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Major Airports

Abbr.

City

Airport Name

AMS

Amsterdam

Schiphol

ATH

Athens

Elefthérios Venizélos

ATL

Atlanta

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International

BCN

Barcelona

Barcelona International or El Prat

SXF

Berlin

Schönefeld

THF

Tempelhof

TXL

Tegel

BOS

Boston

Logan International

EZE

Buenos

Aires Ministro Pistarini (informally Ezeiza)

ORD

Chicago

O’Hare International

CPH

Copenhagen

Copenhagen Airport (informally Kastrup)

HAM

Hamburg

Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel

HEL

Helsinki

Helsinki-Vantaa

LHR

London

Heathrow

LGW

Gatwick

LAX

Los Angeles

Los Angeles International

VNY

Van Nuys (pronounced Van Nize)

MAD

Madrid

Barajas

YUL

Montreal

Montreal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International

YMX

Mirabel

SVO

Moscow

Sheremetyevo

VKO

Vnukovo

DME

Domodedovo

MUC

Munich

Franz Josef Strauss International

EWR

Newark

Newark Liberty International

JFK

New York

John F. Kennedy International

LGA

La Guardia

GMN

Oslo

Gardermoen

ORY

Paris

Orly

CDG

Charles de Gaulle

FCO

Rome

Leonardo da Vinci (Fiumicino)

CIA

Ciampino

GRU

São Paulo

Guarulhos International

VCP

Viracopos

CGH

Congonhas–São Paulo International

GMP

Seoul

Kimpo International

ICN

Incheon International

SIN

Singapore

Changi

ARN

Stockholm

Arlanda

BMA

Bromma

SYD

Sydney

Kingsford Smith

TPE

Taipei

Taiwan Taoyuan International

TLV

Tel Aviv

Ben Gurion

HND

Tokyo

Tokyo International or Haneda

NRT

Narita

YYZ

Toronto

Lester B. Pearson International

IAD

Washington, D.C.

Dulles International

WAS

Ronald Reagan–Washington National

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Temperature Conversion Table

Celsius*1

F/C

Fahrenheit*2

-18

0

32

-15

5

41

-12

10

50

-9

15

59

-7

20

68

-4

25

77

-1

30

86

0

32

90

2

35

96

4

40

104

7

45

113

10

50

122

38

100

212

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Distance Conversion Table

km

miles/km

miles

1.6

1

0.6

3.2

2

1.2

4.8

3

1.9

6.4

4

2.5

8.0

5

3.1

9.7

6

3.7

11.3

7

4.3

12.9

8

5.0

14.5

9

5.6

16.1

10

6.2

32.2

20

12.4

48.3

30

18.6

64.4

40

24.9

80.5

50

31.1

96.6

60

37.3

112.7

70

43.5

128.7

80

49.7

144.8

90

55.9

160.9

100

62.1

402.3

250

155.3

804.7

500

310.7

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* Figures are rounded off to one decimal place.

Metric Prefixes

Prefix

Meaning

deci-

one-tenth

centi-

one-hundredth

milli-

one-thousandth

micro-

one-millionth

nano-

one-billionth

pico-

one-trillionth

deka-

10

hecto-

100

kilo-

1000

mega-

1 million

giga-

1 billion

tera-

1 trillion

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Main Units of Currency

Country

Currency

Afghanistan

afghani

Albania

lek

Algeria

dinar

Argentina

peso

Australia

dollar

Austria

euro

Belgium

euro

Bolivia

boliviano

Bosnia-Herzogovina

marka

Brazil

cruzeiro

Bulgaria

lev

Canada

dollar

Chile

peso

China

renminbi

yuan

Colombia

peso

Congo, Democratic Republic of the franc congolais

Costa Rica

colon

Croatia

kuna

Czech Republic

koruna

Denmark

krone

Egypt

pound

El Salvador

U.S. dollar

Ethiopia

birr

Finland

euro

France

euro

Germany

euro

Ghana

cedi

Greece

euro

Guatemala

quetzal

Haiti

gourde

Honduras

lempira

Hong Kong

dollar

Hungary

forint

Iceland

krona

India

rupee

Indonesia

rupiah

Iran

rial

Iraq

dinar

Ireland

euro

Israel

shekel

Italy

euro

Jamaica

dollar

Japan

yen

Kenya

shilling

Korea, North

won

Korea, South

won

Kuwait

dinar

Laos

kip

Lebanon

pound

Libya

dinar

Luxembourg

euro

Malawi

kwacha

Malaysia

ringgit

Malta

euro

Mexico

peso

Morocco

dirham

Netherlands

euro

New Zealand

dollar

Nicaragua

córdoba

Nigeria

naira

Norway

krone