What airport is LTN?
LTN is
London Luton Airport
Luton, United Kingdom
Why the code is LTN
LuTonN.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- LTN
- ICAO code
- EGGW
- Airport
- London Luton Airport
- City
- Luton, United Kingdom
- Code origin
- Documented
Luton is 34 miles from London and adds the city's name to its own, which is a common and legally unregulated practice among European low-cost airports. The ICAO code EGGW comes from its wartime identity rather than the town.
The other code, EGGW
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, LTN, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, EGGW, 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 EGGW looks nothing like LTN.
Common questions
- What airport is LTN?
- London Luton Airport, in Luton, United Kingdom.
- Why is Luton's airport called LTN?
- LuTonN.
- What is the difference between LTN and EGGW?
- LTN is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. EGGW 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)