Airport Codes

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Airport Codes are used to identify airports in a consistent manner. Not every location where an aircraft can land is considered to be an "airport" - in general, only facilities which offer refueling service are considered to be airports.[1]

There are two internationally-recognized sets of airport codes: IATA airport codes are used by airlines and travel agencies to identify where passengers, baggage, and freight are to be sent, and ICAO airport codes are used by pilots to identify the airports where their flights originate and terminate. Both are in use in Fenspace.

IATA Airport Codes for Fen Airports

The International Air Transport Association assigns its three-character airport codes on what appears to be a semi-random basis. Thus, it is impossible to predict the three-letter code that the IATA gives a Fen airport.

ICAO Airport Codes for Fen Airports

The International Civil Aviation Organization indicates the location of an airport in its four-character airport code. The ICAO has designated Fenspace as Flight Information Region "X" (for "eXtraterrestrial", and because the prefix was available). The three letters following the initial X are assigned depending on the location of the airport – the first of these three letters is area-specific, and is based on the location's English name. In the Martian and Jovian subsystems, the second of these three letters is also area-specific.

The special ICAO airport code "XZZZ" is used in flight plans for a Fenspace airport with no location code yet assigned.

Fen Airport Codes

Not every Fen airport has a IATA code. Military bases and other locations where civilian traffic is discouraged are listed with an IATA code of "n/a".

ICAO Prefix XB: The Main Belt[2]
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
XBAC Chawla station dock, Chawla
XBAM McAuliffe station dock, McAuliffe
XBBM n/a Breen Interplanetary Spaceport, 2700 Baikonur
XBCG CGL Liberty Freeport, Liberty, 125 Liberatrix
XBFP RFP Royal Freeport, Pirate Island, 6565 Reiji
XBGL LFL Lang Field, Alphaville, 74 Galatea
XBHA AHA Airport Hidden in Asteroids, Seijutaigakure no Sato, 498 Tokio
XBHC CHD Chudley Aerospace Port, Hogsmeade, 10 Hygiea
XBHF n/a Hopper Field, 1625 The NORC
XBHH Arthurdent airfield, 18610 Arthurdent
XBHK THE Spaceport, New Hong Kong, 2244 Tesla
XBJC JNO Juno Port, Juno City, 3 Juno
XBPC Ceres Spaceport, Port Ceres, 1 Ceres
XBPS WGH Pegasus Spacefield, Concerto, 1405 Sibelius
XBRR n/a Roughriders base, 36 Atalante
XBSA Shin-Azabujuban Airport, Shin-Azabujuban, 342 Endymion
XBSC SCA Campus Aerospace Port, Sagan Town, 2709 Sagan
XBSL SLY Ley Aerospace Port, Sagan Town, 2709 Sagan
XBSS Swissair Spaceport, 2138 Swissair
XBVP PAF Petrovichi Airfield, Novyi Petrovichi, 4 Vesta
XBVS VMS Vulcan Memorial Spaceport, P'Jem Monastery, 2309 Mr. Spock
XBWN GJN North Field, The White Tower, 3990 Heimdal
XBWS GJS South Field, The White Tower, 3990 Heimdal
ICAO Prefix XC: Alpha Centauri system
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
XCSB ZZA Starbase 2 space dock, Starbase 2, Rigil Kentaurus B
XCSV ZZB Saganville Airfield, Chiron, Rigil Kentaurus B
ICAO Prefix XE: Earth Orbit and Cislunar Space (but not Luna)[3]
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
XEAB Abliarsec space dock, Abliarsec, Lagrange 5
XEBF Benjamin Franklin Station space dock, Lagrange 4
XEBR BRF Blue Ridge Space Field, Robur's Eyrie, Lagrange 5
XEBS Bernal Spaceport, Central, Lagrange 5
XECS Compact Spaceport, Meetpoint, Lagrange 5
XEDW DNY Disney's World space dock, GEO
XEGC GWC Greenwood City space dock, Greenwood City, Greenwood, Lagrange 4
XEGR Rockhounds space dock, Greenwood City, Greenwood, Lagrange 4
XEGP GPD Green Planetoidy space dock, Green Planetoidy, Lagrange 5
XEHH HHS Herbert Henry space dock, Herbert Henry, Lagrange 5
XEIS n/a International Space Station space dock, LEO
XEJH JHD John Henry space dock, John Henry, Lagrange 5
XEMA MEE Meekorah Aerospace Port, Stardust, Lagrange 5
XENP MPS Nouveau Paris space dock, LEO
XENY MYS New Yavin space dock, New Yavin, Lagrange 5
XEOS ONS O'Neill Spaceport, Island One, Lagrange 5
XEST SST Stellvia space dock, Stellvia, Lagrange 5
XETM TMN Tomino Space Port, A Baoa Qu, Lagrange 5
XETS Toshimichi Spaceport, Genaros, Lagrange 5
XEVB VBC Von Braun Spaceport, Clarke County, Lagrange 5
XEWP WAP Wing and a Prayer Enterprises space dock, Babylon .5, Lagrange 3
XEXF n/a VVS EXFOR Station, Lagrange 2
ICAO Prefix XG: Earth-Grazing Asteroids and Facilities
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
XGAS Arisia Station space dock
XGCA Candy Apple Red's space dock
XGCC Caprica drydock, 1862 Apollo
XGIS ISL The Island space dock
ICAO Prefix XI: Interstellar (but not Alpha Centauri)
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
Reserved for future use
ICAO Prefix XJ: Jupiter sub-system
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
XJCW WJS Whedon Field, Jossburg, Callisto
XJGH Shadow Field, Shadow, Ganymede
XJGJ Jupiter Mining Corporation Field, Serenity Valley, Ganymede
XJGL Jakarta Field, Little Jakarta, Ganymede
XJGS SRN Serenity Valley Spaceport, Serenity Valley, Ganymede
ICAO Prefix XK: Kupier Belt, Oort Cloud,
and other Solar System locations beyond Neptune's orbit
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
XKAP n/a Azkaban Prison Aerospacefield, Azkaban
XKHS PHS Hades Station dock, Pluto
XKPM Port Malfoy Spaceport, Azkaban
XKNO Nostromo Spaceport, Little Big Bang Labs
ICAO Prefix XL: Luna
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
XLES Ernest Shackleton Spaceport, Shackleton Crater
XLGC n/a Gagarin Crater Air Force Base, Gagarin Crater
XLHW n/a Lunar Hazardous Waste Repository #1, Landau Crater
XLKM LKI Kirby Memorial Spaceport, Kandor City
XLKS Star Labs emergency space dock, Kandor City
XLKV n/a Korolev Air Force Base, Kandor City
XLKW Watchtower space dock, Kandor City
XLMA Anderson Field, Moonbase Alpha
XLMM MMG Takeuchi Shipyard, Mare Marginis
XLPL Port Luna International Spaceport, Port Luna
XLSM MSM Silver Millennium Airfield, Moon Kingdom Memorial Outpost, Mare Serenitatis
XLTB n/a Tranquility Base, Port Luna (historical, landings currently not permitted)
XLVM n/a von Mösting Aerospaceport, Mösting A
ICAO Prefix XM: Mars
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
XMAK KDY Kuat Drive Yards field, Anchorhead, Mos Eisley, Argyre Planitia
XMAL Lucas Spaceport, Mos Eisley, Argyre Planitia
XMCS Marsbase Sara Airfield, Cydonia
XMDM Mars Terraforming Project Headquarters Dock, Deimos
XMDR RDH Roadhouse Dock, Deimos
XMHB HBU Burroughs Aerospace Port, Helium, Hellas Planitia
XMMA New Adelaide Airfield, New Adelaide, Valles Marineris
XMMG n/a Grunthal Field, Noctis Labyrinthus, Valles Marineris
XMOO MOO Odyssey space dock, Mars orbit
XMOS MOS Starbase 1 space dock, Mars orbit
XMPL PLW Port Lowell International Airport, Port Lowell, Airy-0 Crater
XMPP MPP Port Phobos dock, Port Phobos, Phobos
XMUP MUP Utopia Planitia Shipyard, Utopia Planitia
XMUR MUR Roddenberry Spaceport, Utopia Planitia
ICAO Prefix XN: Neptune sub-system
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
Reserved for future use
ICAO Prefix XR: Mercury
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
Reserved for future use
ICAO Prefix XS: Saturn sub-system
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
XSMC SSM Skywalker Spaceport, Coruscant, Mimas
XSTA Aria Field, Titan
ICAO Prefix XU: Uranus sub-system
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
Reserved for future use
ICAO Prefix XV: Venus
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
XVCE VCU Crystal Seattle dock, Crystal Seattle
XVCH VCH Crystal Hiroshima dock, Crystal Hiroshima
XVCK VCK Crystal Kyoto dock, Crystal Kyoto
XVCM VCM Castle Magellan Aerospace Port, Crystal Tokyo
XVCO VCO Crystal Osaka dock, Crystal Osaka (historical, destroyed)
XVCP VCF Crystal Paris dock, Crystal Paris
XVCS VCJ Crystal Sapporo dock, Crystal Sapporo
XVCT VCX Crystal Titusville dock, Crystal Titusville
ICAO Prefix XX: Sol system, not covered by another prefix
ICAO Code IATA Code Spaceport
Reserved for future use
ICAO Prefix XZ: Special Codes
ICAO Code IATA Code Airport/Spaceport
XZZZ n/a Fenspace airport with no location code yet assigned (used only in flight plans)

Notes

  1. Thus, it is not necessary to assign a set of airport codes to every colony or station in Fenspace.
  2. Once all 676 XB** codes are assigned, ICAO will assign XA** codes to Main Belt airports.
  3. Once all 676 XE** codes are assigned, ICAO will assign XF** codes to cislunar airports.