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ICAO codes are published in ICAO Document 8643 Aircraft Type Designators [1] and are used by air traffic control and airline operations such as flight planning. While ICAO designators are used to distinguish between aircraft types and variants that have different performance characteristics affecting ATC, the codes do not differentiate between ...
ICAO codes are separate and different from IATA codes, the latter of which have three letters and are generally used for airline timetables, reservations, and baggage tags. For example, the IATA code for London's Heathrow Airport is LHR and its ICAO code is EGLL. IATA codes are used by flight-tracking services such as FlightAware.
A gate is an area in an airport terminal that controls access to a passenger aircraft. While the exact specifications vary from airport to airport and country to country, most gates consist of a seated waiting area, a counter and a doorway leading to the aircraft.
Airbus A320 in Gate 2 at Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport. There are 12 gates. On a regular day Gates 2 & 4 are used by Allegiant Air, Gate 6 is a common use gate, Gates 8, 10, & 12 are used by American, Gates 1, 3 & 5 are used by Delta, and Gates 7, 9, & 11 are used by United. Gate assignments can be subject to change.
ICAO: VFR standard squawk code when no other code has been assigned. [1] EASA countries: Code that pilot shall set when not receiving air traffic services, unless otherwise prescribed by the competent authority. [12] US: External ARTCC subset. (Block of discrete codes except that xx00 is used as a non-discrete code after all discrete codes are ...
ICAO aircraft type designator, a three- or four-character alphanumeric code designating every aircraft type (and some sub-types) that may appear in flight planning; ICAO aircraft marshalling signals, visual signalling between ground personnel and pilots on an airport, aircraft carrier or helipad; ICAO 24-bit address, allocation of 24 bit ...
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organisation, the UN body that regulates global aviation (and strays into areas such as the dimensions and flexibility of passports). Also headquartered in Montreal.
Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services (Doc8585) Publications Purchasing (official site) ICAO Aviation Data Service (official site) Airline Designator / Code Database Search Archived 2005-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (from The Airline Codes Web Site)