Which airport uses the IATA airport code IAD?”
Does anyone know why foreign carriers use the IATA airport codes for a region rather than the actual airport codes? For instance, all international flights that UA uses out of Dulles are marked IAD. Yet, when I book on LH or OS, the IATA code is WAS. Same goes for JFK/NYC and ORD/CHI. I know that these codes show up on mileage statements as well as some of the actual tickets. It’s happened for years but I never bothered to ask the question (at least to a CSR). I’m not irritated by it by any means, I was just wondering if there was a specific purpose. corwinsl is offline Reply With Quote Old Oct 19, 02, 7:21 pm #2 yogimh49 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: FRA Programs: UA 2P Posts: 79 Even stranger: In their electronic timetable (worldwide), LH uses BZS (according to IATA: Washington DC, Buzzards Pt S) and CGX (IATA: Chicago IL, Merril C Meigs) instead of IAD and ORD as the Airports where you have to change planes when for example going from MUC to BOS or SAC. [This message has been edited
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Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA: IAD, ICAO: KIAD, FAA LID: IAD) is a public airport located 25 miles (40 km) west of the central business district of Washington, D.C., in Dulles, Virginia (Loudoun County and Fairfax County, Virginia, United States). It serves the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The airport is named after John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State under Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Dulles main terminal is a well-known landmark designed by Eero Saarinen.
