Dsa Fyy Rha ???

[egnxema]

Have seen all these 3 letter codes used/guessed at for Finningley.

Do we know yet what the official IATA codes for the airport are/will be?

[garethjk22]

The official IATA code for Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield is DSA.
This is included in the IATA march Coding bulletin.
Hope this helps

[egnxema]

thanks very much for that! :ok:

[garethjk22]

Why, you're very welcome - glad to be of assistance!

[Approach_plate]

DSA = Robin Hood Doncaster
RHA = Reykholar (Iceland)
FYY = Not too sure

[garethjk22]

One final point, in addition to the IATA code being DSA, the ICAO code is EGNK.

If any one is interested that is!

[egnxema]

I'm still trying to work out the whole logic behind ICAO codes,

I guess E = Europe G + Great Britain

NK= ?

Some just make no sense....

NX = East Midlands

CC = Manchester

Should I just give up, are they just random letters?

:ugh:

[garethjk22]

there is supposedly some logic, so I am told. You are right, E is Europe, but then so is L?

G is great britain.

The rest i think there is some logic, but ive not worked it out, London Heathrow LL, fir enough, Belfast - AA? Liverpool GP?

Who knows - I think this is why most people just use the IATA codes - far more civilised!

[PaperTiger]

ICAO codes have a regional structure, the first letter is allocated by geographical area thus:
A = Antarctica
B = Greenland
C = Canada
D = Northwest Africa
E = Northern Europe
F = Southern Africa
G = West Africa
H = East Africa
K = United States
L = Southern Europe
M = Central America
N = South Pacific
O = Middle East
P = North Pacific
R = East Asia
S = South America
T = Caribbean
U = Russian Federation
V = South Asia
W = Southeast Asia
Y = Australia
Z = People's Republic of China

The second letter identifies a country within a region, except for Canada and the US (and except again for Hawaii and Alaska which are in the US but have Pxxx codes not Kxxx).

The third letter may indicate a 'group' of airports within a country. Most countries who use this particular convention use a letter to denote the FIR in which the airport is located. So F is Frankfurt FIR in Germany, M is Munich; P is Paris FIR, M is Marseilles. Other ways to use the third letter include identifying a group of airports with a common factor. For example, A was used in Germany for all Canadian and American air force bases.

The last letter identifies a specific airport.

A google search will trun up lots of airport/code cross-reference sites.

[no, no, no]

I always find a good one to be

http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/

I never use those weird codes though - I always use the 3 letter codes which make much more sense (MME for Teesside etc..)