What airport is CGK?
Why the code is CGK
CenGKareng, the district it sits in — nothing to do with Jakarta, Soekarno or Hatta.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- CGK
- ICAO code
- WIII
- Airport
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport
- City
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Code origin
- Documented
One of the least guessable major codes: neither the city name nor the airport name appears in it. Jakarta as a city carries JKT. The airport is named for Indonesia's first president and vice-president, and sits in Cengkareng, Tangerang.
The other code, WIII
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, CGK, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, WIII, 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 WIII looks nothing like CGK.
Common questions
- What airport is CGK?
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Why is Jakarta's airport called CGK?
- CenGKareng, the district it sits in — nothing to do with Jakarta, Soekarno or Hatta.
- What is the difference between CGK and WIII?
- CGK is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. WIII is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
Related pages
- Indonesia Capital, area, population and currency
- The flag of Indonesia Colours, symbols and lookalikes
- Airport codes in Indonesia 1 here
Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)