Airport codes European airports
In the aviation sector two different airport identification codes are being used, the IATA airport code and ICAO airport code. With these airports codes people can identify locations of airports all around the world.
IATA airport code
The IATA airport code consists of three letters and is defined by IATA (International Air Transport Association). IATA is an international trade organization that represents the interests of 240 member airlines that account for 84% of the total number of flights worldwide. The IATA airport code is the best known airport identification code. It is most famous by travellers because it is prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks. Usually, the code can easily be traced to the name of the airport or the nearby city. For example, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has the IATA airport code AMS, while the code for London Heathrow Airport is LHR. Not every airport has a unique IATA airport code, from the 17,576 (26x26x26) codes more than 300 are used by more than one airport.
ICAO airport code
The ICAO airport code consists of four letters and is defined by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization). ICAO is a specialized agency of the United Nations consisting of 193 countries. The ICAO airport code is used in the preparation of flight plans and is therefore mostly used by pilots and air traffic control. The codes are easy to trace, the Dutch ICAO airport code for instance always start with EH (Europe Holland). The code of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is EHAM, where AM stands for Amsterdam. In Europe, the ICAO airport code always starts with an E (northern Europe), L (southern Europe), U (Russia and the former Soviet Union) or B (Iceland and Kosovo). Unlike the IATA airport codes all ICAO airport codes are unique.
List of airport codes largest European airports
| Airport | Country | IATA airport code | ICAO airport code |
| Tirana Airport | Albania | TIA | LATI |
| Yerevan Zvartnots Airport | Armenia | EVN | UDYZ |
| Graz Airport | Austria | GRZ | LOWG |
| Innsbruck Airport | Austria | INN | LOWI |
| Klagenfurt Airport | Austria | KLU | LOWK |
| Linz Airport | Austria | LNZ | LOWL |
| Salzburg Airport | Austria | SZG | LOWS |
| Vienna Airport | Austria | VIE | LOWW |
| Baku Airport | Azerbaijan | GYD | UBBB |
| Minsk Airport | Belarus | MSQ | UMMS |
| Antwerp Airport | Belgium | ANR | EBAW |
| Brussels Airport | Belgium | BRU | EBBR |
| Charleroi Airport | Belgium | CRL | EBCI |
| Liege Airport | Belgium | LGG | EBLG |
| Ostend Bruges Airport | Belgium | OST | EBOS |
| Sarajevo Airport | Bosnia and Herzegovina | SJJ | LQSA |
| Tuzla Airport | Bosnia and Herzegovina | TZL | LQTZ |
| Burgas Airport | Bulgaria | BOJ | LBBG |
| Sofia Airport | Bulgaria | SOF | LBSF |
| Varna Airport | Bulgaria | VAR | LBWN |
| Dubrovnik Airport | Croatia | DBV | LDDU |
| Pula Airport | Croatia | PUY | LDPL |
| Split Airport | Croatia | SPU | LDSP |
| Zadar Airport | Croatia | ZAD | LDZD |
| Zagreb Airport | Croatia | ZAG | LDZA |
| Larnaca Airport | Cyprus | LCA | LCLK |
| Paphos Airport | Cyprus | PFO | LCPH |
| Brno Airport | Czech Republic | BRQ | LKTB |
| Prague Airport | Czech Republic | PRG | LKPR |
| Aalborg Airport | Denmark | AAL | EKYT |
| Aarhus Airport | Denmark | AAR | EKAH |
| Billund Airport | Denmark | BLL | EKBI |
| Copenhagen Airport | Denmark | CPH | EKCH |
| Tallinn Airport | Estonia | TLL | EETN |
| Helsinki Vantaa Airport | Finland | HEL | EFHK |
| Oulu Airport | Finland | OUL | EFOU |
| Rovaniemi Airport | Finland | RVN | EFRO |
| Tampere Airport | Finland | TMP | EFTP |
| Turku Airport | Finland | TKU | EFTU |
| Vaasa Airport | Finland | VAA | EFVA |
| Ajaccio Airport | France | AJA | LFKJ |
| Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport | France | BSL, MLH, EAP | LFSB |
| Bastia Airport | France | BIA | LFKB |
| Bergerac Airport | France | EGC | LFBE |
| Biarritz Airport | France | BIQ | LFBZ |
| Bordeaux Airport | France | BOD | LFBD |
| Brest Bretagne Airport | France | BES | LFRB |
| Figari South Corsica Airport | France | FSC | LFKF |
| Lille Airport | France | LIL | LFQQ |
| Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport | France | LYS | LFLL |
| Marseille Airport | France | MRS | LFML |
| Montpellier Airport | France | MPL | LFMT |
| Nantes Airport | France | NTE | LFRS |
| Nice Airport | France | NCE | LFMN |
| Paris Beauvais Airport | France | BVA | LFOB |
| Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport | France | CDG | LFPG |
| Paris Orly Airport | France | ORY | LFPO |
| Strasbourg Airport | France | SXB | LFST |
| Toulon-Hyères Airport | France | TLN | LFTH |
| Toulouse Blagnac Airport | France | TLS | LFBO |
| Tbilisi Airport | Georgia | TBS | UGTB |
| Allgäu Airport Memmingen | Germany | FMM | EDJA |
| Berlin Brandenburg Airport | Germany | BER | EDDB |
| Berlin Schönefeld Airport | Germany | SXF | EDDB |
| Berlin Tegel Airport | Germany | TXL | EDDT |
| Bremen Airport | Germany | BRE | EDDW |
| Cologne Bonn Airport | Germany | CGN | EDDK |
| Dortmund Airport | Germany | DTM | EDLW |
| Dresden Airport | Germany | DRS | EDDC |
| Düsseldorf Airport | Germany | DUS | EDDL |
| Frankfurt Airport | Germany | FRA | EDDF |
| Friedrichshafen Airport | Germany | FDH | EDNY |
| Hahn Airport | Germany | HHN | EDFH |
| Hamburg Airport | Germany | HAM | EDDH |
| Hannover Airport | Germany | HAJ | EDDV |
| Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport | Germany | FKB | EDSB |
| Leipzig Halle Airport | Germany | LEJ | EDDP |
| München Airport | Germany | MUC | EDDM |
| Münster Osnabrück Airport | Germany | FMO | EDDG |
| Nürnberg Airport | Germany | NUE | EDDN |
| Paderborn Lippstadt Airport | Germany | PAD | EDLP |
| Stuttgart Airport | Germany | STR | EDDS |
| Weeze Airport | Germany | NRN | EDLV |
| Athens Airport | Greece | ATH | LGAV |
| Chania Airport | Greece | CHQ | LGSA |
| Corfu Airport | Greece | CFU | LGKR |
| Heraklion Airport | Greece | HER | LGIR |
| Kos Airport | Greece | KGS | LGKO |
| Mykonos Airport | Greece | JMK | LGMK |
| Rhodos Airport | Greece | RHO | LGRP |
| Santorini Airport | Greece | JTR | LGSR |
| Thessaloniki Airport | Greece | SKG | LGTS |
| Zakynthos Airport | Greece | ZTH | LGZA |
| Budapest Airport | Hungary | BUD | LHBP |
| Debrecen Airport | Hungary | DEB | LHDC |
| Keflavik Airport | Iceland | KEF | BIKF |
| Cork Airport | Ireland | ORK | EICK |
| Dublin Airport | Ireland | DUB | EIDW |
| Ireland West Airport Knock | Ireland | NOC | EIKN |
| Kerry Airport | Ireland | KIR | EIKY |
| Shannon Airport | Ireland | SNN | EINN |
| Alghero Airport | Italy | AHO | LIEA |
| Ancona Airport | Italy | AOI | LIPY |
| Bari Airport | Italy | BRI | LIBD |
| Bergamo Airport | Italy | BGY | LIME |
| Bologna Airport | Italy | BLQ | LIPE |
| Brindisi Airport | Italy | BDS | LIBR |
| Cagliari Airport | Italy | CAG | LIEE |
| Catania Fontanarossa Airport | Italy | CTA | LICC |
| Comiso Airport | Italy | CIY | LICB |
| Florence Airport | Italy | FLR | LIRQ |
| Genoa Airport | Italy | GOA | LIMJ |
| Lamezia Terme Airport | Italy | SUF | LICA |
| Milan Linate Airport | Italy | LIN | LIML |
| Milan Malpensa Airport | Italy | MXP | LIMC |
| Naples Airport | Italy | NAP | LIRN |
| Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport | Italy | OLB | LIEO |
| Palermo Airport | Italy | PMO | LICJ |
| Perugia Airport | Italy | PEG | LIRZ |
| Pescara Airport | Italy | PSR | LIBP |
| Pisa Airport | Italy | PSA | LIRP |
| Rome Ciampino Airport | Italy | CIA | LIRA |
| Rome Fiumicino Airport | Italy | FCO | LIRF |
| Trapani Airport | Italy | TPS | LICT |
| Treviso Airport | Italy | TSF | LIPH |
| Turin Airport | Italy | TRN | LIMF |
| Venice Airport | Italy | VCE | LIPZ |
| Verona Airport | Italy | VRN | LIPX |
| Almaty Airport | Kazakhstan | ALA | UAAA |
| Astana Airport | Kazakhstan | TSE | UACC |
| Riga Airport | Latvia | RIX | EVRA |
| Kaunas Airport | Lithuania | KUN | EYKA |
| Vilnius Airport | Lithuania | VNO | EYVI |
| Luxembourg Airport | Luxembourg | LUX | ELLX |
| Skopje Airport | Macedonia | SKP | LWSK |
| Malta Airport | Malta | MLA | LMML |
| Chisinau Airport | Moldova | KIV | LUKK |
| Podgorica Airport | Montenegro | TGD | LYPG |
| Tivat Airport | Montenegro | TIV | LYTV |
| Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Netherlands | AMS | EHAM |
| Eindhoven Airport | Netherlands | EIN | EHEH |
| Groningen Airport Eelde | Netherlands | GRQ | EHGG |
| Maastricht Aachen Airport | Netherlands | MST | EHBK |
| Rotterdam The Hague Airport | Netherlands | RTM | EHRD |
| Ålesund Airport | Norway | AES | ENAL |
| Bergen Airport | Norway | BGO | ENBR |
| Bodø Airport | Norway | BOO | ENBO |
| Haugesund Airport | Norway | HAU | ENHD |
| Kristiansand Airport | Norway | KRS | ENCN |
| Oslo Airport Gardermoen | Norway | OSL | ENGM |
| Sandefjord Airport Torp | Norway | TRF | ENTO |
| Stavanger Airport | Norway | SVG | ENZV |
| Tromsø Airport | Norway | TOS | ENTC |
| Trondheim Airport | Norway | TRD | ENVA |
| Gdansk Airport | Poland | GDN | EPGD |
| Katowice Airport | Poland | KTW | EPKT |
| Kraków Airport | Poland | KRK | EPKK |
| Modlin Airport | Poland | WMI | EPMO |
| Poznan Airport | Poland | POZ | EPPO |
| Warsaw Airport | Poland | WAW | EPWA |
| Wroclaw Airport | Poland | WRO | EPWR |
| Faro Airport | Portugal | FAO | LPFR |
| Lisbon Airport | Portugal | LIS | LPPT |
| Madeira Airport | Portugal | FNC | LPMA |
| Ponta Delgada Airport | Portugal | PDL | LPPD |
| Porto Airport | Portugal | OPO | LPPR |
| Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport | Romania | OTP | LROP |
| Cluj-Napoca Airport | Romania | CLJ | LRCL |
| Iasi Airport | Romania | IAS | LRIA |
| Timisoara Airport | Romania | TSR | LRTR |
| Koltsovo Airport | Russia | SVX | USSS |
| Moscow Domodedovo Airport | Russia | DME | UUDD |
| Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport | Russia | SVO | UUEE |
| Moscow Vnukovo Airport | Russia | VKO | UUWW |
| Saint Petersburg Pulkovo Airport | Russia | LED | ULLI |
| Sochi Airport | Russia | AER | URSS |
| Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport | Serbia | BEG | LYBE |
| Niš Airport | Serbia | INI | LYNI |
| Pristina Airport | Serbia | PRN | BKPR |
| Bratislava Airport | Slovakia | BTS | LZIB |
| Ljubljana Airport | Slovenia | LJU | LJLJ |
| Alicante Airport | Spain | ALC | LEAL |
| Almeria Airport | Spain | LEI | LEAM |
| Barcelona Airport | Spain | BCN | LEBL |
| Bilbao Airport | Spain | BIO | LEBB |
| Fuerteventura Airport | Spain | FUE | GCFV |
| Girona Airport | Spain | GRO | LEGE |
| Gran Canaria Airport | Spain | LPA | GCLP |
| Ibiza Airport | Spain | IBZ | LEIB |
| Jerez Airport | Spain | XRY | LEJR |
| Lanzarote Airport | Spain | ACE | GCRR |
| Madrid Barajas Airport | Spain | MAD | LEMD |
| Malaga Airport | Spain | AGP | LEMG |
| Mallorca Airport | Spain | PMI | LEPA |
| Menorca Airport | Spain | MAH | LEMH |
| Murcia-San Javier Airport | Spain | MJV | LELC |
| Reus Airport | Spain | REU | LERS |
| Santander Airport | Spain | SDR | LEXJ |
| Santiago de Compostela Airport | Spain | SCQ | LEST |
| Seville Airport | Spain | SVQ | LEZL |
| Tenerife North Airport | Spain | TFN | GCXO |
| Tenerife South Airport | Spain | TFS | GCTS |
| Valencia Airport | Spain | VLC | LEVC |
| Zaragoza Airport | Spain | ZAZ | LEZG |
| Gothenburg Landvetter Airport | Sweden | GOT | ESGG |
| Malmö Airport | Sweden | MMX | ESMS |
| Stockholm Arlanda Airport | Sweden | ARN | ESSA |
| Stockholm Bromma Airport | Sweden | BMA | ESSB |
| Stockholm Skavsta Airport | Sweden | NYO | ESKN |
| Stockholm Västerås Airport | Sweden | VST | ESOW |
| Bern Airport | Switzerland | BRN | LSZB |
| Genève Airport | Switzerland | GVA | LSGG |
| Lugano Airport | Switzerland | LUG | LSZA |
| Zürich Airport | Switzerland | ZRH | LSZH |
| Adana Airport | Turkey | ADA | LTAF |
| Ankara Esenboga Airport | Turkey | ESB | LTAC |
| Antalya Airport | Turkey | AYT | LTAI |
| Dalaman Airport | Turkey | DLM | LTBS |
| Istanbul Atatürk Airport | Turkey | IST | LTBA |
| Istanbul New Airport | Turkey | n/a | n/a |
| Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen Airport | Turkey | SAW | LTFJ |
| Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport | Turkey | ADB | LTBJ |
| Milas-Bodrum Airport | Turkey | BJV | LTFE |
| Trabzon Airport | Turkey | TZX | LTCG |
| Kiev Borispol Airport | Ukraine | KBP | UKBB |
| Kiev Zhuliany Airport | Ukraine | IEV | UKKK |
| Odessa Airport | Ukraine | ODS | UKOO |
| Aberdeen Airport | United Kingdom | ABZ | EGPD |
| Belfast City Airport | United Kingdom | BHD | EGAC |
| Belfast International Airport | United Kingdom | BFS | EGAA |
| Birmingham Airport | United Kingdom | BHX | EGBB |
| Bristol Airport | United Kingdom | BRS | EGGD |
| Cardiff Airport | United Kingdom | CWL | EGFF |
| East Midlands Airport | United Kingdom | EMA | EGNX |
| Edinburgh Airport | United Kingdom | EDI | EGPH |
| Glasgow Airport | United Kingdom | GLA | EGPF |
| Glasgow Prestwick Airport | United Kingdom | PIK | EGPK |
| Humberside Airport | United Kingdom | HUY | EGNJ |
| Jersey Airport | United Kingdom | JER | EGJJ |
| Leeds Bradford Airport | United Kingdom | LBA | EGNM |
| Liverpool Airport | United Kingdom | LPL | EGGP |
| London City Airport | United Kingdom | LCY | EGLC |
| London Gatwick Airport | United Kingdom | LGW | EGKK |
| London Heathrow Airport | United Kingdom | LHR | EGLL |
| London Luton Airport | United Kingdom | LTN | EGGW |
| London Southend Airport | United Kingdom | SEN | EGMC |
| London Stansted Airport | United Kingdom | STN | EGSS |
| Manchester Airport | United Kingdom | MAN | EGCC |
| Southampton Airport | United Kingdom | SOU | EGHI |
| Newcastle Airport | United Kingdom | NCL | EGNT |