That characters that you see all the time displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in des

That characters that you see all the time displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are codes created by IATA, it is called IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier. Is a 3 letter hotel vancouver code that designates many airports all over the world. Normally they are very easy to be identified, for example, the IATA code for London Heathrow is LHR. Otters are not that obvious, such as CMH for Columbus, Ohio, USA or ORD for Chicago O Hare (formally called Orchand Field), USA. The elaboration of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 767, and it is administered by IATA headquarters in Montreal. The codes are published biannually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. The codes are not exclusive: 323 of the possible 17,576 codes are used by more than one airport. Though hotel vancouver the IATA codes are the most familiar airport codes to passengers, the 4-letter ICAO airport codes are becoming more and more common hotel vancouver within aviation. All international flights are planned and tracked using ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) designators, and most of the GPS databases use ICAO codes to avoid conflicts with three-letter navigation-aid hotel vancouver codes. Many countries, such as Canada, no longer use IATA codes in their official aeronautical publications. You will find bellow the list of some busy airports in the world, region and States. Is mentioned also in the list the official name and/or the name commonly used, IATA (International Air Transport Association) airport cod: AAE = Annaba, Algeria hotel vancouver AAL = Alborg, Denmark AAR = Aarhus, Denmark ABD = Abadan, Iran ABE = Allentown, Pennsylvania, hotel vancouver USA near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ABI = Abilene, Texas, USA ABJ = Port Bouet Airport, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire ABM = Bamaga, Australia ABQ = Albuquerque International Sunport, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA ABR = Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA ABS = Abu Simbel, Egypt ABX = Albury, Australia ABY = Albany, Georgia, USA ABZ = Aberdeen, UK ACA = Alvarez International Airport, Acapulco, Mexico ACC = Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana ACE = Arrecife, Spain, near Lanzarote ACY = Atlantic City International Airport, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA ADA = Adana, Turkey ADD = Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADE = Aden, Yemen ADL = Adelaide International Airport, West Beach, Australia, near Adelaide ADX = Aktyubinsk, Kazakhastan ADY = Alldays, South Africa AEP = Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Argentina AER = Adler and Sochi, Russia AES = Ålesund Airport Vigra, Norway AEX = Alexandria, Louisiana, USA AGA = Agadir, Morocco AGB = Augsburg, Germany AGS = Augusta Regional Airport, Augusta, Georgia, USA AGU = Aguascalientes, Mexico AGZ = Aggneys, hotel vancouver South Africa AHN = Athens, Georgia, USA AHO = Alghero Sassari, hotel vancouver Italy AHU = Al Hoceima, Morocco AJA = Ajaccio, France AJN = Anjouan, Comoros AJU = Aracaju, Brazil AJY = Agades, Niger AKJ = Asahikawa Airport, near Asahikawa, Japan AKL = Auckland International Airport, Mangere, New Zealand, hotel vancouver nearAuckland ALB = Albany International Airport, Albany, New York, USA ALC = Alicante, hotel vancouver Spain ALG = Algiers, Algeria ALH = Albany, Australia ALJ = Alexander Bay, South Africa ALV = Andorra La Vella, Andorra ALY = Alexandria, Egypt AMA = Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo, Texas, USA AMD = Ahmedabad International Airport, hotel vancouver Ahmedabad, India AMM = Queen Alia Airport, Amman, Jordan AMS = Schiphol Airport, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, near Amsterdam ANB = Anniston, Alabama, USA ANC = Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, hotel vancouver Anchorage, Alaska, hotel vancouver USA ANK = Ankara, Turkey ANR = Antwerp, Belgium ANU = V. 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Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, near Boston BOW = Bartow, Florida, USA BOY = Bobo and Dioulasso, Burkina Faso BPT = Southeast Texas Regional Airport, Nederland, Texas, USA BQH = Biggin Hill, UK BQK = Brunswick, Georgia, USA, near Glyncouster, Georgia BQN = Rafael Hernandez hotel vancouver Airport, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, USA BRD = Brainerd, Minnesota, USA BRI = Bari, Italy BRN = Belp Airport, Bern, Switzerland BRQ = Brno, Czech Republic BRS = Bristol, UK BRU = Brussels International Airport, Brussels, Belgium BSB = Brasilia, Brazil BSL = Basel-Mulhouse International Airport, Basel, Switzerland and Mulhouse, France hotel vancouver BTR = Baton Rouge Metropolitian Airport, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA BTS = Bratislava, Slovakia BTU = Bintulu, Malaysia BTV = Burlington, Vermont, USA BUD = Ferihegy Airport, Budapest, Hungary BUE = All Airports, Buenos Aires, Argentina BUF = Buffalo Niagara International Airport, hotel vancouver Buffalo, New York, USA BUG = Bengueka, Angola BUH = All Airports, Bucharest, Romania BUR = Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, Burbank, California, USA BVA = Beauvais Airport, Tille, France BVB = Boa Vista, Brazil BWI = Baltimore-Washington International Airport, between hotel vancouver Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC, USA BWN = Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei BXO = Bissau, Guinea Bissau BXS = Borrego Springs, California, USA BYK = Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire BYU = Bayreuth, Germany BZE = Phillip S. 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