 NEWARK

LAX

 LOS ANGELES

SFO

 SAN FRANCISCO

CLM

 PORT ANGELES

HNL

 HONOLULU

YVR

 VANCOUVER

YXE

 SASKATOON

YYC

 CALGARY

YYJ

 VICTORIA

YCD

 NANAIMO

YLW

 KELOWNA

YEG

 EDMONTON

YXD

 EDMONTON

YUL

 MONTREAL

YMX

 MONTREAL

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AMS

 AMSTERDAM

LGW

 LONDON

IST

 ISTANBUL

CAI

 CAIRO

BAH

 BAHREIN

KUL

 KUALA LUMPUR

PEN

 PENANG

MES

 MEDAN

CGK

 JAKARTA

DPS

 DENPASAR

SIN

 SINGAPORE

HKG

 HONGKONG

AUH

 ABU DHABI

DOH

 DOHA

CDG

 PARIS

DXB

 DUBAI

DHA

 DHAHRAN

FRA

 FRANKFURT

Airports Worldwide


Provinces of Canada

Abbreviation

Province

Capital
AB Alberta Edmonton
BC British Columbia Victoria
MB Manitoba Winnipeg
NB New Brunswick Fredericton
NL Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's
NT Northwest Territories Yellowknife
NS Nova Scotia Halifax
NU Nunavut Iqaluit
ON Ontario Toronto
PE Prince Edward Island Charlottetown
QC Québec Québec City
SK Saskatchewan Regina
YT Yukon Whitehorse


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