1. Presentation to the UN/LOCODE Advisory Group
IATA Location Coding
Presentation to the
UN/LOCODE Advisory Group

2. Henry Coles Airline Distribution Standards
Luma Kalaji Coding Operations
10 July 2019

3. Industry Coding Foundation of Industry Standards, and governed by IATA Resolutions adopted by member airlines
Airline designators
Accounting codes for passenger documents
Prefix codes for cargo air way bills
Baggage tag issuer codes
Location identifiers
10 July 2019

4. Location coding Foundation of Industry Standards
Requested by users, and identify locations which are
airports receiving air services by an airline; or
locations identified for intermodal transportation, served by an operator having an intermodal agreement with an airline
Published in the Airline Coding Directory (ACD)
Names as published by the US Board of Geographic Names
10 July 2019

5. Metropolitan Area Codes
An area with one or more airports may be identified using a different code, or the same code as one of the airports within it
Creation / changes require majority support of operators serving all airports, though the national regulator may overturn this decision
Used by airlines and other distribution systems.
Different to Multi Airport Cities used in mileage to establish fares.
10 July 2019

6. Finding flights from London to New York
User searches LHR to JFK
User searches LON to NYC
User decodes LON or NYC
Name of Project
10 July 2019

7. Questions?
10 July 2019