Airline codes-F
A list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also included for completeness.
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IATA airline designator
IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the world's airlines in accordance with the provisions of IATA Resolution 762. They form the first two characters of the flight number.
Designators are used to identify an airline for all commercial purposes, including reservations, timetables, tickets, tariffs, air waybills, and in airline interline telecommunications. There are three types of designator: unique, alphanumeric, and controlled duplicate.
IATA maintains two policies to deal with the limited number of available codes:
- After an airline is delisted, the code becomes available for reuse after six months.
- IATA issues "controlled duplicates".
Controlled duplicates are issued to regional airlines whose destinations are not likely to overlap, in such a way that the same code would be shared by two different airlines. The controlled duplicate is denoted here with an asterisk (*) following the code and in IATA literature as well.
ICAO airline designator
The ICAO airline designator is a code assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization to aircraft operating agencies, aeronautical authorities, and services. The codes are unique by airline which is not true for the IATA airline designator codes.
Each aircraft operating agency, aeronautical authority, and services related to international aviation is allocated both a three-letter designator and a telephony designator. The designators are listed in ICAO Document 8585: Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services. The ICAO codes originally based on a two-letter-system and were identical to the airline codes used by IATA. After an airline joined IATA its existing ICAO-two-letter-code was taken over as IATA code. So in the 1970s the abbreviation BA was the ICAO code and the IATA code of British Airways while non-IATA-airlines like Court Line used their 2-letter-abbreviation as ICAO code only. In the early 1980s ICAO introduced the current three-letter-system due to the increasing number of airlines. It became the official new standard system in November 1987.
An example is:
- Operator: American Airlines
- Three-letter-ICAO-designator: AAL (the original ICAO-two-letter-designator AA was used until 1987 and is also the IATA code of the airline)
Certain combinations of letters are not allocated to avoid confusion with other systems (for example SOS). Other designators (particularly those starting with Y and Z) are reserved for government organizations.
Designator YYY is used for operators that do not have a code allocated.
Call signs
Most airlines employ a distinctive and internationally recognized call sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions as a prefix to the flight number. The flight number is normally then published in their public timetable and appears on the arrivals and departure screens in the airport terminals served by that particular flight. In cases of emergency, the airline name and flight number, rather than the individual aircraft's registration, are normally mentioned by the main news media.
Some call signs are less obviously associated with a particular airline than others. This might be for historic reasons, or possibly to avoid confusion with a call sign used by an established airline.
Not all of these operators of aircraft are civilian and some only operate ad hoc chartered flights rather than scheduled flights; some operate both types of flights. Some cargo airlines specialize in freight transport, an emphasis that may be reflected in the company's name.
Companies' assigned names may change over time as a result of mergers, acquisitions, or change in company name or status. Country names can also change over time and new call signs may be agreed in substitution for traditional ones. The country shown alongside an airline's call sign is that wherein most of its aircraft are believed to be registered, which may not always be the same as the country in which the firm is officially incorporated or registered. There are many other airlines in business whose radio call signs are more obviously derived from the trading name.
The callsign should normally resemble the operators name or function and not be confused with callsigns used by other operators. The callsign should be easily and phonetically pronounceable in at least English, French, Spanish or Russian.
Codes
| IATA | ICAO | Airline | Call sign | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KWX | Florida Aerocharter | KAY DUB | United States | Allocated in 2014[1] | |
| FAS | Florida Air Cargo | FLORIDA CARGO | United States | Allocated in 2014[2] | |
| VNX | Fly Advance | VANCE | United States | Allocated in 2014[3] | |
| FUM | Fuxion Line Mexico | FUNLINE | Mexico | ||
| FRB | Fly Rak | RAKWAY | United Arab Emirates | ||
| FMI | FMI Air | FIRST MYANMAR | Myanmar | ||
| FRX | Fort Aero | FORT AERO | Estonia | ||
| PBR | Fast Air | POLAR BEAR | Canada | ||
| SRE | Fly Jetstream Aviation | STREAMJET | South Africa | ||
| FTZ | Fastjet | GREY BIRD | Tanzania | ||
| FAP | F Air | FAIR SCHOOL | Czech Republic | ||
| FLS | Flying Fast | RAPIDOS | Mexico | ||
| EYE | F.S. Air Service | SOCKEYE | United States | ||
| IFA | FAI Air Service | RED ANGEL | Germany | ||
| FLC | FINFO Flight Inspection Aircraft | FLIGHT CHECK | United States | ||
| FKI | FLM Aviation Mohrdieck | KIEL AIR | Germany | ||
| DCM | FLTPLAN | DOT COM | United States | ||
| FLW | FLowair Aviation | QUICKFLOW | France | ||
| FMG | FMG Verkehrsfliegerschule Flughafen Paderborn-Lippstadt | HUSKY | Germany | ||
| FRA | FR Aviation | RUSHTON | United Kingdom | ||
| FSB | FSB Flugservice & Development | SEABIRD | Germany | ||
| LEJ | FSH Luftfahrtunternehmen | LEIPZIG FAIR | Germany | ||
| FBA | Fab Air | FAB AIR | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| FCS | Facts Air | MEXFACTS | Mexico | ||
| FAV | Fair Aviation | FAIRAVIA | South Africa | ||
| FWD | Fair Wind Air Charter | FAIR WIND | United Arab Emirates | ||
| FLS | Fairlines | FAIRLINE | Netherlands | ||
| FFC | Fairoaks Flight Centre | FAIROAKS | United Kingdom | ||
| FWY | Fairways Corporation | FAIRWAYS | United States | ||
| FCN | Falcon Air | FALCON | Sweden | ||
| FAR | Falcon Air | FALCAIR | Slovenia | ||
| FAO | Falcon Air Express | PANTHER | United States | ||
| FAU | Falcon Airline | FALCON AIRLINE | Nigeria | ||
| IH | Falcon Aviation | Sweden | |||
| FVS | Falcon Aviation Services | FALCON AVIATION | United Arab Emirates | ||
| FJC | Falcon Jet Centre | FALCONJET | United Kingdom | ||
| FAW | Falwell Aviation | FALWELL | United States | ||
| EF | EFA | Far Eastern Air Transport | Far Eastern | Taiwan | |
| FD | Royal Flying Doctor Service | FLYDOC | Australia | ||
| FDL | Farmingdale State University | FARMINGDALE STATE | United States | ||
| FAH | Farnair Hungary | BLUE STRIP | Hungary | ||
| FRN | Farnair Netherlands | FARNED | Netherlands | ||
| FAT | Farnair Switzerland | FARNER | Switzerland | ||
| RAF | Farnas Aviation Services | FARNAS | Sudan | ||
| HBL | Faroecopter | HELIBLUE | Denmark | ||
| F6 | RCK | Faroejet | ROCKROSE | Faroe Islands | |
| FRW | Farwest Airlines | FARWEST | United States | ||
| F3 | FSW | Faso Airways | FASO | Burkina Faso | |
| FHL | Fast Helicopters | FINDON | United Kingdom | ||
| FAY | Fayban Air Services | FAYBAN AIR | Nigeria | ||
| SKM | Fayetteville Flying Service and Scheduled Skyways System | SKYTEM | United States | ||
| FDR | Federal Air | FEDAIR | South Africa | ||
| FLL | Federal Airlines | FEDERAL AIRLINES | Sweden | ||
| DCN | Federal Armed Forces | DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE | Germany | ||
| FRM | Federal Armored Service | FEDARM | United States | ||
| NHK | Federal Aviation Administration | NIGHTHAWK | United States | ||
| FX | FDX | Federal Express | FEDEX | United States | |
| FNK | Feniks Airline | AURIKA | Kazakhstan | ||
| FER | Feria Aviación | FERIA | Spain | ||
| N8 | HGK | Fika Salaama Airlines | SALAAMA | Uganda | |
| 4S | FNC | Finalair Congo | FINALAIR CONGO | Republic of the Congo | |
| FAK | Financial Airxpress | FACTS | United States | ||
| FBF | Fine Airlines | FINE AIR | United States | ||
| FTR | Finist'air | FINISTAIR | France | ||
| AY | FIN | Finnair | FINNAIR | Finland | |
| FC | WBA | Finncomm Airlines | WESTBIRD | Finland | |
| FNF | Finnish Air Force | FINNFORCE | Finland | ||
| FY | FFM | Firefly | FIREFLY | Malaysia | |
| 7F | FAB | First Air | FIRST AIR | Canada | |
| JRF | First Air Transport | Japan | |||
| FCC | First Cambodia Airlines | FIRST CAMBODIA | Cambodia | ||
| DP | FCA | First Choice Airways | JETSET | United Kingdom | |
| MBL | First City Air | FIRST CITY | United Kingdom | ||
| GGA | First Flying Squadron | JAWJA | United States | ||
| FIR | First Line Air | FIRSTLINE AIR | Sierra Leone | ||
| FTS | First Sabre | FIRST SABRE | Mexico | ||
| 8F | FFR | Fischer Air | FISCHER | Czech Republic | |
| FFP | Fischer Air Polska | FLYING FISH | Poland | ||
| 8D | EXV | FitsAir | EXPOAVIA | Sri Lanka | |
| FSX | Flagship Express Services | FLAG | United States | ||
| FLE | Flair Airlines | FLAIR | Canada | ||
| WAF | Flamenco Airways | FLAMENCO | United States | ||
| FMR | Flamingo Air | FLAMINGO AIR | United States | ||
| FLN | Flamingo Air-Line | ILIAS | Kazakhstan | ||
| FSH | Flash Airlines | FLASH | Egypt | ||
| BWY | Fleet Requirements Air Direction Unit | BROADWAY | United Kingdom | ||
| FLR | Fleetair | FLEETAIR | South Africa | ||
| FXY | Flexair | FLEXY | Netherlands | ||
| FXT | Flexflight | Denmark | |||
| TUD | Flight Alaska | TUNDRA | United States | ||
| FCK | Flight Calibration Service | NAV CHECKER | Germany | ||
| FCV | Flight Centre Victoria | NAVAIR | Canada | ||
| FCP | Flight Corporation | FLIGHTCORP | New Zealand | ||
| FDP | Flight Dispatch Services | Poland | |||
| FLX | Flight Express, Inc. | FLIGHT EXPRESS | United States | ||
| CFI | Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation in China | CHINA JET | China | ||
| LTS | Flight Inspections and Systems | SPECAIR | Russia | ||
| IVJ | Flight International | INVADER JACK | United States | ||
| MIT | Flight Line | MATCO | United States | ||
| FOI | Flight Ops International | United States | |||
| OPT | Flight Options | OPTIONS | United States | ||
| CLB | Flight Precision Limited | CALIBRATOR | United Kingdom | ||
| FSL | Flight Safety Limited | FLIGHTSAFETY | United Kingdom | ||
| FSU | Flight Support Sweden | Sweden | |||
| CCK | Flight Trac | CABLE CHECK | United States | ||
| AYR | Flight Training Europe | CYGNET | Spain | ||
| FWQ | Flight West Airlines | UNITY | Australia | ||
| KLO | Flight-Ops International | KLONDIKE | Canada | ||
| CSK | Flightcraft | CASCADE | United States | ||
| FEX | Flightexec | FLIGHTEXEC | Canada | ||
| B5 | FLT | Flightline | FLIGHTLINE | United Kingdom | defunct |
| FPS | Flightpass Limited | FLIGHTPASS | United Kingdom | ||
| FSR | Flightstar Corporation | FLIGHTSTAR | United States | ||
| KDZ | Flightworks | KUDZU | United States | Avior Technologies Operations | |
| FAZ | Flint Aviation Services | FLINT AIR | United States | ||
| OJY | Florida Air | OHJAY | United States | ||
| PA | FCL | Florida Coastal Airlines | FLORIDA COASTAL | United States | |
| FFS | Florida Department of Agriculture | FORESTRY | United States | ||
| FJS | Florida Jet Service | FLORIDAJET | United States | ||
| RF | FWL | Florida West International Airways | FLO WEST | United States | |
| FFG | Flugdienst Fehlhaber | WITCHCRAFT | Germany | ||
| FLU | Flugschule Basel | YELLOW FLYER | Switzerland | ||
| EZB | Flugschule Eichenberger | EICHENBURGER | Switzerland | ||
| FWZ | Flugwerkzeuge Aviation Software | Austria | |||
| F2 | FLM | Fly Air | FLY WORLD | Turkey | |
| FCT | Fly CI Limited | DEALER | United Kingdom | ||
| FEE | Fly Europa Limited | FLY EURO | United Kingdom | ||
| FXL | Fly Excellent | FLY EXCELLENT | Sweden | ||
| NVJ | Fly International Airways | NOUVINTER | Tunisia | ||
| OJ | FJM | Fly Jamaica Airways | GREENHEARTH | Jamaica | |
| FIL | Fly Line | FLYLINE | Spain | ||
| SH | FLY | Fly Me Sweden | FLYBIRD | Sweden | |
| IAD | Fly Wex | FLYWEX | Italy | ||
| D7 | XFA | FlyAsianXpress | FAX AIR | Malaysia | |
| TE | LIL | FlyLal | LITHUANIA AIR | Lithuania | defunct |
| LF | NDC | FlyNordic | NORDIC | Sweden | |
| F7 | BBO | Flybaboo | BABOO | Switzerland | |
| BE | BEE | Flybe | JERSEY | United Kingdom | |
| FCE | Flycolumbia | FLYCOLUMBIA | Spain | ||
| FLO | Flycom | FLYCOM | Slovenia | ||
| GVG | Flygaktiebolaget Gota Vingar | BLUECRAFT | Sweden | ||
| Y2 | GSM | Flyglobespan | GLOBESPAN | United Kingdom | defunct |
| FPA | Flygprestanda | Sweden | |||
| ETS | Flygtransporter I Nykoping | EXTRANS | Sweden | ||
| INU | Flyguppdraget Backamo | INSTRUCTOR | Sweden | ||
| W3 | FYH | Flyhy Cargo Airlines | FLY HIGH | Thailand | |
| FCR | Flying Carpet Company | FLYING CARPET | Lebanon | ||
| FYG | Flying Service | FLYING GROUP | Belgium | ||
| FGP | Flying-Research Aerogeophysical Center | FLYING CENTER | Russia | ||
| FLK | Flylink Express | FLYLINK | Spain | ||
| FTM | Flyteam Aviation | FLYTEAM | United Kingdom | ||
| FKS | Focus Air | FOCUS | United States | Omega Air Holdings | |
| FOP | Fokker | Netherlands | Flight Operations | ||
| NOF | Fonnafly | FONNA | Norway | ||
| FOB | Ford Motor Company | FORDAIR | United Kingdom | ||
| VY | FOS | Formosa Airlines | Taiwan | defunct | |
| FOR | Formula One Management | FORMULA | United Kingdom | ||
| FHS | Forth and Clyde Helicopter Services | HELISCOT | United Kingdom | ||
| FXC | Fortunair Canada | AIR FUTURE | Canada | ||
| BN | Forward Air International Airlines | United States | |||
| FSA | Foster Aviation | FOSTER-AIR | United States | ||
| JFY | Foster Yeoman | YEOMAN | United Kingdom | ||
| FTE | Fotografia F3 | FOTOGRAFIA | Spain | ||
| FIA | Four Island Air | ISLANDAIR | Antigua and Barbuda | ||
| HK | FSC | Four Star Aviation / Four Star Cargo | FOUR STAR | United States | Virgin Islands |
| WDS | Four Winds Aviation | WINDS | United States | ||
| FXR | Foxair | WILDFOX | Italy | ||
| FDO | France Douanes | FRENCH CUSTOM | France | ||
| FH | FHY | Freebird Airlines | FREEBIRD AIR | Turkey | |
| SJ | FOM | Freedom Air | FREE AIR | New Zealand | |
| FP | FRE | Freedom Air | FREEDOM | United States | Aviation Services |
| FFF | Freedom Air Services | INTER FREEDOM | Nigeria | ||
| FRL | Freedom Airlines | FREEDOM AIR | United States | ICAO Code and callsign withdrawn | |
| FAS | Freedom Airways | FREEDOM AIRWAYS | Cyprus | ||
| FWC | Freeway Air | FREEWAY | Netherlands | ||
| FRG | Freight Runners Express | FREIGHT RUNNERS | United States | ||
| FAF | Force Aerienne Francaise | FRENCH AIR FORCE | France | ||
| FMY | Aviation Legere De L'Armee De Terre | FRENCH ARMY | France | ||
| FNY | France Marine Nationale | FRENCH NAVY | France | ||
| FRR | Fresh Air | FRESH AIR | Nigeria | ||
| BZY | Fresh Air Aviation | BREEZY | United States | 2015[4] | |
| FAE | Freshaer | WILDGOOSE | United Kingdom | ||
| FAL | Friendship Air Alaska | FRIENDSHIP | United States | ||
| FLF | Friendship Airlines | FRIEND AIR | Uganda | ||
| FGY | Froggy Corporate Aviation | Australia | |||
| F9 | FFT | Frontier Airlines | FRONTIER FLIGHT | United States | |
| ITR | Frontier Commuter | OUT BACK | United States | ||
| 2F | FTA | Frontier Flying Service | FRONTIER-AIR | United States | |
| FNG | Frontier Guard | FINNGUARD | Finland | ||
| FUJ | Fujairah Aviation Centre | FUJAIRAH | United Arab Emirates | ||
| CFJ | Fujian Airlines | FUJIAN | China | ||
| GAX | Full Express | GRAND AIRE | United States | ||
| FAM | Fumigación Aérea Andaluza | FAASA | Spain | ||
| FFY | Fun Flying Thai Air Service | FUN FLYING | Thailand | ||
| ROG | Fundació Rego | REGO | Spain | ||
| FUN | Funtshi Aviation Service | FUNTSHI | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| FGL | Futura Gael | Applewood | Ireland | defunct | |
| FH | FUA | Futura International Airways | FUTURA | Spain | defunct |
| FZ | FDB | Flydubai | SKYDUBAI | UAE | |
| FWK | Flightworks | United States | |||
| ACT | Flight Line | AMERICAN CHECK | United States | ||
| 9Y | FGE | Fly Georgia | GEORGIA WING | Georgia |
* on IATA code indicates a controlled duplicate. italics indicates a defunct airline.
See also
Notes
External links
- International Civil Aviation Organization (official site)
- ICAO On-line Publications Purchasing (official site)
- Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from The Airline Codes Web Site)
- Airline Designator / Code Database Search (from Aviation Codes Central Web Site - Regular Updates)
- Airline Designator/Code Listing (from FAA Web Site)