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Mar 9th, 2006 at 3:15pm

Ashar   Ex Member
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How the heck do they decide to call those...In some I can make out somehow....like LIRF....

L=???
I=Italy
R=Rome
F=Fiumicino

EBOS

E=Europe
B=Belgium
OS=Ostend?

Any one have any links for my info...this question has had me thinking for a while now...
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Ashar Smiley
 
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Reply #1 - Mar 9th, 2006 at 3:48pm

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I find them somehow confusing too.
Like Italy, that's a part of europe, yet their ICAO's don't start with an E, like most european contries.. ???
 

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Reply #2 - Mar 9th, 2006 at 5:02pm

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As far as I know, countries which are generally considered in Northern Europe have an ICAO code beginning E, whereas those in Southern Europe/Mediterranean/the Balkans start with an L. Hence L for Spain, Italy and Crotia, and E for the UK, Denmark and Lithuania.
 
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Reply #3 - Mar 9th, 2006 at 5:42pm

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All the ones in Britain start with EG.
This site may help. Smiley
http://www8.landings.com/cgi-bin/get_file?APT/icao_prefix.html
     
ICAO Airport Code Prefixes

Country      Valid ICAO Code Prefixes
AFGHANISTAN      OA
AL JAZA'IR (ALGERIA)      DA
ALBANIA      LA
AMERICAN SAMOA      NS
ANGOLA      FN
ANGUILLA      TQ
ANTARCTICA      NZ,SA,SC
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA      TA
ARGENTINA      SA
ARMENIA      UD
AUSTRALIA      Y
AUSTRIA      LO
AZERBAIJAN      UB
BAHAMAS      MY
BAHRAIN      OB
BANGLADESH      VG
BARBADOS      TB
BELARUS      UM
BELGIQUE/BELGIË (BELGIUM)      EB
BELGIUM      EB
BELIZE      MZ
BENIN      DB
BERMUDA      TX
BHUTAN      VQ
BOLIVIA      SL
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA      LQ
BOTSWANA      FB
BRAZIL      SB,SD,SN,SS,SW
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY      FJ
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS      TU
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM      WB
BULGARIA      LB
BURKINA FASO      DF
BURUNDI      HB
CAMEROON      FK
CANADA      C
CAPE VERDE      GV
CAYMAN ISLANDS      MW
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC      FE
CHILE      SC,NE
CHINA      RC,VH,ZB,ZG,ZH,ZJ,ZL,ZP,ZS,ZT,ZU,ZW,ZY,VM
COLOMBIA      SK
COMOROS      FMC
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES'S REPUBLIC      FZ
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE      FC
COOK ISLANDS      NC
COSTA RICA      MR
CÔTE D'IVOIRE (IVORY COAST)      DI
CROATIA      LD
CUBA      MU
CYPRUS      LC
CZECH REPUBLIC      LK
DANMARK (DENMARK)      EK,BG
DEUTSCHLAND (GERMANY)      ED,ET
DJIBOUTI      HD
DOMINICA      TD
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC      MD
ECUADOR      SE
EGYPT      HE
ÉIRE (IRELAND)      EI
EL SALVADOR      MS
EQUATORIAL GUINEA      FG
ERITREA      HH
ESPAÑA (SPAIN)      LE,GC,GE
ESTONIA      EE
ETHIOPIA      HA
FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS)      SF
FIJI      NF
FRANCE      LF
GABON      FO
GAZA STRIP      LV
GEORGIA      UG
GHANA      DG
GREECE      LG
GRENADA      TG
GUADELOUPE      TF
GUAM      PG
GUATEMALA      MG
GUINEA      GU
GUINEA BISSAU      GG
GUYANA      SY
GUYANE FRANÇAISE (FRENCH GUIANA)      SO
HAÏTI      MT,CT
HONDURAS      MH
INDIA      VA,VE,VI,VO
INDONESIA      WA,WI,WR
IRAN      OI
IRAQ      OR
ISRAEL      LL
ITALIA (ITALY)      LI
IVORY COAST      DI
JAMAICA      MK
JAPAN      RJ,RO
JORDAN      OJ
KÂMPUCHÉA (CAMBODIA)      VD
KAZAKHSTAN      UA
KENYA      HK
KIRIBATI      NG
KOSOVO      LY
KUWAIT      OK
KYRGYZSTAN      UA
LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE (FRENCH POLYNESIA)      NT
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (LAOS)      VL
LATVIA      EV
LEBANON      OL
LESOTHO      FX
LIBERIA      GL
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA (LIBYA)      HL
LITHUANIA      EY
LUXEMBOURG      EL
LÝÐVELDIÐ ÍSLAND (ICELAND)      BI
MACAU      VM
MACEDONIA      LW
MAGYARORSZÁG (HUNGARY)      LH
MALAWI      FW
MALAYSIA      WB,WM
MALDIVES      VR
MALI      GA
MALTA      LM
MARIANA ISLANDS      PG
MARSHALL ISLANDS      EN,PK
MARTINIQUE      TF
MAURITANIA      GQ
MAURITIUS      FI
MÉXICO      MM
MICRONESIA      PT
MOLDOVA      LU
MONACO      LN
MONGOLIA      ZM
MONTSERRAT      TR
MOROCCO      GM
MOZAMBIQUE      FQ
MYANMAR      VB,VY
NAMIBIA      FY
NAURU      AN
NEDERLAND (THE NETHERLANDS)      EH
NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN (NETHERLANDS ANTILLES)      TN
NEPAL      VN
NEW CALEDONIA      NW
NEW ZEALAND      NZ,PL
NICARAGUA      MN
NIGER      DR
NIGERIA      DN
NIUE      NI
NORGE (NORWAY)      EN
NORTH KOREA      ZK
OMAN      OO
ÖSTERREICH (AUSTRIA)      LO
PAKISTAN      OP
PALAU      PT
PANAMÁ      MP
PAPUA NEW GUINEA      AY
PARAGUAY      SG
PERÚ      SP
PHILIPPINES      RP
POLSKA (POLAND)      EP
PORTUGAL      LP
PUERTO RICO      TJ
QATAR      OT
REPOBLIKAN'I MADAGASIKARA (MADAGASCAR)      FMM,FMN,FMS
REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA      LJ
REUNION      FME
ROMANIA      LR
RUSSIA      UA,UE,UH,UI,UL,UN,UO,UR,US,UU,UW
RWANDA      HR
SAINT HELENA      FH
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS      TK
SAINT LUCIA      TL
SAINT PIÈRRE ET MIQUELON      LF
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES      TV
SAMOA      NS
SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE (SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE)      FP
SAUDI ARABIA      OE
SENEGAL      GO
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO      LY
SEYCHELLES      FS
SIERRA LEONE      GF
SINGAPORE      WS
SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY (SLOVAKIA)      LZ
SOLOMON ISLANDS      AG
SOMALIA      HC
SOUTH AFRICA      FA
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS      EG
SOUTH KOREA      RK
SRI LANKA      VC
SUDAN      HS
SUISSE/SCHWEIZ/SVIZZERA/SVIZZRA (SWITZERLAND)      LS
SUOMI (FINLAND)      EF
SURINAME      SM
SVERIGE (SWEDEN)      ES
SWAZILAND      FD
SYRIA      OS
TAIWAN      RC
TAJIKISTAN      UT
TANZANIA      HT
TCHAD (CHAD)      FT
THAILAND      VT
THE GAMBIA      GB
TIMOR LOROSA'E (EAST TIMOR)      WP
TOGO      DX
TONGA      NFT
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO      TT
TUNISIA      DT
TURKEY      LT
TURKMENISTAN      UT
TURKS AND CAICOS      MB
TUVALU      NGF
UGANDA      HU
UKRAINE      UK
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES      OM
UNITED KINGDOM      EG,LX
URUGUAY      SU
US VIRGIN ISLANDS      MI,TI
USA      K,X,PA,PB,PF,PJ,PL,PM,PO,PP,PH,PW
UZBEKHISTAN      UT
VANUATU      NV
VENEZUELA      SV
VIÊT NAM      VV
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS      NL
WEST BANK      OJ
WESTERN SAHARA      GS
YEMEN      OY
ZAMBIA      FL
ZIMBABWE      FV
 

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Reply #4 - Mar 10th, 2006 at 11:43am

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Excellent link Ben...but it doesn't tell me why they name it like that Wink
 
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Reply #5 - Mar 10th, 2006 at 3:01pm

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Quote:
Excellent link Ben...but it doesn't tell me why they name it like that Wink

There's not always a purpose.  Sometimes it just is Wink

The major airports often got ICAOs that roughly correspond to their name-

KBOS Boston Logan Int'l
KJFK JFK Int'l
KPHL Philadelphia
KATL Atlanta

etc.

But when they run out, you take what you can get.  There's no hidden scientific formula here, these are picked by people-it's not like the ICAOs are computer generated or anything, there's no method.
 
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Reply #6 - Mar 10th, 2006 at 10:27pm

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I always found the code for Little Rock, Arkansas particularly funny. Wink
 

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Reply #7 - Mar 10th, 2006 at 10:49pm

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I always found the code for Little Rock, Arkansas particularly funny. Wink

I believe I actually laughed when I saw it the first time. (sorry, I may be 17 going on 50 but I'm still a little juvenile Grin)
 
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Reply #8 - Mar 13th, 2006 at 11:04pm

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I always found the code for Little Rock, Arkansas particularly funny. Wink

......while on the subject.....

Rapid City, South Dakota is one of my personal favorites.

Last year we were flying over west Texas and my F/O asked me "where the heck are we?" I told him "slightly east of the M.F.N.!" Then I hit the nearest airport function on the GPS and it indicated that we were 10nm east of BFE (Brownsfield).



 

.....so I loaded up the plane and moved to Middle-EEEE..........OIL..that is......
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Reply #9 - Mar 17th, 2006 at 8:42am

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Europe
Sweden
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Reply #10 - Mar 17th, 2006 at 8:49am

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Quote:
I always found the code for Little Rock, Arkansas particularly funny. Wink


What is the code for it?
 

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Reply #11 - Mar 17th, 2006 at 12:15pm

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What is the code for it?

KLIT.

*giggles*
 
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Reply #12 - Mar 17th, 2006 at 12:17pm

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What is the code for it?


Gooogling is a man's best friend Theis... Wink Smiley

Quote:
KLIT.

*giggles*


Nice Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #13 - Mar 17th, 2006 at 12:19pm

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Nice code!! Grin Grin
 

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Reply #14 - Mar 17th, 2006 at 1:25pm
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RAF Lakenheath has a fitting ICAO : EGUL
 
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