What airport is AKL?
AKL is
Auckland Airport
Auckland, New Zealand
Why the code is AKL
AucKLand.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- AKL
- ICAO code
- NZAA
- Airport
- Auckland Airport
- City
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Code origin
- Documented
Auckland is the most isolated major international airport in the world by distance to the next one, and it has some of the strictest biosecurity screening anywhere — arriving passengers are asked about hiking boots and the answer matters.
The other code, NZAA
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, AKL, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, NZAA, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why NZAA looks nothing like AKL.
Common questions
- What airport is AKL?
- Auckland Airport, in Auckland, New Zealand.
- Why is Auckland's airport called AKL?
- AucKLand.
- What is the difference between AKL and NZAA?
- AKL is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. NZAA is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
Related pages
- New Zealand Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of New Zealand Colours, symbols and lookalikes
- Airport codes in New Zealand 1 here
Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)