Airport Identifiers
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Minuteman
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"K" is the ICAO identifier for the US, I believe.
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you are correct sir...
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Lemme see if I can beat the freight dogs that fly through Anchorage on this one ... "Don't forget 'P' for Pacific Rim US airports."
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"K" is the ICAO identifier for the US, I believe.
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you are correct sir...
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Lemme see if I can beat the freight dogs that fly through Anchorage on this one ... "Don't forget 'P' for Pacific Rim US airports."
TaterSalad
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I thought i remember my instructor telling me that the the airports with a K and letters after it (i.e. klax) were customs designated. meaning that customs could meet you there if you came in from outside the US. But the ones with numbers (i.e. L71), arent designated for customs.
has anyone else heard this?
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Actually, I 2nd this one. I remember hearing something along the same lines. And no, they may not have customs on the field, but the airport is one designated a usable field of entry, where customs can come to you, or something like that.
I thought i remember my instructor telling me that the the airports with a K and letters after it (i.e. klax) were customs designated. meaning that customs could meet you there if you came in from outside the US. But the ones with numbers (i.e. L71), arent designated for customs.
has anyone else heard this?
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Actually, I 2nd this one. I remember hearing something along the same lines. And no, they may not have customs on the field, but the airport is one designated a usable field of entry, where customs can come to you, or something like that.
PhilosopherPilot
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I like the Key West identifier... EYW When you add the K (for the lower 48), you get KEYW... Cool huh? I know, I'm a dork.
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secretapproach
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I thought i remember my instructor telling me that the the airports with a K and letters after it (i.e. klax) were customs designated. meaning that customs could meet you there if you came in from outside the US. But the ones with numbers (i.e. L71), arent designated for customs.
has anyone else heard this?
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Actually, I 2nd this one. I remember hearing something along the same lines. And no, they may not have customs on the field, but the airport is one designated a usable field of entry, where customs can come to you, or something like that.
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The K is just the identifier for the continental US, same as E is most of northern Europe - EG=Great Britain, ED=Germany i.e. Deutschland, etc. - , L is southern Europe - LP=Portugal, LI=Italy, etc. - (including Switzerland, but hey, you have to draw the line somewhere), etc. The K doesn't have anything to do with customs; John Wayne airport is KSNA and doesn't have customs.
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I thought i remember my instructor telling me that the the airports with a K and letters after it (i.e. klax) were customs designated. meaning that customs could meet you there if you came in from outside the US. But the ones with numbers (i.e. L71), arent designated for customs.
has anyone else heard this?
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Actually, I 2nd this one. I remember hearing something along the same lines. And no, they may not have customs on the field, but the airport is one designated a usable field of entry, where customs can come to you, or something like that.
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The K is just the identifier for the continental US, same as E is most of northern Europe - EG=Great Britain, ED=Germany i.e. Deutschland, etc. - , L is southern Europe - LP=Portugal, LI=Italy, etc. - (including Switzerland, but hey, you have to draw the line somewhere), etc. The K doesn't have anything to do with customs; John Wayne airport is KSNA and doesn't have customs.
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Hijack,
Speaking of DEN, does anybody remember if DEN was the identifier for Stapleton, or did that come when they opened DIA? Just curious. That was a little before I was old enough to fly.
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DEN was Stapleton's identifier. People call the new Denver airport DIA, which kind of irks me. It's the same as Tucson Intl Airport. It's TUS, but many people refer to it as TIA, which is entirely incorrect. Then I see guys trying to pull down NOTAMS and WX for TIA, and getting nothing resembling Tucson back.
Hijack,
Speaking of DEN, does anybody remember if DEN was the identifier for Stapleton, or did that come when they opened DIA? Just curious. That was a little before I was old enough to fly.
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DEN was Stapleton's identifier. People call the new Denver airport DIA, which kind of irks me. It's the same as Tucson Intl Airport. It's TUS, but many people refer to it as TIA, which is entirely incorrect. Then I see guys trying to pull down NOTAMS and WX for TIA, and getting nothing resembling Tucson back.
FlyChicaga
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mtsu_av8er
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I like the Key West identifier... EYW When you add the K (for the lower 48), you get KEYW... Cool huh? I know, I'm a dork.
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What do you get when you put the "K" in front of Little Rock's code?
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That one is my personal favorite....
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I like the Key West identifier... EYW When you add the K (for the lower 48), you get KEYW... Cool huh? I know, I'm a dork.
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What do you get when you put the "K" in front of Little Rock's code?
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That one is my personal favorite....
seagull
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I stand by my last post. Those other airports are probably designated as reliever or alternates by the ATA, who does the actual naming. This is why they're called "ATA codes". Doesn't matter if it never saw service or not, that's for ATA to decide. If one got changed recently to a 3 letter, it's probably because someone at ATA wanted it for some reason and was able to justify it.
Alaska airports ICAO ident starts with PA, not just "P", incidentally. Some just match up with the ATA code, but not all of them do, such as PAED for EAD Elmendorf, PAFA is FAI, etc. PH is for Hawaii, so, aside for PHNL, others, like ITO are PHTO, for example.
Alaska airports ICAO ident starts with PA, not just "P", incidentally. Some just match up with the ATA code, but not all of them do, such as PAED for EAD Elmendorf, PAFA is FAI, etc. PH is for Hawaii, so, aside for PHNL, others, like ITO are PHTO, for example.
kellwolf
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DEN was Stapleton's identifier. People call the new Denver airport DIA, which kind of irks me. It's the same as Tucson Intl Airport. It's TUS, but many people refer to it as TIA, which is entirely incorrect.
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Wow, and I figured I was the only one that got my panties in a twist when the news refers to MCO as OIA.
DEN was Stapleton's identifier. People call the new Denver airport DIA, which kind of irks me. It's the same as Tucson Intl Airport. It's TUS, but many people refer to it as TIA, which is entirely incorrect.
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Wow, and I figured I was the only one that got my panties in a twist when the news refers to MCO as OIA.
PhilosopherPilot
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The local news in West Palm Beach refer to the airport as PBIA. I find that sort of thing pretty annoying too.
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Johnathan
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Just about all the major Canadian airports have Y in them somewhere. YVR, YYZ, etc. At least all the ones I had to memorize for XJT started with Y.
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Yea all Canadian airports start with C and then usually have a Y in there as well usually following the C (eg. YYZ, YUL, YVR, YYC, YEG etc.). Not all of them have the Y though but it's mostly smaller airports that don't have it like Welland, Ontario is CNQ3 but St. Catharines (larger but still just a GA airport) is CYSN. That's Canada for you though
Just about all the major Canadian airports have Y in them somewhere. YVR, YYZ, etc. At least all the ones I had to memorize for XJT started with Y.
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Yea all Canadian airports start with C and then usually have a Y in there as well usually following the C (eg. YYZ, YUL, YVR, YYC, YEG etc.). Not all of them have the Y though but it's mostly smaller airports that don't have it like Welland, Ontario is CNQ3 but St. Catharines (larger but still just a GA airport) is CYSN. That's Canada for you though
ROFCIBC
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So there are more than 17,576 airports? 26*26*26
I just have a hard time believing that.
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When you throw in the navaid identifiers that had to be changed because they didn't reside on the airport, hence couldn't have the same name, I'd bet that jacked up, or down, the available three letter stuff.
i.e. Purdue is LAF and the vortac also used to be LAF. Changed the vortac to BVT. Presto, just used up three different letters!
Or the "expansion" thing. DFW, the vortac and airport got two new vortacs to replace the old DFW. Cowboy and Ranger. FUZ was one of them, can't remember the other identifier.
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(from an old, very old song!)
So there are more than 17,576 airports? 26*26*26
I just have a hard time believing that.
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When you throw in the navaid identifiers that had to be changed because they didn't reside on the airport, hence couldn't have the same name, I'd bet that jacked up, or down, the available three letter stuff.
i.e. Purdue is LAF and the vortac also used to be LAF. Changed the vortac to BVT. Presto, just used up three different letters!
Or the "expansion" thing. DFW, the vortac and airport got two new vortacs to replace the old DFW. Cowboy and Ranger. FUZ was one of them, can't remember the other identifier.
Again, Pop! there goes another rubber tree plant!
(from an old, very old song!)