"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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In this case, the post was one sentence long, so there was no flow to
interrupt.

Of course there is. The flow from one post to the next is interrupted when
the reader has to switch to a browser and wait for a search on the airport
ID to complete.

In other contexts, the name, location, runway length, airspace, or
whatever might be important to the point being made; mentioning the
relevant details would indeed be good style. But if the details are
tangential--or, at the other extreme, if so much information is relevant
that a reader would need to look some of it up any way--then the best
single piece of information to include is the compact, unique, instantly
searchable identifier.

If the actual identity of the airport is not relevant, why included ANY
information? Why not just write "an airport"?

You are really stretching here.

Pete