OpenBSD folklore and share/misc/airport

&quot;One can say anything about Lublin airport, but they sure do consider IATA codes are serious business. The tone was set right from the parking lot entrance.&quot;<p>The reason Lublin&#x27;s IATA code is so prominently exposed is because the word &quot;luz&quot; in Polish means - among others - the state of being relaxed, chilled out. Just a bit of marketing on the city&#x27;s part.

Ok, I&#x27;ll ask the obvious. Why is OpenBSD trying to maintain a list of IATA airport codes?<p>(And before you ask why not, try to think of some answers yourself first. I can come up with a few drawbacks, though I&#x27;m nowhere close to a subject expert.)

Not your everyday caveats section:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;man.openbsd.org&#x2F;airport.7#CAVEATS" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;man.openbsd.org&#x2F;airport.7#CAVEATS</a>

Here’s a copy of the current version of the file itself <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openbsd&#x2F;src&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;share&#x2F;misc&#x2F;airport" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openbsd&#x2F;src&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;share&#x2F;misc&#x2F;airpor...</a>

Here is the complete file if you are curious: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openbsd&#x2F;src&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;share&#x2F;misc&#x2F;airport" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;openbsd&#x2F;src&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;share&#x2F;misc&#x2F;airpor...</a><p>There are ~2,000 entries vs ~11,000 assigned IATA airport codes

I visited 4 airports that aren&#x27;t in the list. Do you think I can add them to the list? Never committed before to OpenBSD so I do not know if I compute as a &quot;OpenBSD developers&quot; in &quot;New airports can only be added by OpenBSD developers who have visited an airport and thereby have verified its existence.&quot;

I thought this was going to be about <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org&#x2F;lyrics.html#43" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.openbsd.org&#x2F;lyrics.html#43</a> where the author claims that Richard Stallman made a scene and had to be removed from a plane from Washington DC to New Orleans.<p>It sounds like a severe enough accusation that there should be some corroborating evidence.

Mr. Cambus is also the author of the excellent ansiweather script.