Tutorial
4. Airport Identification
A few of the larger airports are commonly referred to by their airport identifiers.
In Los Angeles people fly out of L-A-X, that is, Los Angeles International Airport.
In New York City, the largest airport is often referred to as J-F-K instead
of John F. Kennedy International Airport. In the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, people
fly in and out of D-F-W.
All airports have an airport identifier. The identifier is actually four letters or a combination of letters and
numbers. Since the first letter of all continental United States airports is "K", it is just omitted
from the remaining identification letters. For airline luggage tags all identifiers for all countries have only
three letters. If you have flown into any of the destination airports listed below you might recognize the three-letter
luggage tag.
SFO - San Francisco International
DEN - Denver International
MCI - Kansas City International
STL - Lambert-St. Louis International
CLE - Cleveland-Hopkins International
DCA - Ronald Reagan Washington National
FFA - First Flight (Kill Devil Hills, NC)
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A. Bar codes contain four characters signifying the final destination. B. Carrier initials (Speedy Flight) and a six-character bag number are followed by a three-character abbreviation for the final destination (FWA = Fort Wayne, Indiana). C. Final flight listed first, carrier initials, flight numbers, and date for all parts of the journey show a mini-itinerary. Destinations for initial flights are listed in smaller type (DTW = Detroit, Michigan). |
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