{"id":48113,"date":"2016-09-15T13:25:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T18:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=48113"},"modified":"2016-12-19T08:52:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T14:52:06","slug":"airport-codes-really-mean-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/airport-codes-really-mean-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport codes and what they really mean (infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does O&#8217;Hare&#8217;s ORD really stand for &#8220;Oh really, a delay&#8221;? And why the heck is there an &#8216;X&#8217; in Portland&#8217;s PDX? 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