They are defined by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and are used by Air Traffic Control (ATC) and airline operations for flight planning. Typical examples are London Heathrow (ICAO: EGLL) and London Gatwick (ICAO: EGKK).
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ICAO codes are separate and different from IATA codes, which have three letters and are generally used for airline timetables, reservations, and baggage tags. For example, the IATA code for London's Heathrow Airport is LHR and its ICAO code is EGLL.
ICAO codes are filed on air traffic control flight plans and are the international standard used worldwide for interoperability between air navigation service providers. As such, pilots, dispatchers, and air traffic controllers work primarily in the ICAO airport code scheme.
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