What airport is EDI?
EDI is
Edinburgh Airport
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Why the code is EDI
The first three letters of Edinburgh.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- EDI
- ICAO code
- EGPH
- Airport
- Edinburgh Airport
- City
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Code origin
- Documented
Edinburgh is the busiest airport in Scotland and sits eight miles west of the city, connected by a tram line that took so long to build it became a local byword for public-sector delay.
The other code, EGPH
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, EDI, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, EGPH, 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 EGPH looks nothing like EDI.
Common questions
- What airport is EDI?
- Edinburgh Airport, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- Why is Edinburgh's airport called EDI?
- The first three letters of Edinburgh.
- What is the difference between EDI and EGPH?
- EDI is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. EGPH 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)