Week 3.8 Airport / Airline Codes

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• Studiejaar 1

Today

An introduction to aviation geography:

• Maps
• Airport codes 
• Airline codes

Lesson aim & outcomes:

Aim: you will know more  IATA airport codes

Outcomes: - You can find the three letter IATA codes for specific                                                                    airports

                      - You can find specific airports using the 3 letter IATA code                                    

Are we ready to travel the world?

Short quiz!

Which country is famous for...?

Where can you find....?

An airport code is a three- or four-letter code used to identify a particular airport.
Why do you think
airport codes are necessary?

Three letter codes

Every destination in the world is identified with a three-letter code. 

Some destinations have more than one three-letter code, normally when there is more than one airport serving that particular destination. 

If this is the case, there will be a city code and an airport code.

Why are these codes important?

Why are these codes important?

These codes are for speed and accuracy ! 

Three-letter codes are used by all airlines and you will see them on websites, tickets, baggage labels and other documentation if you are working at an airport.

Did you know that there is a London in Canada, and a city called Sydney in Canada too? Imagine boarding your flight to London, England and getting off the plane in 7.5 hours in Canada?

Or expecting to fly to Australia and arrive in Sydney, Canada after 7 hours? 

Do you know some of
these airport codes
already?

For example:

NYC is the city code for NEW YORK CITY. 

New York is served by three international airports: 

John F Kennedy, Newark and La Guardia.

John F Kennedy JFK

Newark EWR

La Guardia LGA

This is also true for London in the United Kingdom. 

The city code for London is LON.

London has 6 airports serving it:

London Heathrow LHR               London Luton LTN

London Gatwick LGW                 London City LCY

London Stansted STN                Southend SEN

Now before you get started:

I'll show you the website IATA.ORG (next slide) which is your tool help you find some airport codes.

Keep that website at hand for the quiz!

https:

The airport code for London Heathrow is...

1. HLR
2. LHR
3. LON
4. LDN

The airport code for New York John F Kennedy is...

1. NYC
2. EWR
3. JFK
4. NEW

The airport code for Bangkok is...

1. BKK
2. BAN
3. THA
4. BAK

The airport code for Islamabad is

1. IMB
2. ISD
3. IMP
4. ISB

Words I have learned today.....

How confident do you feel about being able to find the airport codes / airports?

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Next Lesson..

Using the website :  

https://www.iata.org/en/publications/directories/code-search/?airport.search=ISB

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