PDX

Rose City airport

PDX is the airport code for Portland International Airport in Oregon, but it has become shorthand for the city of Portland itself.

Locals and visitors use it as a casual geographic identifier: I'm heading back to PDX this weekend, the PDX food scene is incredible.

The X in airport codes typically indicates that no suitable two-letter combination was available, but Portland has embraced the designation as part of its identity.

Portland

bridges

Structures spanning obstacles

bicycling · sustainability · rain

airport

IATA

Airline industry organization

gates · terminals · security · concourse · runway · tarmac · jetway · lounge · carousel · layover

Oregon

cascades

Successive downward flows

evergreen

Opposites
Pacific Northwest regional airport rivalry

PDXSEA

Common geographic abbreviation

SFO · LAX · BFI

West Coast city culture/identity

PDXLos Angeles

Southern California metropolis

LA · Phoenix · San Diego · Las Vegas · Houston

US coastal airports - geographic extremes

PDXMIA

Unaccounted for, briefly

JFK · DFW · LAX

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G