Hey everyone. When browsing the forum, I’ve found it annoying when people don’t use the first letter of the ICAO. (example KDEN, DEN) I simply don’t know where the airport is (if I don’t already know it) and I find it very annoying. What do you guys think? Do you prefer the use of the country signifier?
I find it very annoying when people do not use the country signifier
I have no opinion
I like it when people do not use the country signifier
I like IATA’s as they give an idea of what the airport is. Sometimes ICAOs don’t help. Take RJTT for example, Tokyo Haneda. R: Right Asia J: Japan TT: ???
While the IATA is HND. Works great.
Another good example is Than Son Nhất is Vietnam. ICAO, VVTS. Little sense. IATA is SGN, or Saigon. Perfect sense.
This is less of a problem in the US, like how KDEN is DEN and KSEA is SEA. But in other places around the world, it helps more.
I think LHR is better than EGLL and the same for Gatwick LGW instead of EGKK, but if you removed the first letter then it’s just confusing as that’s the only names people can identify not GLL or GKK.
I don’t really have an opinion, but what I don’t like, which was stated earlier, is when people make up identifiers for airports. DIA for Denver was mentioned, that gets on my nerves!
I would quote this as an oppinion I see. Everyone is entitled to their oppinion and I for one do not care as the airport ICAO (KLAS) is just (LAS). Really doesn’t make a big difference except when you get confused by different ways of writing it.