What airport is BCN?
BCN is
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
Barcelona, Spain
Why the code is BCN
BarCeloNa, consonants.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- BCN
- ICAO code
- LEBL
- Airport
- Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport
- City
- Barcelona, Spain
- Code origin
- Documented
El Prat is hemmed in by the sea on one side and a protected wetland on the other, which is why its expansion has been argued over for two decades. The ICAO code LEBL uses the older name Llobregat, from the river delta the airport sits on.
The other code, LEBL
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, BCN, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, LEBL, 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 LEBL looks nothing like BCN.
Common questions
- What airport is BCN?
- Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport, in Barcelona, Spain.
- Why is Barcelona's airport called BCN?
- BarCeloNa, consonants.
- What is the difference between BCN and LEBL?
- BCN is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. LEBL is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
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Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)