Help with some old airport ID's
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Help with some old airport ID's
Hello all,
I recently acquired a TWA navigator's logbook and flight time record that covers the period 1951-1953. I've been able to decipher some of the 4 letter airport codes, but others are a mystery. The canadian and us codes are similiar enough to their present day ICAO counterparts to be recognizable. However, the european and middle east codes differ from the modern day ones enough to puzzle this colonial. Bearing in mind the route structure of Trans World Airlines at the time, can anyone offer some suggestions or confirmation for the following--
CSPT (Lisbon Portella?)
HEKL (Zurich? later HEZH?)
HEGF (Geneva? later HEGE?)
FFLB (Lyon?)
MAXN
ODJD (Jeddah?)
SVAA (Aden?)
SSFK
SVWA
EAMD (Madrid?)
DDRM (Frankfurt Rhein-Main?)
TFKF (Keflavik?)
4XLY
CSAZ (Santa Maria?)
Thanks.
5030N
I recently acquired a TWA navigator's logbook and flight time record that covers the period 1951-1953. I've been able to decipher some of the 4 letter airport codes, but others are a mystery. The canadian and us codes are similiar enough to their present day ICAO counterparts to be recognizable. However, the european and middle east codes differ from the modern day ones enough to puzzle this colonial. Bearing in mind the route structure of Trans World Airlines at the time, can anyone offer some suggestions or confirmation for the following--
CSPT (Lisbon Portella?)
HEKL (Zurich? later HEZH?)
HEGF (Geneva? later HEGE?)
FFLB (Lyon?)
MAXN
ODJD (Jeddah?)
SVAA (Aden?)
SSFK
SVWA
EAMD (Madrid?)
DDRM (Frankfurt Rhein-Main?)
TFKF (Keflavik?)
4XLY
CSAZ (Santa Maria?)
Thanks.
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This may assist
CSPT = correct
HEKL = correct = Kloten
FFLP = correct only one airport then
OEJD = correct old airport down town - I lived next door
EAMD = correct
DDRM = correct
TFKF = correct
CSAZ = correct AZ = Azores
Believe you can still check ICAO archives for the changes in the late 50s/early 60s.
Cheers
PS. Some of the various acft regn's still reflect the old code prefixes.
CSPT = correct
HEKL = correct = Kloten
FFLP = correct only one airport then
OEJD = correct old airport down town - I lived next door
EAMD = correct
DDRM = correct
TFKF = correct
CSAZ = correct AZ = Azores
Believe you can still check ICAO archives for the changes in the late 50s/early 60s.
Cheers
PS. Some of the various acft regn's still reflect the old code prefixes.
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Some further info for you;
In 1958 the following codes were in use
HEGF, Geneva
MAXN, Mildenhall
FFLB, Paris Le Bourget
SVAA ?? SUAA was Uruguay, Agel S. Adami/Melella
OD** was used for Lebanon
SS** was used for the UAE (Egyptian Sector)
SV** was used for Greece
Cheers
In 1958 the following codes were in use
HEGF, Geneva
MAXN, Mildenhall
FFLB, Paris Le Bourget
SVAA ?? SUAA was Uruguay, Agel S. Adami/Melella
OD** was used for Lebanon
SS** was used for the UAE (Egyptian Sector)
SV** was used for Greece
Cheers
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I know that this is a very old thread but perhaps someone can supply locations for these old codes?
CNTN
DDHN (Hahn?)
DDLO
DDMP
EAJY
EDLS
EDNC
EGFN
ITKI
ITLD
ITLG
GHII
EHCA
ERCH
EUWS
LEMJ
LFAA
LFUM
LFZN
Thanks,
Colin
CNTN
DDHN (Hahn?)
DDLO
DDMP
EAJY
EDLS
EDNC
EGFN
ITKI
ITLD
ITLG
GHII
EHCA
ERCH
EUWS
LEMJ
LFAA
LFUM
LFZN
Thanks,
Colin
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Here are a few
CNTN Tangier (1957)
DD = Germany - American zone
DDHN Hannover (Aerodrome & ACC)(1957)
DDLO Düsseldorf (1957)
DDMP - unknown maybe this (?)
DDMR Traben-Trarbach/Mont Royal
EA.. Spain 1952
EAJY. - unknown
ED.. Germany 1996
EDLS. Stadtlohn-Wenningfeld
EDNC. Beilngries
EGFN - unknown perhaps this
EGFH. Swansea (Fairwood Common)
ITKI. Pisa (1952)
ITLD. Naples/Capodichino (1952)
ITLG. Alghero (1952)
GHII. G= Uk but GHII not used
EHCA. Amsterdam(City)
ERCH
EUWS
LEMJ. Spain (1996)
LF….. France
LFAA.
LFUM
LFZN
DD = Germany - American zone
DDHN Hannover (Aerodrome & ACC)(1957)
DDLO Düsseldorf (1957)
DDMP - unknown maybe this (?)
DDMR Traben-Trarbach/Mont Royal
EA.. Spain 1952
EAJY. - unknown
ED.. Germany 1996
EDLS. Stadtlohn-Wenningfeld
EDNC. Beilngries
EGFN - unknown perhaps this
EGFH. Swansea (Fairwood Common)
ITKI. Pisa (1952)
ITLD. Naples/Capodichino (1952)
ITLG. Alghero (1952)
GHII. G= Uk but GHII not used
EHCA. Amsterdam(City)
ERCH
EUWS
LEMJ. Spain (1996)
LF….. France
LFAA.
LFUM
LFZN
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Ah aka Stansted-in-the Fields Airport LOL (now STN of course)
Lone Channel Airways Trident sitting there, and some rather old ex Pan Am 707's lodging by the hangars, and perhaps a BMA or a Lloyd International 707 too.
Busier in the summers with Channel's ''new'' Comets, and some Charter DC-8's and 707's of the American supplemental and Canadian carriers, doing the 'local' Beekeepers and Honey makers Affinity Group Transatlantic jaunts lol.
Also, when we began flying holiday charters to Reus in Spain the code was QGN (Tarragona was nearby city)
Lone Channel Airways Trident sitting there, and some rather old ex Pan Am 707's lodging by the hangars, and perhaps a BMA or a Lloyd International 707 too.
Busier in the summers with Channel's ''new'' Comets, and some Charter DC-8's and 707's of the American supplemental and Canadian carriers, doing the 'local' Beekeepers and Honey makers Affinity Group Transatlantic jaunts lol.
Also, when we began flying holiday charters to Reus in Spain the code was QGN (Tarragona was nearby city)
Wasn't Treviso QTV initially?
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Yes it was, forgot that one.
Many charter flights used to go there, and also to LJU (Ljubljana) rather than to Venice back in the old days for Package Holidays and joining Coach Tours.
Bit like PGP Perpignan was used for years to go to the Spanish Costa Brava, rather than fly to Barcelona (before Gerona was built).
Sadly flying in to PGP was rather costly for the charter airlines due to the pesky local Mountains.