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 |
4XLY - Lydda?
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5030N
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. |
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 |
I remember working at ZSD.:)
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Brilliant replies, guys.
I knew this was the right place to ask. Thanks much. 5030N |
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 |
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 |
Very many thanks for your prompt and helpful response. I need to recheck the ‘missing’ spellings!
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Originally Posted by Fly380
(Post 3732846)
I remember working at ZSD.:)
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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Originally Posted by ATNotts
(Post 11560245)
Wasn't Treviso QTV initially?
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. |
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