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The EKP-III Database of airports is drawn from the system of ICAO (International Civil

Aviation Organization) identifiers. Unlike the IATA (International Airline Transport

Association) identifiers seen on charts and luggage tags, the ICAO codes minimize the possi-

bility of duplicate identifiers and allow pilots to identify an airport’s region and nearby large city.

ICAO codes for international airports use a 2-character identifier for the region, fol-

lowed by 1 character that identifies the airport’s general area, then 1 character of the airport.

For example, the ICAO code for Melbourne, Australia is YMML (IATA code MEL). All of

Victoria and Tasmania are in the YM region and the international airports in the Melbourne

area start with “M”. Therefore, Melbourne International Airport is YMML and the nearby

Moorabbin Airport is YMMB.

In North America, the region containing Los Angeles begins with a “K” and the air-

port identifier of L.A. International Airport is “KLAX”. Merrill Field in Anchorage, Alaska,

begins with region code PA; its identifier is PAMR.

The ICAO codes for the hundreds of smaller airports around the world whose names

include numbers are not preceded by a region prefix. For example, Barrie Executive Airport in

Barrie, Ontario, Canada is NA3.

The following pages contain maps and a table of ICAO codes. The map of the conti-

nental U.S. contains the 2-character codes that identify the U.S. (“K”) and the area (the follow-

ing number). The world map shows the region codes only.

The ICAO codes in the table are 2-character codes; like “K2” and similar ICAO codes

for the U.S., these codes identify both region (the first character) and a geographical area with-

in the region (the second character). Where necessary, the geographical area or nearest nation

is also included in parentheses. Please note that these regions and nations are provided for loca-

tion only and do not necessarily indicate possession by the nation indicated. All areas are as

described by the standard ARINC 424 format.

A list of worldwide ICAO codes is also available in book form from the International

Civil Aviation Organization. Ask for ICAO Location Indicators, document number 7910/70.

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