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The 'ICAO' (IPA pronunciation: ) 'airport code' or 'location indicator' is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. These codes are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization, and published in ICAO Document 7910: ''Location Indicators''.
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 is larger countries that have single-letter country codes, where the remaining three letters identify the airport.
In the contiguous United States and Canada, most, but not all, 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 and CYYC (Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta), IAD and KIAD (Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia). These codes are not to be confused with radio or television 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).
'ZZZZ' is a special code which is used when no ICAO code exists for the airport and is normally used in Flight plans.
A list of airports, sorted by ICAO code, is available.

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Prefixes

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External links

Prefixes

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Prefix code	Country
	''A - Western South Pacific''
	Solomon Islands
	Nauru
	Papua New Guinea
	''B - Iceland/Greenland''
	Greenland
	Iceland
	''C - Canada''
	Canada
	''D - West Africa''
	Algeria
	Benin
	Burkina Faso
	Ghana
	Côte d'Ivoire
	Nigeria
	Niger
	Tunisia
	Togolese Republic
	''E - Northern Europe''
	Belgium
	Germany (civil)
	Estonia
	Finland
	United Kingdom
	Netherlands
	Republic of Ireland
	Denmark
	Luxembourg
	Norway
	Poland
	Sweden
	Germany (military)
	Latvia
	Lithuania
	''F - Southern Africa''
	South Africa
	Botswana
	Republic of the Congo
	Swaziland
	Central African Republic
	Equatorial Guinea
	Ascension Island
	Mauritius
	British Indian Ocean Territory
	Cameroon
	Zambia
	Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, Réunion
	Angola
	Gabon
	São Tomé and Príncipe
	Mozambique
	Seychelles
	Chad
	Zimbabwe
	Malawi
	Lesotho
	Namibia
	Democratic Republic of the Congo
	''G - Northwestern Africa''
	Mali
	The Gambia
	Canary Islands (Spain)
	Ceuta and Melilla (Spain)
	Sierra Leone
	Guinea-Bissau
	Liberia
	Morocco
	Senegal
	Mauritania
	Western Sahara
	Guinea
	Cape Verde
	''H - Northeastern Africa''
	Ethiopia
	Burundi
	Somalia
	Djibouti ''(also HF)''
	Egypt
	Djibouti ''(also HD)''
	Eritrea
	Kenya
	Libya
	Rwanda
	Sudan
	Tanzania
	Uganda
	''K - USA''
	Mainland United States of America
	''L - Southern Europe and Israel''
	Albania
	Bulgaria
	Cyprus
	Croatia
	Spain
	France, including Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
	Greece
	Hungary
	Italy
	Slovenia
	Czech Republic
	Israel
	Malta
	Monaco
	Austria
	Portugal, including the Azores
	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Romania
	Switzerland
	Turkey
	Moldova
	Gaza Strip
	Macedonia
	Gibraltar
	Serbia and Montenegro
	Slovakia
	''M - Central America''
	Turks and Caicos Islands
	Dominican Republic
	Guatemala
	Honduras
	Jamaica
	Mexico
	Nicaragua
	Panama
	Costa Rica
	El Salvador
	Haiti
	Cuba
	Cayman Islands
	Bahamas
	Belize
	''N - South Pacific''
	Cook Islands
	Fiji, Tonga
	Kiribati (Gilbert Islands), Tuvalu
	Niue
	Wallis and Futuna
	Samoa, American Samoa
	French Polynesia
	Vanuatu
	New Caledonia
	New Zealand, Antarctica
	''O - Southwest Asia (excluding Israel), Afghanistan and Pakistan''
	Afghanistan
	Bahrain
	Saudi Arabia
	Iran
	Jordan and the West Bank
	Kuwait
	Lebanon
	United Arab Emirates
	Oman
	Pakistan
	Iraq
	Syria
	Qatar
	Yemen
	''P - Eastern North Pacific''
	Alaska only
	Baker Island
	Kiribati (Canton Airfield, Phoenix Islands)
	Fort Yukon, Alaska
	Guam, Northern Marianas
	Hawaii only
	Johnston Atoll
	Marshall Islands
	Kiribati (Line Islands)
	Midway Island
	Oliktok Point, Alaska
	Point Lay, Alaska
	Federated States of Micronesia, Palau
	Wake Island
	''R - Western North Pacific''
	Republic of China (Taiwan)
	Japan (most of country)
	South Korea
	Japan (Okinawa Prefecture and Yoron)
	Philippines
	''S - South America''
	Argentina
	Brazil ''(also SD, SN, SS and SW)''
	Chile
	Brazil ''(also SB, SN, SS and SW)''
	Ecuador
	Falkland Islands
	Paraguay
	Colombia
	Bolivia
	Suriname
	Brazil ''(also SB, SD, SS and SW)''
	French Guiana
	Peru
	Brazil ''(also SB, SD, SN and SW)''
	Uruguay
	Venezuela
	Brazil ''(also SB, SD, SN and SS)''
	Guyana
	''T - Caribbean''
	Antigua and Barbuda
	Barbados
	Dominica
	Guadeloupe
	Grenada
	U.S. Virgin Islands
	Puerto Rico
	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Saint Lucia
	Netherlands Antilles, Aruba
	Anguilla
	Montserrat
	Trinidad and Tobago
	British Virgin Islands
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Bermuda
	''U - Russia and former Soviet States''
	Russia ''(except UA, UB, UD, UG, UK, UM and UT)''
	Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
	Azerbaijan
	Armenia
	Georgia
	Ukraine
	Belarus
	Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
	''V - South Asia (except Afghanistan and Pakistan) and mainland Southeast Asia''
	India (West Zone, Mumbai Center)
	Sri Lanka
	Cambodia
	India (East Zone, Kolkata Center)
	Bangladesh
	Hong Kong, China
	India (North Zone, Delhi Center)
	Laos
	Macau, China
	Nepal
	India (South Zone, Chennai Center)
	Bhutan
	Maldives
	Thailand
	Vietnam
	Myanmar
	''W - Maritime Southeast Asia (except the Philippines)''
	Indonesia ''(also WI, WQ and WR)''
	Malaysia ''(also WM)'', Brunei
	Indonesia ''(also WA, WQ and WR)''
	Malaysia ''(also WB)''
	Timor-Leste
	Indonesia ''(also WA, WI and WR)''
	Indonesia ''(also WA, WI and WQ)''
	Singapore
	''Y - Australia''
	Australia
	''Z - China, Mongolia and North Korea''
	People's Republic of China ''(except ZK and ZM)''
	North Korea
	Mongolia

See also

★ List of airports by ICAO code

★ IATA airport code

★ List of airports by IATA code

★ Airspace class

★ Class A airport

★ ICAO airline designators - A list of codes

External links

★ International Civil Aviation Organization (official site)

★ ICAO On-line Publications Purchasing (official site)

★ Catalogue of ICAO Airfields

★ ICAO airport code prefixes