What does SOB mean?
| Meaning | Hévíz-Balaton Airport |
|---|---|
| Category | Transport & aviation |
| Type | Code |
The code SOB identifies Hévíz-Balaton Airport in its own published identity. The airport’s document header pairs LHSM and SOB, and its English homepage title also includes SOB. This is a location-code use rather than a three-word acronym expansion.
Keep the airport name with the identifier. The cited document header pairs Hévíz-Balaton Airport with LHSM-SOB and gives a Sármellék address. A three-letter field and a four-letter field in a supplied record should retain their respective code values rather than be collapsed into one string. Also identify the field’s subject: SOB in an airport-code column names a location, whereas Souls on Board belongs to a people-count context. Neither interpretation can be chosen reliably from the three letters without the surrounding record. A code association is not a statement that a particular flight operates, a seat is available or an airport is open at a particular time. For an original travel-note example, an airport field may identify the destination while the departure and date remain absent. Preserve that missing information instead of turning the airport name into a confirmed itinerary. The exercise below reads invented fields. It uses the airport’s own naming evidence, not a live code-allocation, operating-status or ticket-availability lookup.
Meaning in context
- SOB
- The three-letter identifier paired with Hévíz-Balaton Airport in the source’s own identity.
- LHSM
- The four-letter identifier paired with SOB; retain the code format required by the destination field.
Practical examples
Keep the two fields
- Before
Invented import: three-letter field SOB; four-letter field LHSM; name Hévíz-Balaton Airport. Draft: Replace both fields with SOB.
- After
Retain SOB and LHSM in their respective fictional code fields.
The source pairs the values with one airport; different identifier formats should not overwrite each other.
A location is not an itinerary
- Before
Invented note names Hévíz-Balaton Airport but supplies no flight date or departure. Draft: A flight is confirmed for today.
- After
The fictional note identifies the airport and supplies no confirmed flight or date.
A named location does not provide the missing service and timing information.
Original illustrative examples, not quotations or reports of actual events.
Read the airport-code field
Does SOB identify the airport in this field, or a people count in another part of the record?
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Read an airport field
Use its declared code format and adjacent name.
SOB is the supplied three-letter airport identifier.
Read a people-count field
Keep a person-count quantity separate from an airport identifier.
The fictional field labelled people aboard contains a count, not an airport name.
Read an itinerary
Look for the actual flight and date instead of assuming availability.
The supplied airport field contains no confirmed departure.
Match the code to its declared field and named airport; keep location identity separate from a people count or a current service result.
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