Airline codes-N
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSR | Nine Star Airways | AIR STAR | Thailand | 2014[1] | |
| NEW | Northeastern Aviation | MEADOW FLIGHT | United States | 2014[1] | |
| SIQ | National Center for Atmospheric Research | SCIENCE QUEST | United States | ||
| NEJ | Netjets Business Aviation | NET BUSINESS | China | ||
| NHV | NHV Aviation | Ghana | |||
| NHC | Northern Helicopter | NORTHERN | Germany | ||
| DMD | Namdeb Diamond Corporation | DIAMONDJET | Namibia | ||
| NIN | Niger Airlines | NIGER AIRLINES | Niger | ||
| NUB | Nomad Aviation | VALLETTA | Malta | ||
| NJA | New Japan Aviation | SHIN NIHON | Japan | ||
| ROW | Nor Aviation | ROTORWING | Norway | ||
| NLG | NEL Cargo | NELCARGO | Ivory Coast | ||
| NHG | NHT Linhas Aéreas | HELGA | Brazil | ||
| WAR | NZ Warbirds Association | WARBIRDS | New Zealand | ||
| ANL | Nacoia Lda | AIR NACOIA | Angola | ||
| NHZ | Nada Air Service | NADA AIR | Chad | ||
| BFN | Compangnie Nationale Naganagani | Burkina Faso | |||
| NAH | Nahanni Air Services Ltd | NAHANNI | Canada | ||
| NKL | Nakheel Aviation | NAKHEEL | United Arab Emirates | ||
| MRE | Namibia Commercial Aviation | MED RESCUE | Namibia | ||
| NDF | Namibian Defence Force | NAMIBIAN AIR FORCE | Namibia | ||
| CNJ | Nanjing Airlines | NINGHANG | China | ||
| DV | ACK | Nantucket Airlines | ACK AIR | United States | WAS 9k |
| NYA | Nanyah Aviation | NANYAH | Israel | ||
| NAP | Napier Air Service Inc | NAPIER | United States | ||
| NCM | Nas Air | AIR BANE | Angola | ||
| P9 | Nas Air | Mali | |||
| UE | NAS | Nasair | NASAIRWAYS | Eritrea | |
| Nas Air | Saudi Arabia | ||||
| NJC | Nashville Jet Charters | NASHVILLE JET | United States | ||
| NCO | Natalco Air Lines | NATALCO | São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
| NTK | National Air Traffic Controllers Association | NATCA | United States | ||
| NSR | National Air Charter | NASAIR | Indonesia | ||
| RFI | National Air Traffic Services | SHERLOCK | United Kingdom | ||
| NAN | National Airlines | NATION AIR | United States | defunct | |
| N4 | NCN | National Airlines | Chile | ||
| N7 | ROK | National Airlines | RED ROCK | United States | defunct |
| NA | NAL | National Airlines | NATIONAL | United States | defunct |
| N8 | NCR | National Air Cargo dba National Airlines | NATIONAL CARGO | United States | |
| IN | NIH | NAM Air | NAM | Indonesia | |
| KUS | National Airlines | KUSWAG | South Africa | ||
| 9O | National Airways Cameroon | Cameroon | |||
| LFI | National Airways Corporation | AEROMED | South Africa | ||
| GTY | National Aviation Company | Egypt | |||
| TNC | National Aviation Consultants | NATCOM | Canada | ||
| NXT | National Express | NATIONAL FREIGHT | United States | Texas Air Charters | |
| GRD | National Grid plc | GRID | United Kingdom | ||
| JTE | National Jet Express | JETEX | Australia | ||
| AND | National Jet Service | AIR INDIANA | United States | ||
| NC | NJS | National Jet Systems | NATIONAL JET | Australia | |
| NAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | NOAA | United States | ||
| NOL | National Overseas Airlines Company | NAT AIRLINE | Egypt | ||
| NLS | Nationale Luchtvaartschool | PANDER | Netherlands | ||
| NAE | Nations Air Express Inc | NATIONS EXPRESS | United States | ||
| CE | NTW | Nationwide Airlines | NATIONWIDE | South Africa | |
| NWZ | Nationwide Airlines (Zambia) | ZAMNAT | Zambia | ||
| EVM | Natural Environment Research Council | SCIENCE | United Kingdom | ||
| NRR | Natureair | NATUREAIR | Costa Rica | ||
| NRK | Naturelink Charter | NATURELINK | South Africa | ||
| NVC | Nav Canada | NAV CAN | Canada | ||
| NAV | Nav Flight Planning | NAV DISPATCH | Czech Republic | ||
| NVP | Navegacao Aérea De Portugal | Portugal | |||
| NAY | Navegación Servicios Aéreos Canarios S.A. | NAYSA | Spain | ||
| IRI | Navid | NAVID | Iran | ||
| NVM | Naviera Mexicana | NAVIERA | Mexico | ||
| NVL | Navigator Airlines | NAVLINES | Armenia | ||
| XNV | Navinc Airlines Services | United States | Tigin Limited | ||
| 1N | Navitaire | United States | |||
| XNS | Navtech System Support | Canada | |||
| NZA | Nayzak Air Transport | Libya | |||
| NEB | State of Nebraska | NEBRASKA | United States | ||
| NEC | Necon Air | NECON AIR | Nepal | ||
| NCG | Nederlandse Kustwacht | NETHERLANDS COASTGUARD | Netherlands | ||
| NFT | Nefteyugansk Aviation Division | NEFTEAVIA | Russia | ||
| NLA | Neiltown Air | NEILTOWN AIR | Canada | ||
| NLC | Nelair Charters | NELAIR | South Africa | ||
| CGE | Nelson Aviation College | COLLEGE | New Zealand | ||
| RA | RNA | Nepal Airlines | ROYAL NEPAL | Nepal | was Royal Nepal Airlines |
| NO | NOS | Neos | MOONFLOWER | Italy | |
| TOX | Neosiam Airways | SKY KINGDOM | Thailand | ||
| NSL | Neric | NERICAIR | United Kingdom | ||
| 1I | EJA | NetJets | EXECJET | United States | |
| NET | Network Aviation Services | NETWORK | Nigeria | ||
| NEZ | New England Air Express | ENGAIR | United States | ||
| EJ | NEA | New England Airlines | NEW ENGLAND | United States | |
| NHT | New Heights 291 | NEWHEIGHTS | South Africa | ||
| NWD | New World Jet Corporation | NEW WORLD | United States | ||
| NYH | New York Helicopter | NEW YORK | United States | ||
| GRY | New York State Police | GRAY RIDER | United States | ||
| KRC | Royal New Zealand Air Force | KIWI RESCUE | New Zealand | ||
| HVA | Newair | HAVEN-AIR | United States | ||
| NLT | Newfoundland Labrador Air Transport | NALAIR | Canada | ||
| 2N | NTJ | NextJet | NEXTJET | Sweden | |
| NXF | Nextflight Aviation | NEXTFLIGHT | United States | ||
| NXS | Nexus Aviation | NEXUS AVIATION | Nigeria | ||
| NIS | Nicaragüense de Aviación | NICA | Nicaragua | ||
| NCN | Nicon Airways | NICON AIRWAYS | Nigeria | Ceased operations 2007 | |
| NGA | Nigeria Airways | NIGERIA | Nigeria | ||
| NGR | Nigerian Air Force | NIGERIAN AIRFORCE | Nigeria | ||
| NGX | Nigerian Global | AIR GLOBAL | Nigeria | ||
| EXT | Night Express | EXECUTIVE | Germany | ||
| HG | NLY | Niki | FLYNIKI | Austria | |
| NKV | Nikolaev-Air | AIR NIKOLAEV | Ukraine | Airline of Special Purpose | |
| NSA | Nile Safaris Aviation | NILE SAFARIS | Sudan | ||
| NVA | Nile Valley Aviation Company | Egypt | defunct | ||
| NLW | Nile Wings Aviation Services | NILE WINGS | Sudan | ||
| NBS | Nimbus Aviation | NIMBUS | United Kingdom | ||
| KZ | NCA | Nippon Cargo Airlines | NIPPON CARGO | Japan | |
| NVK | Nizhnevartovskavia | VARTOSKAVIA | Russia | ||
| SRG | Search and Rescue 202 | United Kingdom | |||
| SRD | Search and Rescue 22 | United Kingdom | |||
| NOH | No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron | NORTHOLT | United Kingdom | ||
| AKG | No. 84 Squadron RAF | GRIFTER | United Kingdom | ||
| NBL | Nobil Air | NOBIL AIR | Moldova | ||
| DD | NOK | Nok Air | NOK AIR | Thailand | |
| NRL | Nolinor Aviation | NOLINOR | Canada | ||
| NMD | Nomad Aviation | NOMAD AIR | Namibia | ||
| NOC | Norcopter | Norway | |||
| NEF | Nord-Flyg | NORDEX | Sweden | ||
| 5N | AUL | Nordavia | ARCHANGELSK AIR | Russia | |
| JH | NES | Nordeste Linhas Aéreas Regionais | NORDESTE | Brazil | |
| 6N | NRD | Nordic Regional | NORTH RIDER | Sweden | |
| NDS | Nordstree (Australia) | Australia | |||
| N4 | NWS | Nordwind Airlines | NORDLAND | Russia | |
| NRT | Norestair | NORESTAIR | Spain | ||
| N5 | Norfolk Air | Norfolk Island | |||
| NCF | Norfolk County Flight College | COUNTY | United Kingdom | ||
| FNA | Norlandair | NORLAND | Iceland | ||
| NOA | Norontair | NORONTAIR | Canada | ||
| HMF | Norrlandsflyg | LIFEGUARD SWEDEN | Sweden | ||
| NRX | Norse Air Charter | NORSE AIR | South Africa | ||
| NIR | Norsk Flytjeneste | NORSEMAN | Norway | ||
| NOR | Norsk Helikopter | NORSKE | Norway | ||
| DOC | Norsk Luftambulanse | HELIDOC | Norway | ||
| RTV | Nortavia | TIC-TAC | Portugal | ||
| NAI | North Adria Aviation | NORTH-ADRIA | Croatia | ||
| NA | NAO | North American Airlines | NORTH AMERICAN | United States | |
| HMR | North American Charters | HAMMER | Canada | ||
| NAJ | North American Jet Charter Group | JET GROUP | United States | ||
| NAT | North Atlantic Air Inc | MASS AIR | United States | ||
| NFC | North Atlantic Cargo | NORTH ATLANTIC | Norway | ||
| NBN | North British Airlines | TEESAIR | United Kingdom | ||
| NCB | North Caribou Flying Service Ltd | NORTH CARIBOU | Canada | ||
| NCC | North Coast Air Services Ltd | NORTH COAST | Canada | ||
| N9 | North Coast Aviation | Papua New Guinea | |||
| M3 | NFA | North Flying | NORTH FLYING | Denmark | |
| NRC | North Sea Airways | NORTH SEA | Netherlands | ||
| SBX | North Star Air Cargo | SKY BOX | United States | ||
| NRV | North Vancouver Airlines | NORVAN | Canada | ||
| NWW | North West Airlines | HALANT | Australia | ||
| PTO | North West Geomatics | PHOTO | Canada | ||
| NEN | North-East Airlines | NORTHEAST SWAN | Nigeria | ||
| VBG | North-West Air Transport Company - Vyborg | VYBORG AIR | Russia | ||
| HW | NWL | North-Wright Airways | NORTHWRIGHT | Canada | |
| NLL | Northafrican Air Transport | NORTHAFRICAN AIR | Libya | ||
| NFL | Northaire Freight Lines | GREAT LAKES | United States | ||
| NSF | Northamptonshire School of Flying | NORTON | United Kingdom | ||
| NCE | Northcoast Executive Airlines | TOP HAT | United States | ||
| NEE | Northeast Airlines | NORTHEAST | United States | ||
| NPX | Northeast Aviation | NORTHEAST EXPRESS | United States | ||
| NC | NAC | Northern Air Cargo | YUKON | United States | |
| BYC | Northern Airlines Sanya | BEIYA | China | ||
| NDA | Northern Airways | NORTHERN DAKOTA | United States | ||
| CMU | Northern Aviation Service | LANNA AIR | Thailand | ||
| U7 | Northern Dene Airways | Canada | |||
| NEX | Northern Executive Aviation | NEATAX | United Kingdom | ||
| NIC | Northern Illinois Commuter | ILLINOIS COMMUTER | United States | ||
| NTX | Northern Jet Management | NORTAX | United States | ||
| NTA | Northern Thunderbird Air | THUNDERBIRD | Canada | ||
| KOE | Northland Aviation | KOKEE | United States | ||
| NSS | Northstar Aviation | NORTHSTAR | United States | ||
| NHL | Northumbria Helicopters | NORTHUMBRIA | United Kingdom | ||
| NAL | Northway Aviation Ltd | NORTHWAY | Canada | ||
| NWE | Northwest Aero Associates | United States | |||
| NW | NWA | Northwest Airlines | NORTHWEST | United States | defunct merged with Delta Air Lines |
| FY | NWR | Northwest Regional Airlines | Australia | ||
| NWT | Northwest Territorial Airways | TERRITORIAL | Canada | ||
| J3 | PLR | Northwestern Air | POLARIS | Canada | |
| NWN | Northwinds Northern | NORTHWINDS | Canada | ||
| NAM | Nortland Air Manitoba | MANITOBA | Canada | ||
| DY | NAX | Norwegian Air Shuttle | NOR SHUTTLE | Norway | |
| D8 | IBK | Norwegian Air International | NORTRANS | Ireland | subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle[2] |
| DU | NLH | Norwegian Long Haul | NORSTAR | Norway | subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle |
| TFN | Norwegian Aviation College | SPIRIT | Norway | ||
| XNT | Notams International | United States | |||
| BJ | LBT | Nouvel Air Tunisie | NOUVELAIR | Tunisia | |
| O9 | NOV | Nova Airline | NOVANILE | Sudan | |
| PTR | Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests | PATROL | Canada | ||
| 1I | NVR | Novair | NAVIGATOR | Sweden | |
| VQ | NVQ | Novo Air | NOVO AIR | Bangladesh | |
| NVG | Novogorod Air Enterprise | SADKO AVIA | Russia | ||
| NSP | Novosibirsk Aircraft Repairing Plant | NARPAIR | Russia | ||
| NBE | Novosibirsk Aviaenterprise | NAKAIR | Russia | ||
| NPO | Novosibirsk Aviation Production Association | NOVSIB | Russia | ||
| NOY | Noy Aviation | NOY AVIATION | Israel | ||
| N6 | ACQ | Nuevo Continente | AERO CONTINENTE | Peru | Operating license revoked by Chile 10/06/2002; Ceased operations 2005; Former name: Aero Continente |
| NHR | Nuevo Horizonte Internacional | NUEVO HORIZONTE | Mexico | ||
| NUN | Nunasi-Central Airlines | NUNASI | Canada | ||
| NIN | Nurman Avia Indopura | NURVINDO | Indonesia | ||
| NYS | Nyasa Express | NYASA | Malawi |
* 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)