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IATA airport code

three-letter air-travel designation for airports, railway stations and cities
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IATA airport code

Summary

IATA airport code is a location identifier[1]. It draws 1,331 Wikipedia views per month (location_identifier category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • IATA airport code's image is recorded as IATA code Soetta Airport Jakarta.jpg[3].
  • IATA airport code's instance of is recorded as location identifier[4].
  • IATA airport code's instance of is recorded as unique identifier[5].
  • IATA airport code's instance of is recorded as International Air Transport Association code[6].
  • IATA airport code's instance of is recorded as airport identification code[7].
  • IATA airport code's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/013b63[8].
  • IATA airport code's topic's main category is recorded as Category:IATA airport codes[9].
  • IATA airport code's page banner is recorded as WV banner FRA Metropolitan Airport Codes.jpg[10].
  • IATA airport code's topic has template is recorded as Q22862123[11].
  • IATA airport code's standards body is recorded as International Air Transport Association[12].
  • IATA airport code's main Wikidata property is recorded as P238[13].
  • IATA airport code's format as a regular expression is recorded as [A-Z]{3}[14].
  • IATA airport code's different from is recorded as AFAC Aerodrome Designator[15].
  • IATA airport code's different from is recorded as ICAO airport code[16].
  • IATA airport code's different from is recorded as Transport Canada code[17].
  • IATA airport code's different from is recorded as CIAD[18].
  • IATA airport code's different from is recorded as Federal Aviation Administration airport code[19].
  • IATA airport code's different from is recorded as Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority airport code[20].
  • IATA airport code's different from is recorded as Ex-USSR internal airport code[21].
  • IATA airport code's has list is recorded as list of airports by IATA code[22].
  • IATA airport code's OpenStreetMap key is recorded as iata[23].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include location identifier[4], unique identifier[5], International Air Transport Association code[6], and airport identification code[7].

Why It Matters

IATA airport code draws 1,331 Wikipedia views per month (location_identifier category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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