Index : I : IATA Codes

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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

IATA Codes

• When America West Airlines and US Airways are combined in 2007, will the IATA code for America West still remain HP or will it change to US? ( goto )



• When and where were postal codes first introduced in the UK? ( goto )



• How many zip codes are currently in use in the United States? ( goto )



• How many area codes are currently being used in the United States? ( goto )



• Which nation was the first to use a fully electronic computer to crack enemy military codes? ( goto )



• Why are airport codes for Alaska and Hawaii begin with P and the rest of the US begin with K? ( goto )



• When did bar codes first start being used and what was the first product to use one? ( goto )



• In the UK, the fire service use codes, called stop or status codes, on the radio to stop the public from knowing what they're talking about. Does anyone know the meanings as it's not published anywhere online like the police are? ( goto )



• How were international telephone dialing codes assigned and how come the US and Canada, two huge countries, share one code (1) when much smaller countries with a lot in common, such as the UK and Ireland, or Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, have different codes? ( goto )



• To elaborate on my earlier question #11842, what I'd like to know is why all the area codes in the UK start with zero? ( goto )



• Is there an international convention on the 3-letter codes that countries use at events like the Olympics, eg Australia is AUS, Austria is AUT etc? ( goto )



• How are airport city codes decided upon? For example, why is Toronto, Canada's code YYZ, or Providenciales, Turks and Caicos's code PLS? ( goto )



• For mathematical reasons, in codes and ciphers it is desirable to have 25 (which is a perfect square) letters rather than the usual 26. Which letter of the English alphabet is left out and why? ( goto )



• Have there been any notable instances in the history of warfare where enemy codes have been incorrectly decrypted resulting, for example, in the troops being sent to the wrong place? ( goto )



• In the late 18th century, a British jurist who had been studying native Indian law codes gave an address in Calcutta and offered an interesting hypothesis. Who was this man, and what did he suggest? ( goto )



• On a few roads in the UK there are signs attached to lampposts a bit bigger than number plates with bar codes on them. I just saw the longest run on Mortlake Road Richmond had been removed, except for a sad faded one near the main crossroads, but does anyone know their function? ( goto )