How do I get Google Maps Directions API to choose the correct Airport?

Question

When I ask google for directions, both "MMU" and "MMU Airport" work fine, but when I use the API it keeps going to MLU airport... what gives?

Code:

var directionService = new google.maps.DirectionsService;
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder;
directionService.route({
        origin: $('#selAirport').val() + ' Airport',
        destination: $('#selZIPZone').val(),
        travelMode: google.maps.TravelMode.DRIVING
    },
    function(response, status) {
        console.log(response, status);
        ...

dev-tools photo showing it received "MMU Airport" as the origin, but set the Start Address to MLU Airport instead

Answer 1

That looks like a data problem. The directions service/geocoder recognize Morristown Municipal Airport, but not MMU. I reported that through the Google Maps "report an error" (lower right hand corner of the map), not sure if it will be accepted.

code snippet:

var geocoder;
var map;

function initialize() {
  var map = new google.maps.Map(
    document.getElementById("map_canvas"), {
      center: new google.maps.LatLng(37.4419, -122.1419),
      zoom: 13,
      mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
    });
  var directionService = new google.maps.DirectionsService();
  var directionsDisplay = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer({
    map: map
  });
  directionService.route({
      origin: 'Morristown Airport',
      destination: "Florham Park , NJ",
      travelMode: google.maps.TravelMode.DRIVING
    },
    function(response, status) {
      if (status === google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK) {
        console.log(response);
        directionsDisplay.setDirections(response);
      } else {
        window.alert('Directions request failed due to ' + status);
      }
    });
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, "load", initialize);

html,
body,
#map_canvas {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0px;
  padding: 0px
}

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk"></script>
<div id="map_canvas"></div>