Originally Posted by
Jan Olieslagers
It is a bit of a problem in several large countries: there are only 26x26 ICAO codes available and there are many more airfields than that, so that only the biggest get an ICAO code. Such is the situation in UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain,
No. In the Uk, even the smallest airfield can have an ICAO code eg Thurrock EGMT.
When I told the owner it had been allocated one as he was flying in one morning, he replied 'I wish somebody had told me'!