ICAO airport code

The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization. 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. 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. The exception to this rule are larger countries that have single-letter country codes, where the remaining three letters identify the airport.

In the contiguous United States and Canada, most 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 (Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta) and CYYC, IAD (Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia) and KIAD. These codes are not to be confused with radio call signs, even though both countries use four-letter call signs starting with those letters.

However, because Alaska, Hawaii 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).

A list of airports, sorted by ICAO code, is available.

Prefixes

Prefix code	Country
A#AG - Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands
A#AN - Nauru	Nauru
A#AY - Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea
B#BG - Greenland	Greenland
B#BI - Iceland	Iceland
C	Canada
D#DA - Algeria	Algeria
D#DB - Benin	Benin
D#DF - Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso
D#DG - Ghana	Ghana
D#DI - Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Côte d'Ivoire
D#DN - Nigeria	Nigeria
D#DR - Niger	Niger
D#DT - Tunisia	Tunisia
D#DX - Togo	Togolese Republic
E#EB - Belgium	Belgium
E#ED - Germany	Germany (civil)
E#EE - Estonia	Estonia
E#EF - Finland	Finland
E#EG - United Kingdom	United Kingdom
E#EH - Netherlands	Netherlands
E#EI - Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland
E#EK - Denmark	Denmark
E#EL - Luxembourg	Luxembourg
E#EN - Norway	Norway
E#EP - Poland	Poland
E#ES - Sweden	Sweden
E#ET - Germany (continued)	Germany (military)
E#EV - Latvia	Latvia
E#EY - Lithuania	Lithuania
F#FA - South Africa	South Africa
F#FB - Botswana	Botswana
F#FC - Congo	Republic of the Congo
F#FD - Swaziland	Swaziland
F#FE - Central African Republic	Central African Republic
F#FG - Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea
F#FH - Ascension Island	Ascension Island
F#FI - Mauritius	Mauritius
F#FJ - British Indian Ocean Territory	British Indian Ocean Territory
F#FK - Cameroon	Cameroon
F#FL - Zambia	Zambia
F#FM - Comoros Islands, Mayotte, Réunion, and Madagascar	Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion
F#FN - Angola	Angola
F#FO - Gabon	Gabon
F#FP - Sao Tome and Principe	São Tomé and Príncipe
F#FQ - Mozambique	Mozambique
F#FS - Seychelles	Seychelles
F#FT - Chad	Chad
F#FV - Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
F#FW - Malawi	Malawi
F#FX - Lesotho	Lesotho
F#FY - Namibia	Namibia
F#FZ - Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo
G#GA - Mali	Mali
G#GB - The Gambia	The Gambia
G#GC - Canary Islands (Spain)	Canary Islands (Spain)
G#GE - Ceuta and Melilla (Spain)	Ceuta and Melilla (Spain)
G#GF - Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone
G#GG - Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau
G#GL - Liberia	Liberia
G#GM - Morocco	Morocco
G#GO - Senegal	Senegal
G#GQ - Mauritania	Mauritania
G#GS - Western Sahara	Western Sahara
G#GU - Guinea	Guinea
G#GV - Cape Verde	Cape Verde
H#HA - Ethiopia	Ethiopia
H#HB - Burundi	Burundi
H#HC - Somalia	Somalia
H#HD - Djibouti	Djibouti (also HF)
H#HE - Egypt	Egypt
H#HF - Djibouti	Djibouti (also HD)
H#HH - Eritrea	Eritrea
H#HK - Kenya	Kenya
H#HL - Libya	Libya
H#HR - Rwanda	Rwanda
H#HS - Sudan	Sudan
H#HT - Tanzania	Tanzania
H#HU - Uganda	Uganda
K#K - United States of America	Mainland United States of America
L#LA - Albania	Albania
L#LB - Bulgaria	Bulgaria
L#LC - Cyprus	Cyprus
L#LD - Croatia	Croatia
L#LE - Spain	Spain
L#LF - France	France, including Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
L#LG - Greece	Greece
L#LH - Hungary	Hungary
L#LI - Italy	Italy
L#LJ - Slovenia	Slovenia
L#LK - Czech Republic	Czech Republic
L#LL - Israel	Israel
L#LM - Malta	Malta
L#LN - Monaco	Monaco
L#LO - Austria	Austria
L#LP - Portugal	Portugal, including the Azores
L#LQ - Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina
L#LR - Romania	Romania
L#LS - Switzerland	Switzerland
L#LT - Turkey	Turkey
L#LU - Moldova	Moldova
L#LV - Gaza Strip (Palestinian National Authority)	Gaza Strip
L#LW - Macedonia	Macedonia
L#LX - Gibraltar	Gibraltar
L#LY - Serbia and Montenegro	Serbia and Montenegro
L#LZ - Slovakia	Slovakia
M#MB - Turks and Caicos Islands	Turks and Caicos Islands
M#MD - Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic
M#MG - Guatemala	Guatemala
M#MH - Honduras	Honduras
M#MK - Jamaica	Jamaica
M#MM - Mexico	Mexico
M#MN - Nicaragua	Nicaragua
M#MP - Panama	Panama
M#MR - Costa Rica	Costa Rica
M#MS - El Salvador	El Salvador
M#MT - Haiti	Haiti
M#MU - Cuba	Cuba
M#MW - Cayman Islands	Cayman Islands
M#MY - Bahamas	Bahamas
M#MZ - Belize	Belize
N#NC - Cook Islands	Cook Islands
N#NF - Fiji, Tonga	Fiji, Tonga
N#NG - Kiribati (Gilbert Islands), Tuvalu	Kiribati (Gilbert Islands), Tuvalu
N#NI - Niue	Niue
N#NL - Wallis and Futuna	Wallis and Futuna
N#NS - Samoa, American Samoa	Samoa
N#NT - French Polynesia	French Polynesia
N#NV - Vanuatu	Vanuatu
N#NW - New Caledonia	New Caledonia
N#NZ - New Zealand	New Zealand
O#OA - Afghanistan	Afghanistan
O#OB - Bahrain	Bahrain
O#OE - Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia
O#OI - Iran	Iran
O#OJ - Jordan	Jordan and the West Bank
O#OK - Kuwait	Kuwait
O#OL - Lebanon	Lebanon
O#OM - United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates
O#OO - Oman	Oman
O#OP - Pakistan	Pakistan
O#OR - Iraq	Iraq
O#OS - Syria	Syria
O#OT - Qatar	Qatar
O#OY - Yemen	Yemen
P#PA - Alaska	Alaska only
P#PB - Baker Island	Baker Island
P#PC - Kiribati (Canton Airfield, Phoenix Islands)	Kiribati (Canton Airfield, Phoenix Islands)
P#PF - Fort Yukon, Alaska	Fort Yukon, Alaska
P#PG - Guam, Northern Marianas	Guam, Northern Marianas
P#PH - Hawaii	Hawaii only
P#PJ - Johnston Atoll	Johnston Atoll
P#PK - Marshall Islands	Marshall Islands
P#PL - Kiribati (Line Islands)	Kiribati (Line Islands)
P#PM - Midway Atoll	Midway Island
P#PO - Oliktok Long Range Radar Station, Alaska	Oliktok Long Range Radar Station, Alaska
P#PP - Point Lay, Alaska	Point Lay, Alaska
P#PT - Federated States of Micronesia, Palau	Federated States of Micronesia, Palau
P#PW - Wake Island	Wake Island
R#RC - Taiwan	Taiwan
R#RJ - Japan (most of country)	Japan (most of country)
R#RK - South Korea	South Korea
R#RO - Japan (Okinawa Prefecture and Yoron)	Japan (Okinawa Prefecture and Yoron)
R#RP - Philippines	Philippines
S#SA - Argentina	Argentina
S#SB - Brazil	Brazil (also SD, SN, SS and SW)
S#SC - Chile	Chile
S#SD - Brazil (continued)	Brazil (also SB, SN, SS and SW)
S#SE - Ecuador	Ecuador
S#SF - Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	Falkland Islands
S#SG - Paraguay	Paraguay
S#SK - Colombia	Colombia
S#SL - Bolivia	Bolivia
S#SM - Suriname	Suriname
S#SN - Brazil (continued)	Brazil (also SB, SD, SS and SW)
S#SO - French Guiana	French Guiana
S#SP - Peru	Peru
S#SS - Brazil (continued)	Brazil (also SB, SD, SN and SW)
S#SU - Uruguay	Uruguay
S#SV - Venezuela	Venezuela
S#SW - Brazil (continued)	Brazil (also SB, SD, SN and SS)
S#SY - Guyana	Guyana
T#TA - Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda
T#TB - Barbados	Barbados
T#TD - Dominica	Dominica
T#TF - Guadeloupe	Guadeloupe
T#TG - Grenada	Grenada
T#TI - U.S. Virgin Islands	U.S. Virgin Islands
T#TJ - Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico
T#TK - Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis
T#TL - Saint Lucia	Saint Lucia
T#TN - Netherlands Antilles and Aruba	Netherlands Antilles, Aruba
T#TQ - Anguilla	Anguilla
T#TR - Montserrat	Montserrat
T#TT - Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago
T#TU - British Virgin Islands	British Virgin Islands
T#TV - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
T#TX - Bermuda	Bermuda
U#U - Russia	Russia (except UA, UB, UG, UK, UM and UT)
U#UA - Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
U#UB - Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan
U#UG - Armenia and Georgia	Armenia, Georgia
U#UK - Ukraine	Ukraine
U#UM - Belarus	Belarus
U#UT - Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan	Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
V#VA - India	India (also VE, VI and VO)
V#VC - Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka
V#VD - Cambodia	Cambodia
V#VE - India	India (also VA, VI and VO)
V#VG - Bangladesh	Bangladesh
V#VH - Hong Kong	Hong Kong
V#VI - India	India (also VA, VE and VO)
V#VL - Laos	Laos
V#VM - Macao	Macao
V#VN - Nepal	Nepal
V#VO - India	India (also VA, VE and VI)
V#VQ - Bhutan	Bhutan
V#VR - Maldives	Maldives
V#VT - Thailand	Thailand
V#VV - Vietnam	Vietnam
V#VY - Myanmar	Myanmar
W#WA - Indonesia	Indonesia (also WI, WQ and WR)
W#WB - Malaysia and Brunei	Malaysia (also WM), Brunei
W#WI - Indonesia	Indonesia (also WA, WQ and WR)
W#WM - Malaysia	Malaysia (also WB)
W#WP - Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste
W#WQ - Indonesia	Indonesia (also WA, WI and WR)
W#WR - Indonesia	Indonesia (also WA, WI and WQ)
W#WS - Singapore	Singapore
Y#Y - Australia	Australia
Z#Z (except ZK & ZM) - People's Republic of China	People's Republic of China (except ZK and ZM)
Z#ZK - North Korea	North Korea
Z#ZM - Mongolia	Mongolia

Some examples

Others are less logical; very few UK airports are obvious, for example:
EGLL - London Heathrow (LHR), EGKK - London Gatwick (LGW) (see also List of UK airfields)

References

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Prefixes

Some examples

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