The first time I ever landed in Kansas City airport, it was late at night. Maybe 15 years back. I remember taking the rental car and moment I drove out of the airport, I noticed something confusing with the road markers. It said I was on a Missouri state road. But I landed in Kansas, I thought.

It took me some more driving to realize that Kansas City airport is actually in Missouri state. In fact the city itself is half in Missouri and half in Kansas.

Today was my second confusion. I was driving after my meeting in the morning to the airport – which has a code MCI. I suddenly see directions for another airport called KCI. At first, I thought it must be a small airport. But there were too many big signs for it to be a small airport.

I asked Siri which airlines service KCI airport and it rattled off quite a few names. Including Delta! And I was like – Did I miss a nearer airport and have been driving unnecessarily for 40 minutes?

After reaching the airport, a bit of internet search solved the mystery. Apparently KCI is the same as MCI. The official IATA code is MCI but it is referred to by folks nearby as KCI!!

Well, one less confusion in my mind.

Did you know this?