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I was there when it was just Hahn AB. When Ryanair & Air France took over after the base was closed [0] and renamed it, I knew something shady was going on. Cheap flight, but then a 2 hour bus ride to Frankfurt am Main. I bet people got angry after being fooled.

[0] Which was sad. All the pilots left with their F-16s to go to war, and the base was closed while they were gone, leaving their wives & families to pack up and return to the US.

To add to the list, there was an attempt to change the name of the Stockton Airport to San Francisco-Stockton Regional Airport. About 80 miles from San Francisco.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SFO-objection-grounds...

That is nothing. Try flying to Australia and end up in Canada:

https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/north-america/co...

Or flying to Oakland and ending up in Auckland.

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-04-02/news/mn-19265_1_custo...