Part of Africa but considered as a subarea of

Europe
• Algeria
• Morrocco
• Tunasia
• Russia in Europe : Part of Russia before Ural
Mountains
• Turkey is considered as a part of europe
instead of middle east
• Egypt . North Sudan and South Sudan are
physically present in African continent but are
considered to be apart of Middle east
• Areas, Sub Areas and Sub-Regions As per
International Air Transport Organization (IATA),
c, Two Letter Airlines and Airport Code,
International Date Line, Time Zones,
Greenwich Mean Time, Calculation of Local
Time, Flying Time, Grounding Time, Elapsed
Time, Daylight Saving Time
• IATA 3-letter codes, the location identifier code of airports and cities around the
world.

Below is a comprehensive list of cities and airports throughout the world. In the list
are many locations where you most likely enter a country. The list shows 3-letter
location identifier codes predominantly for airports and some cities as well.

The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Location Identifier is a unique 3-

letter code (also commonly known as IATA code) used in aviation and also in logistics
to identify an airport. For example, JFK is the IATA code for, you might know it, New
York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, so far so good, but do you know what
KUL stands for? You can find it in below in the list of IATA codes for airports in or near
cities throughout the world, arranged alphabetically by city names.
• Two official entities assign distinct codes to every airport. The
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an arm of the
United Nations that ensures aviation regulations jive across
different countries and continents, assigns codes generally used
by air traffic control and by airlines in crafting their flight plans.
Those codes are actually four letters long: The first letter
describes the country, and the remaining three letters mark the
specific airport. For instance, Florida's Fort Lauderdale-
Hollywood International Airport would be KFLL; the “K” is for
U.S. and “FLL” is the specific airport code.
• The International Air Transport Association (IATA), an airline trade association, assigns
the airport codes you're most familiar with—the three-letters you’ll see when you're
booking your flight or on your ticket. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport,
for example, appears as “FLL," and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is “AMS.” Sometimes
the code is the same as the last three letters that the ICAO assigns, but not always.
• Airport coding first began in the 1930s, and airlines typically chose their own two-
letter codes. By the late 1940s, there were too many airports, and the system shifted
to the three-letter code we know today. Los Angeles International Airport, for
instance, was originally just “LA,” but became LAX in 1947. The IATA stepped in during
the 1960s when the airlines decided they needed a standardized process to avoid
confusion.
• “IATA codes are an integral part of the travel industry, and essential for the
identification of an airline, its destinations, and its traffic documents. They are also
fundamental to the smooth running of hundreds of electronic applications which have
been built around these coding systems for passenger and cargo traffic purposes,”
Perry Flint, IATA’s head of corporate communications for the Americas,
• The three-letter code is determined by first ensuring
that it’s unique and not in use by any other entity.
The code might be assigned based on the name of
the airport, the name of the city, or some other
meaningful and relevant identifier if those letters
are already taken. No two airports share the same
IATA code, though officials say it's possible we'll have
to rethink the process if more crop up than there are
three-letter combinations to assign (this isn't likely
to happen anytime soon).
• What Airports Were Like in 1987
• Some airport codes are easy to unpack: Miami International Airport is MIA; Athens International Airport is ATH. Other
airport codes are harder to decipher. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s code, for instance, is MSY,
named after aviator John Moisant, the first to fly across the English Channel with a passenger, and who lived in Louisiana
until his death in 1910. Chicago O’Hare’s airport code is ORD, named after the space’s previous incarnation as Orchard
Field.
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• And then there are the fun ones.
• St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport’s code is PIE. (The airport marketing team took advantage of the fun code and
created a website to attract tourists, fly2pie.com.) There’s LOL (Derby Field airport in Nevada, serving Lovelock City); OMG
(Omega Airport in Namibia); and EEK, (a small town in Alaska). Russia’s Bolshoye Savino Airport code is PEE, and Brazil’s
Poco De Caldas Airport’s code is POO. Sometimes a strange airport code is a perfect fit, like the aptly named Barksdale Air
Force Base in Louisiana, which is coded “BAD.” ("Though we may be BAD, our world-class airmen are the best at projecting
air power in defense of our nation," says captain Andrew Caulk, 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base.)
• Sioux City, Iowa’s Gateway Airport is coded “SUX.” But rather than mope, officials have had fun with the unfortunate code
assignment. “We embraced our designated airport code by partnering with a local retailer to offer a line of products with
the slogan 'Fly SUX.' Both residents and visitors think it’s fun, and has given our city national attention," says Sioux
Gateway Airport director and assistant city manager, Mike Collett. "From bag tags to t-shirts, people love to Fly SUX!”
• Since its foundation in 1945, the internationally planned air transport industry has increased by more than 100 times. At its establishment, the IATA had 57 members from 31 countries.
These were mainly countries from Europe and North America. In 2018 the membership of the IATA has grown to about 290 members from 120 countries in all parts of the world. IATA
covers 89% of all flight movements around the world.
• IATA is a trade organisation that serves as a meeting point for the airlines and represents almost the entire aviation industry. The organisation wants to be, within the aviation industry, a
driving force behind value creation and innovation.
• What are IATA codes?
• An IATA code, consisting of three letters, is linked to each national and international airport. This is also called the three-letter code. The IATA code is based on the initial letters of the city
or airport in English spelling. Example: London Heathrow Airport has the "LHR" as the IATA code. Sometimes it happens that the code deviates from the rule that it has the initial letter of
the city or airport, for example, Groningen Eelde Airport has as code GRQ. Not all codes are unique; Of the 17,576 possible codes, 323 are used for more than one airport.
• IATA codes are not only used for airports, but there are also IATA codes for important train and bus stations. The main reason why the IATA codes are not only used for airports is that air
carriers nowadays increasingly use alternative methods of transport for so-called "feeder flights".
• Fun fact: Los Angeles International Airport used to be an abbreviation LA, but when the IATA switched to three letters a third letter had to be added. Because there was no clear third
letter, they opted for the letter X. So, the IATA code of Los Angeles International Airport is LAX.
• Why use IATA codes?
• The International Air Transport Association has assigned each airline a 2-letter code and each airport a 3-letter code. The reason why these codes are assigned is so that these codes can
be used for identification in documents and communication systems. Because of these codes, communication in the aviation industry is much faster. In the aviation world, these codes are
used in the system applications. The systems can identify destinations, (freight) handlers and documents by means of these codes.
• Two-letter IATA codes
• In addition to the three-letter code, IATA codes of two characters exist. These "two-letter codes" are used to indicate airlines. The "two-letter code" can consist of two letters or a number
and a letter. You may have encountered these codes on flight tickets or on departure and arrival signs at airports.
• Three-letter IATA codes
• The IATA airport code exists, especially for airports. This code consists of three letters and is designed to make every airport in the world recognizable.
• IATA or ICAO
• ICAO codes are issued for airports where no commercial airlines fly. People often confuse the IATA code with the ICAO code. ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organization, and
the codes are used to categorise airports, heliports, airlines and aircraft types.
• In the past, the ICAO code consisted of two letters; nowadays this code consists of four letters. The code is used by air traffic control and in the planning and execution of flights.
• The advantages of IATA codes
• The great advantage of assigning IATA codes to airports and airlines is that communication, using communication systems that are used in aviation, is much faster and smoother.