BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  Re: SDF
De:       Rug Rat
Data:     Tue, 7 Apr 2026 23:28:22 +0000
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On Tue 31-Mar-2026  2:18a, Ward Dossche@2:292/854.0 said to Mike Powell:
WD> MP> I read it as SDF so I knew what you meant.  I am not even sure what
WD> the
WD> MP> new abbreviation is, and I am a little surprised they changed it.
WD>  
WD> It's still SDF ...
WD>  
WD> You may be a bit confused as that is the IATA-naming, while the ICAO is
WD> KSDF.
WD>  
WD> "K" means an airport in the USA, and they just prefix the IATA-code with
WD> it.
WD>  
WD> In other parts of the world it's different, for example:


Well, "K" denotes continental US (or CONUS), P denotes non continental US (Easy was to rememeber is P for PACIFIC.)

PANC (Anchorage)
PHNL (Honolulu)
PGUM (Guam).

To be more pedantic, the (Just add the PREFIX tot he IATA) falls apart for Hawaii for some reason.. :)

For Asia, I can remember ICAO codes pretty easily.

RKSI (East Asia KOREA SEOUL INCHEON)
RKSS (EAST ASIA Korea SEOUL SEOUL) (GIMPO)
VTBS (South East Asia Bangkok Suvarabhumi
VTBS (Seouth East Asia Bangkok Don Muang)
VVTS (South East Asia Viet Name Ton San Nhut)
ZSPD (CHINA Shanghai Pu Dong)

Others not so easy, but RP (Repblic Phillipines)
Though some make sense, RPVM (Republic Phillipines Visayas Mactan)

EDDF (Europe Deutch - Franfurt

(I really need to get a life...).

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