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As far as I can tell, the longest words you can spell entirely out of airport codes are each 9 letters long. It's quite an evocative list of words, too.
AMSTERDAM is, of course, the only recursive inclusion here. It's wild that you could theoretically book a TER>ROR>IST itinerary. I bet that would raise some flags.
It would involve flying from a military airfield in Portugal to Melekeok, Palau, to Istanbul, so it's probably not something to worry about.
The shortest wordroute you could fly is SUNBURSTS, from Hailey, Idaho (SUN), to BURbank, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA, in 1,066 miles.

The longest is BONGOISTS, from Flamingo International Airport in Bonaire to Goa, India, and again to Santa Rosa. This time in 17,804 miles.
You can see all the possible 9-letter wordroutes on this map (h/t @dreamword). Average distance traveled is 4,692 miles. gcmap.com/mapui?P=AER-OM…
I got the airport codes from airportcod.es, which some folks have noted are incomplete. Like, it didn't catch this beautiful route gcmap.com/mapui?P=BOM-BA… (h/t @kittylyst) or this 12-letter doozy gcmap.com/mapui?P=EXT-EN… (h/t @FakeUnicode)
This is a good one! My data set didn't have OUT in it gcmap.com/mapui?P=OUT-PE…
OK I don't think there will be any more updates after this, but another technically possibly wordroute is ACETYLSALICYLIC, for a total of 15 characters gcmap.com/mapui?P=ACE-TY…
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The delightful dancing video of AOC that is being circulated right now* is actually part of a pretty storied, if now mostly forgotten, remix culture phenomenon. If you'll allow me...

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Alright let's do this Philly
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I collect challenge coins from "cyber" divisions, and they're all bonkers, but this has got to be the wildest one I've ever seen
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