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Chapter 3 CONVERSION

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The airline industry uses a system administered by the International Air TransportAssociation (IATA) and the International Standards Association (ISO) to identify cities,airports and airlines quickly and efficiently.

City or Airport Names

To encode a city/airport name the entry is

DAN SAN ANTONIO

DAN Transaction command to display airport/city name

SAN ANTONIO City or airport name

System Response:

DAN SAN ANTONIOA:APT B:BUS C:CITY G:GRD H:HELI O:OFF-PT R:RAIL S:ASSOC TOWNQTN O SAN ANTONIO /CLSAT*C SAN ANTONIO /USTX

A SKF - KELLY AFB - 0K /USTXA MDA - MARTINDALE - 0K /USTXA RND - RANDOLPH AFB - 0K /USTXA SAT - SAN ANTONIO INTL - 0K /USTXA SSF - STINSON MUN - 0K /USTX

SVZ C SAN ANTONIO /VEA SVZ - SAN ANTONIO - 0K /VE

The following table explains the header line of the display

Code Indicates

A : APT Airport

B : BUS Bus station

C : CTY City Code

G : GRD Ground transportation

H : HELI Heliport

O : OFF-PT The city has an IATA code that is not an airport

R : RAIL Railway station

S : ASSOC TOWN Airport codes associated to a city

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Here is the partial display again:

SAT*C SAN ANTONIO /USTXA SKF - KELLY AFB - 0K /USTX

The following table explains the components of the display:

Component Explanation

SAT* City code (an * means that the code is for a city as well as acorresponding airport, when the city is served by more than 1 airport)

C City code indicator

SAN ANTONIO City Name

/USTX ISO country code (US) and state code (TX)

A Airport indicator

SKF Airport code

KELLY AFB Name of airport

0K Number of kilometers/miles from the airport (market dependent)

/US ISO country code and state code

Other entries:

Entry Encode for

DAN SAN ANTONIO/USTX A specific country and state

DAN SAN ANTONIO/S Associated locations

DANNEW YORK / N Nearest Airport from the city

DB NYC To list all the associated to a target city



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To decode a city/airport name

DAC RIO

DAC Transaction command to decode airport/city name

RIO City or airport code

System Response:

DAC RIOA:APT B:BUS C:CITY G:GRD H:HELI O:OFF-PT R:RAIL S:ASSOC TOWNCITY :RIO C RIO DE JANEIRO /BRRJ:RIO DE JANEIRO

AIRPORT-HELIPORT :GIG A RIO JANEIRO INTL /BRRJ - 0KSDU A SANTOS DUMONT /BRRJ - 0K

Country

To display the code for a country, enter:

DC JAPAN

To display a country name from its ISO country code, enter:

DC JP

DC Transaction command to decode/encode a country

JAPAN or JP Country name or country code

System Response:

DCJAPAN

JP JAPAN/ASIA TC3

JPY JAPANESE YEN LOCAL/INTL PUBLISHED

JPN JAPAN CITIZEN



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Component Identifies

JP ISO code

JAPAN/ASIA Country name and location

TC3 IATA traffic conference area

JPY JAPANESE YEN Currency code and currency name

LOCAL/INTL PUBLISHED Currency published is local and international

JPN Code for citizenship

Airline

To display the two-letter code for an airline name, enter:

DNA IBERIA

DNA Transaction code to encode/decode an airline

IBERIA Airline Name

System Response:

DNAIBERIAIB/IBE 075 IBERIA


Component Identifies

IB Alpha numeric airline code

/IBE Slash followed by the commercial code075 Airline numeric ticketing code

IBERIA Name of airline



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Other entries:

Entry Displays

DNA CP The airline name from its alphanumeric code

DNA 005 The airline name from its numeric ticketing code

DNA THA The airline name from its commercial code

Aircraft Equipment

DNE LEARJET

DNE Transaction to encode / decode aircraft equipmentLEARJET aircraft equipment

System Response:

DNELEARJET

LRJ N LEARJET ALL SERIES JET 5 - 10

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