Airport glossary

Airport directory: every code, every country

Search 7,274 airports across 239 countries and territories. Filter by country, by city, by IATA code or by ICAO code, sort any column, and open a full private aviation guide wherever we publish one.

Free to use. Ask us about any airport, including those we have not written about.

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Four ways to
find an airport

Type a code, a city, an airport name or a country. The list filters as you type, the columns sort, and the alphabet strip jumps you straight to a letter. Where we publish a guide, the row links to it.

Two codes, two purposes

The one on your ticket,
and the one on the flight plan

IATA

Three letters, commercial

The code on your luggage tag. Easy to remember, widely known, and not held by every airfield in the world.

ICAO

Four letters, operational

The code on the flight plan. Unique worldwide, structured by region, and effectively permanent. What operators use.

Why use ours

A directory that
leads somewhere

01
Four search fieldsName, city, country, IATA and ICAO, searched together or one at a time.
02
Accent tolerantType Zurich or Malaga without the accents and the right airport still appears.
03
Country filter with countsSee how many airports a country has before you open the list.
04
Linked to real guidesRunways, elevation, hours, terminals and pricing for every airport we cover.
05
Sortable and linkableSort any column, and share a link that opens on the search you ran.
06
A person behind itIf the airport has no guide, ask anyway. You get an answer, not a form.
The measure that matters

The right airport, not the famous one

The closest field that takes your aircraft and clears your arrival usually beats the well known one an hour further away.

How it works

From a code in the list
to a quote in your hand

1

Tell Andreea your trip

Route, dates and how many are travelling, by WhatsApp or the quote form.

2

Receive a shortlist

A choice of aircraft, each with a fixed all-in price and why it suits your journey.

3

Confirm your aircraft

Andreea arranges the operator contract, crew, airport slots and ground transfers.

4

Step aboard

Arrive at a private terminal minutes before departure and fly on your schedule.

The directory

Every airport,
searchable four ways

Type anything into the box below. A three letter IATA code, a four letter ICAO code, a city, an airport name or a country. The directory holds 7,274 airports across 239 countries and territories, and it filters as you type. Where we publish a full guide to an airport, and there are 181 of those, the row links straight to it.

7,274 airports
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How to use it

Codes, cities and countries:
which search to use when

The four letter ICAO code is the one pilots, flight plans and operators use. It is geographically structured, so the first letter tells you the region and the second narrows it to a country or area: E for northern Europe, L for southern Europe, K for the contiguous United States, O for the Middle East, V and Z for much of Asia. Searching by ICAO is the precise way to find an airport, because the codes are unique worldwide and never reused.

The three letter IATA code is the one on your luggage tag and your ticket. It is the commercial code, it is what most people remember, and it is what you will be given if someone tells you where they are flying from. It is also incomplete: not every airfield has one, which is why this directory holds ICAO codes for airports that have no IATA code at all.

City and country searches are the practical ones when you know where you want to go rather than which airport serves it. Filtering by country shows every option in that territory, which is exactly the view you want when deciding whether to land at the famous airport or the quiet one twenty minutes closer to your destination. That decision is usually worth more time than any other in private travel.

What the codes tell you

  • ICAO codes are four letters, unique worldwide, and structured by region. They are what appears on a flight plan.
  • IATA codes are three letters, commercially assigned, and not every airport has one.
  • A single city can have several airports, and the private one is rarely the one with the famous name.
  • Codes are occasionally reassigned in IATA but effectively never in ICAO, which is why operators prefer ICAO.
  • Some airports share a city name with an airport thousands of kilometres away. Always confirm by code, never by name alone.
Search by ICAO when you want to be certain. Search by city when you want to be served.
Beyond the list

What a code cannot
tell you

A directory tells you an airport exists. It does not tell you whether you can land there. Runway length decides which aircraft can operate, elevation affects performance and payload on departure, operating hours and night curfews decide whether an evening arrival is possible at all, slot restrictions apply at busy fields, and customs availability decides whether an international flight can clear there or has to route somewhere else first. Read the guide to airports of entry for how that last one works in each region, since it is the constraint that most often reshapes a plan.

Our individual airport guides carry those details for the airports we cover most: runways, elevation, operating hours, private terminals, transfer times into the city, nearby alternatives and typical charter pricing from that field. If the airport you want is in the directory but has no guide yet, ask us anyway. We arrange flights to airports far beyond the ones we have written about, and the answer to whether a particular field will work for a particular aircraft takes minutes rather than days.

If you already know where you are flying rather than which airport you want, the route directory approaches the same question from the other end, with indicative pricing and flight times for thousands of city pairs. And if you are flexible on dates, empty legs are the same aircraft at a fraction of the price.

Directory questions

Codes,
filters and coverage, answered

How many airports are in this directory?

7,274 airports across 239 countries and territories, listed with IATA code, ICAO code, city, airport name and country.

What is the difference between an IATA code and an ICAO code?

IATA codes are three letters and commercially assigned, the ones on luggage tags and tickets. ICAO codes are four letters, unique worldwide and geographically structured, and they are what appears on a flight plan. Not every airport has an IATA code, but almost all have an ICAO code.

Can I search by ICAO code?

Yes. Type the four letter code, or set the field selector to ICAO only to match codes exclusively rather than searching every column.

Can I search by country?

Yes. The country filter lists every country and territory in the directory with the number of airports in each, so you can see all the options in one place before choosing.

Why do some airports have no IATA code?

IATA codes are assigned for commercial purposes. Airfields with no scheduled service often have none, though they still hold an ICAO code and can usually accept private aircraft. That is why searching by ICAO finds more airports than searching by IATA.

What does the Open guide button mean?

It means we publish a full guide to that airport covering runways, elevation, operating hours, private terminals, transfer times and typical charter prices. There are 181 of them at the moment, and the number grows steadily.

Can you fly to an airport that has no guide?

Yes. The guides cover the airports we are asked about most, not the limits of where we fly. Tell us the field and we will confirm whether it works for your aircraft, group and dates, usually within the hour.

Does being in this list mean a private jet can land there?

No. The directory confirms an airport exists and gives its codes. Whether you can land depends on runway length for your aircraft type, operating hours, slots, permits and, for international arrivals, customs availability. We check all of that before quoting.

Which airport should I choose for a city with several?

Usually the one closest to your actual address that can take your aircraft and clear your arrival, which is rarely the one with the famous name. The time saved on the ground is frequently larger than any difference in the air.

Do ICAO codes ever change?

Very rarely. IATA codes are occasionally reassigned, but ICAO codes are effectively permanent, which is why operators and flight plans rely on them.

Can I link to a specific search?

Yes. Add a query to the address, for example a question mark followed by q equals the code or city you want, and the directory opens with that search already applied.

Is the directory kept up to date?

It is maintained alongside our airport guides and route database. If you spot an airport that has moved, closed or changed code, tell us and we will correct it.

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