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What do the prefix letters mean?
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:47 amby machineman9
I've seen airports with their name as 'S18' or 'O69' or something like that and I am wondering what that letter before the number means, and well, what the number also means. How is it generated and upon what rules is it called that?
Also, I know that for things such as aircraft registrations and probably airports as well they have a letter at the start to sort of designate the country. I believe 'G' is for England, but what is the proper name for all this and where can I find a full list of what all the letters mean?
Cheers
Re: What do the prefix letters mean?
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Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:52 amby beaky
Re: What do the prefix letters mean?
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Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:38 pmby machineman9
Ah. So is the 'O69' an FAA one and others also have an IACO one too?
Re: What do the prefix letters mean?
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Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:58 pmby The Ruptured Duck
Why do some airport identifers in the USA not start with "K"? Example: 3AU is Augusta Kansas. It can't be by size because Augusta is 5,000ft long and the airport I spent much of my childhood at, Audubon County Airport (KADU) is 3,600. It also cannot be because of operations because Augusta is much busier than Audubon.
Re: What do the prefix letters mean?
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Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:31 pmby machineman9
Well the K appears to be with IACO, which is international. So is the K just for international airports? Taking guesses here :D
Re: What do the prefix letters mean?
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:33 amby cardinalbrian
The "K" is an IACO addendum to the old fashioned US of A naming system. Apparently there's a problem with numbers in IACOland so any US airport designator containing numbers never got a "K" prefix. You find this when you attempt to enter those airports into a standard GPS data base.. On a practical level it's true that any US airport with nubers in it does not kave a "K" prefix (unles, of course, one startes with a k! But I'm not sure of the real reason.
OK, correct me...