Information about Icao Airport Code
The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: [aɪ'keɪˌjo]) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: Location Indicators.
The ICAO codes are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. They are not the same as the IATA codes encountered by the general public, which are used for airline timetables, reservations, and baggage handling. For example, travellers who use London's Heathrow Airport will most likely be familliar with its IATA code: LHR. The travelling public are less likely, however, to be familiar with the ICAO code: EGLL.
ICAO codes are also used to identify other locations such as weather stations, International Flight Service Stations or Area Control Centers, whether or not they are located at airports.
Unlike the IATA codes, the ICAO codes have a regional structure, are not duplicated and are comprehensive. In general, the first letter is allocated by continent and represents a country or group of countries within that continent. The second letter generally represents a country within that region, and the remaining two are used to identify each airport. Using the earlier example as Heathrow airport, if one knows that the ICAO code for Heathrow is EGLL, then one can deduce that the airport EGNH is somewhere in the UK (it is Blackpool International Airport). On the other hand, knowing that the IATA code for Heathrow is LHR does not enable one to deduce the airport LHQ with any greater certainty (it is Fairfield County Airport in Ohio in the United States). The exception to this rule is larger countries that have single-letter country codes, where the remaining three letters identify the airport.
In the contiguous United States and Canada, most, but not all, airports have been assigned three-letter IATA codes which are the same as their ICAO code without the leading K or C. e.g., YYC and CYYC (Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta), IAD and KIAD (Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia). These codes are not to be confused with radio or television call signs, even though both countries use four-letter call signs starting with those letters.
In region L (Southern Europe), all available 2-letter prefixes have been exhausted and thus no additional countries can be added.
However, because Alaska, Hawaiʻi and other United States territories have their own 2-letter ICAO prefix, the situation there is similar to other smaller countries and the ICAO code of their airports is typically different from its corresponding 3-letter FAA/IATA identifier. For example, Hilo International Airport (PHTO vs ITO) and Juneau International Airport (PAJN vs JNU).
ZZZZ is a special code which is used when no ICAO code exists for the airport and is normally used in Flight plans.
A list of airports, sorted by ICAO code, is available.
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The ICAO codes are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. They are not the same as the IATA codes encountered by the general public, which are used for airline timetables, reservations, and baggage handling. For example, travellers who use London's Heathrow Airport will most likely be familliar with its IATA code: LHR. The travelling public are less likely, however, to be familiar with the ICAO code: EGLL.
ICAO codes are also used to identify other locations such as weather stations, International Flight Service Stations or Area Control Centers, whether or not they are located at airports.
Unlike the IATA codes, the ICAO codes have a regional structure, are not duplicated and are comprehensive. In general, the first letter is allocated by continent and represents a country or group of countries within that continent. The second letter generally represents a country within that region, and the remaining two are used to identify each airport. Using the earlier example as Heathrow airport, if one knows that the ICAO code for Heathrow is EGLL, then one can deduce that the airport EGNH is somewhere in the UK (it is Blackpool International Airport). On the other hand, knowing that the IATA code for Heathrow is LHR does not enable one to deduce the airport LHQ with any greater certainty (it is Fairfield County Airport in Ohio in the United States). The exception to this rule is larger countries that have single-letter country codes, where the remaining three letters identify the airport.
In the contiguous United States and Canada, most, but not all, airports have been assigned three-letter IATA codes which are the same as their ICAO code without the leading K or C. e.g., YYC and CYYC (Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta), IAD and KIAD (Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia). These codes are not to be confused with radio or television call signs, even though both countries use four-letter call signs starting with those letters.
In region L (Southern Europe), all available 2-letter prefixes have been exhausted and thus no additional countries can be added.
However, because Alaska, Hawaiʻi and other United States territories have their own 2-letter ICAO prefix, the situation there is similar to other smaller countries and the ICAO code of their airports is typically different from its corresponding 3-letter FAA/IATA identifier. For example, Hilo International Airport (PHTO vs ITO) and Juneau International Airport (PAJN vs JNU).
ZZZZ is a special code which is used when no ICAO code exists for the airport and is normally used in Flight plans.
A list of airports, sorted by ICAO code, is available.
Prefixes
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Map of world regions classified according to the first letter of the ICAO airport code.
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Map of countries classified according to the ICAO airport code prefix. Any correspondence between subnational regions and second letter also indicated. Micronations not labeled individually.
See also
- List of airports by ICAO code
- IATA airport code
- List of airports by IATA code
- Airspace class
- Class A airport
- ICAO airline designators - A list of codes
External links
- International Civil Aviation Organization (official site)
- ICAO On-line Publications Purchasing (official site)
- Catalogue of ICAO Airfields
- ICAO airport code prefixes
International Phonetic Alphabet
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The International
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The International
Phonetic Alphabet
History
Nonstandard symbols
Extended IPA
Naming conventions
IPA for English The
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An airport code is a short code used to identify a specific airport. There are two international systems used:
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- IATA airport code, a three-letter code which is more commonly known to the public
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Alphanumeric is a collective term used to identify letters of the Latin alphabet and Arabic digits. There are either 36 (single case) or 62 (case-sensitive) alphanumeric characters. The alphanumeric character set consists of the numbers 0 to 9 and letters A to Z.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
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Formation April 1947
Headquarters Montreal, Canada
Membership 190 member states
Official languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Secretary General Taïeb Chérif
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The ICAO flag
Formation April 1947
Headquarters Montreal, Canada
Membership 190 member states
Official languages Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
Secretary General Taïeb Chérif
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Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. A controller's primary task is to separate
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Flight planning is the process of producing a flight plan to describe a proposed aircraft flight. It involves two safety-critical aspects: fuel calculation, to ensure that the aircraft can safely reach the destination, and compliance with air traffic control requirements, to
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An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1] , is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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timetable or schedule is an organized list or schedule, usually set out in tabular form, providing information about a series of arranged events: in particular, the time at which it is planned these events will take place.
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Reservation may refer to:
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- Indian reserve, in Canada
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Luggage is any number of bags, cases and containers which hold a traveller's articles during transit. The modern traveller can be expected to have packages containing clothing, toiletries, small possessions, trip necessities, and on the return-trip, souvenirs.
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London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL) is one of the busiest airports in the world.[2] The airport is the United Kingdom's busiest airport, as well as being Europe's busiest airport for passenger traffic (see Busiest airport
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weather station is a facility with instruments and equipment to make observations of atmospheric conditions in order to provide information to make weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate.
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A flight service station (FSS) is an air traffic facility which provides aircraft pilot briefings regarding current weather and possible hazards along the route of flight.
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Area Control Center (ACC), also known as a Center, is a facility responsible for controlling instrument flight rules aircraft en route in a particular volume of airspace (a Flight Information Region) at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures.
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Blackpool International Airport (IATA: BLK, ICAO: EGNH) is a small international airport, 2.6 nautical miles (4.8 km) southeast of Blackpool, Lancashire in North West England.
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Fairfield County Airport may refer to:
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- Fairfield County Airport (Ohio) in Lancaster, Ohio, United States (FAA: LHQ).
- Fairfield County Airport (South Carolina) in Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States (FAA: FDW).
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"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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"E Pluribus Unum" ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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Calgary International Airport, (IATA: YYC, ICAO: CYYC), is the main airport that serves Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the surrounding region; It is located 17 km from the downtown core. It is one of Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic, serving 11.
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Downtown Calgary.
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Nickname: Cowtown, The Stampede City , The Heart of the New West
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Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD
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Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD
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Chantilly is an unincorporated community located in western Fairfax County and southeastern Loudoun County of Northern Virginia. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census designated place (CDP), the community population was 41,041 as of the 2000 census.
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In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitting station.
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Hilo International Airport (IATA: ITO, ICAO: PHTO), formerly General Lyman Field, is a public airport of the State of Hawai'i in Hawai'i County two miles east of the unincorporated city of Hilo.
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Juneau International Airport (IATA: JNU, ICAO: PAJN) is a public airport located 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. The airport has one runway and one seaplane landing area.
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Flight plans are documents filed by pilots with the local Aviation Authority (e.g. FAA in the USA) prior to departure. They generally include basic information such as departure and arrival points, estimated time en route, alternate airports in case of bad weather, type of flight
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