Talk:IATA airport code

message: Burgundavia reverted my edit of the external link
http://www.world-airport-codes.com/ 
yesterday as well as today I tried to acess this URL, from different computers.
I always got the following error message:
The requested URL could not be retrieved
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While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.world-airport-codes.com/ 
The following error was encountered: 
Unable to determine IP address from host name for www.world-airport-codes.com 
The dnsserver returned: 
Server Failure: The name server was unable to process this query. 
This means that: 
 The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL. 
 Check if the address is correct. 
Does this qualify for my statement on the wikipedia page that the link is dead??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abarenbo  (talk • contribs) 07:50, 19 May 2005
*This seems like a local dns issue with you, as I can access the website fine. Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 10:21, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
::Agree, works fine for me.  Bollar 15:56, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
I found that the link in the reference section give a "Page Not Found. Sorry, the page you have requested cannot be found on www.iata.org" error message.  The dead link is http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/aircraft_operations/coding/index.htm   There is a similar link which does work: http://www.iata.org/whatwedo./aircraft_operations/codes/index.htm
The problem with the corrected link is that it provides Airline codes (Airline = companies operating aircraft.) For a list of the IATA airport codes the list can be obtained here: http://www.iata.org/ps/publications/ccd
Hopefully someone will sort this out as to what links should be cited in the main article.
CasR2207 (talk) 23:19, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: dead link

message: The article on Airport ABC's incorrectly states that Chicago O'Hare (ORD) was originally named Orchard Field.  It was originally named Orchard Depot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.218.136.185  (talk • contribs) 11:09, 27 May 2005
http://www.ipsn.org/ohare.html
:Actually it was called Orchard Field (FlyChicago's Official Website).  Dbinder 13:57, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Chicago O'Hare

message: : I agree, we are a new airport in Mississippi (Tunica) and our FAA ICAO code changed to KUTA or just UTA in the states, we tried to use UTA for our IATA code and it is already taken (in Zimbabwe). We were forced to use UTM for IATA code beacuse it was already taken. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.14.10.22 (talk) 01:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mississippi airport

message: :Should the article say something about these codes (e.g. LON, PAR, NYC)? I'm not sure how many of them exist, but I recall from somewhere that IATA decided to stop issuing them several decades ago. Grover Snodd (talk) 15:22, 19 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it should -- in fact I came here looking for information about this. --81.178.31.210 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 15:18, 6 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The article mentions that, with good examples. Maybe a more comprehensive list is in order201.87.57.72 (talk) 02:56, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

text: See also the discussion on the talk page of the Airport code property (P238) -- Denis.arnaud (talk) 13:46, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: City codes covering multiple airports

message: Are IATA codes used by US or European bus lines?  or passenger cruise ship lines? LanceBarber (talk) 04:44, 22 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: IATA codes are also used in ticketing for major railway stations, like "XRJ" for Rome Termini station. Funandtrvl (talk) 18:23, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: IATA codes used elsewhere?

message: Why the Q?
Entwhiz (talk) 18:44, 24 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Q

message: In the weird codes paragraph, the TYS (Knoxville) is probably because of Tyson in its name. I am not deleting it though, please discuss whether it should be removed from the list.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiRigby (talk • contribs) 23:03, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I found out that most are named after individuals, so never mind. ~WikiRigby talk sign! 23:06, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: TYS

message: Feature request: it would be nice if the list of airport codes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_by_IATA_code:_N had a sublist for "city codes" such as NYC and BER. I.E one code for multiple airports. 79.181.180.169 (talk) 14:48, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: List of city codes

message: This entry is quite US-centric. Would it make sense to divide into regions more clearly ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.90.95.165  (talk • contribs) 20:44, 7 August 2015
: Not anymore, I guess - Toothswung (talk) 04:39, 7 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: US centric

message: This is probably WP:OR without a source, but I'd like to see some discussion about how airports create marketing slogans around their IATA codes. The three examples I have in mind are all somewhat non-intuitive codes for their respective cities, which I suspect is not a coincidence—the marketing push could also help create mnemonics for remembering the codes. Orlando Sanford and Spokane use "Simpler, Faster, Better" and "Generating Economic Growth", respectively, in marketing. Norfolk uses "Take ORF" (which I've always assumed to be a play on "Take off"). --BDD (talk) 19:36, 8 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that these are, essentially, nerdy jokes. And you will need to find somebody explaining those nerdy jokes in order to provide a source and avoid OR. And that will be tough. CapnZapp (talk) 18:49, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Marketing usage

message: The history and conventions section says the following:
:Generally speaking, airport codes are named after the first three letters of the city in which it is located ... or a combination of the letters in its name.
It then proceeds to give "EWR for Newark" as an example of the latter. However, it then continues on by saying 
:For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above
But it gives "HNL for Honolulu" as an example. Now, could someone explain to me why Honolulu is in the second category while Newark is in the first? To me, they appear to have the exact same characteristics: three letters, in order, but not contiguous. Newark. Honolulu. What's the difference? CapnZapp (talk) 18:40, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  methodology 

message: A former name is not the same thing as an exonym -  a name by which a place is known in one or more foreign languages,  other than those of it's inhabitants.   Some exonyms have fallen out of common use,  to a greater extent than others have,   but that still doesn't make it a "former name".Lathamibird (talk) 07:07, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  A "former name" is not the same thing as an "exonym". 

message: A source said it could be given  IATA possibles codes (26 * 26 * 26). It assumes there is only letters in _ and _ and _. Are we sure there is no figures possibles in these codes ? --Bouzinac (talk) 10:05, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of possible codes  

message: Would it be interesting to add something about single airports that have multiple codes? The only example I know of is EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (3 IATA codes: MLH, BSL, EAP) but I guess there are probably others. Sinkingpie (talk) 21:47, 6 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Airports with multiple IATA codes? 

message: I'm trying to avoid getting embroiled in an edit war. Regardless of the the ultimate call on how the page should look, I would appreciate if we could be a little less rude in edit summaries.
There seems to me to be no good reason to blank out the colloquial references section. @2600:1700:F56:FE10:C5EB:2475:7674:52D8's objection appears to be that these colloquial references are done everywhere, and not just in the United States. This is indeed true; it strikes me as an even stronger argument for keeping the section. The section does not say or even imply that this is a strictly US practice, especially now that I have edited the examples section so it no longer says the American ones are "most common", and I have cited those examples (If someone would like to cite an example from outside the US I would welcome that; I couldn't find anything readily). AntiDionysius (talk) 21:07, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colloquial reference