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DVA6550
Captain, B737-800

Joined on September 24 2008
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club

"Don't look doll this might get hairy"
Myrtle Beach, SC USA

400 legs, 484.5 hours
399 legs, 483.4 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 15:56 ET by Rodney Jewett

I have search previous posts to no avail before asking this question. In the pilot center flight schedule it lists available departure and destination airports with a three letter name. I have found that when using flight aware to search for flight routes I have found some of the names/codes are not even close. Nassau, Bahamas etc. NAS on this site, MYNN on flight aware. What am I doing wrong?

Rodney Jewett (DVA6550)

DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours

Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 16:17 ET by Andrew Kaufmann

A history kind of:
http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html

More here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code#Prefixes
http://www.flightsimaviation.com/db/airports/
http://www.geocities.com/profemery/aviation/airport_code.html

You are doing nothing wrong - there is a difference between airport code and Identifier.

ICAO = International Civil Aviation Organization

Airport Codes are the Three letter Identifier

Andrew Kaufmann (DVA3931)

DVA043
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on June 10 2001
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Everett 1500 Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club

"Col. Panic"
Marietta, GA

2,326 legs, 9,362.8 hours
240 legs, 553.9 hours online
1,984 legs, 8,155.9 hours ACARS
75 legs, 196.3 hours event
2,362 legs, 9,497.7 hours total
91 legs dispatched, 66.4 hours

Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 19:38 ET by Luke Kolin

You can edit your pilot profile to show airports using IATA (3-letter) or ICAO (4-letter) codes. Your choice.

Cheers!

Luke Kolin

Senior Captain, MD-11

DVA4176
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP

Joined on March 11 2007
B757 100 Club
50 State Club
Black Pearl Club
White Knuckles Club
Events Triple Century Club
Online Forty Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Burbank Bi-Millennium Club
Four Million Mile Club
Seven Millennium Club

"In the cold Kentucky rain"
Horn Lake, MS USA

7,161 legs, 11,618.7 hours
4,673 legs, 6,709.8 hours online
5,630 legs, 8,974.5 hours ACARS
371 legs, 587.0 hours event

Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 22:50 ET by Scott D Williams

Rodney are you a Paramedic?

Scott D Williams

Senior Captain, L-1011-100

Posted onPost created on January 11 2009 23:02 ET by Scott D Williams

My brother fell on his skateboard and hurt himself very badly. The Para-medic saved his life. We thought he was gone. The Fire-Rescue means alot to me. Are you a Para-medic?

Scott D Williams

Senior Captain, L-1011-100

Posted onPost created on January 12 2009 18:44 ET by Rodney Jewett

Andrew: As always you are a fountain of information. I can usually find the answers to my questions by reading your posts.
Luke: Thank you for all your dedicated time to this awesome operation and all your work on ACARS.
Scott: Not a Paramedic. I am a Fire Captain/EMT just south of Myrtle Beach.

Rodney Jewett (DVA6550)

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