10 May 2024

Quiz: How well do you know airport codes?

As travellers, we spend a lot of our time in airports around the world, but have you really been paying attention? Test your airport code knowledge with this tricky quiz...

3 mins

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1. Let’s start with an easy one, what is the airport code if you are flying to Dubai International Airport?

BHX

DXB

DUB

DBI

2. Which South American city would you be visiting if you were flying in to EZE?

Buenos Aires

Lima

Caracas

Rio di Janeiro

3. What is the airport code for Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia?

KKA

RUH

SAA

RYD

4. Which of the following is NOT a code for a London airport?

LBA

LGW

LHR

LCY

5. Tokyo has two main international airports, NRT is the code for the first, but which of these is the code for the second?

EDO

TKY

OSA

HND

6. What is the airport code for Washington DC’s Dulles International?

WDI

DUL

IAD

WAS

7. The majority of Canadian airport codes start with which letter?

8. Where in the world would you be flying to, if your destination was OGG?

Hawaii

Papua New Guinea

Norway

Chile

9. What is the airport code of Seoul, South Korea’s main international airport?

ICN

SEL

IAH

RGN

10. You are on a flight headed to BAL, to where are you headed? (They are all real places!)

Bear Dance, Montana

Batman, Turkey

Bang, Iran

Balatonszentgyörgy, Hungary

11. In 2021, 8 of the top 10 busiest airports in the world by passenger numbers were in the USA. Which of these was the number one busiest?

ATL

LAS

DEN

LAX

12. What is the airport code for Changi International Airport in Singapore?

CIA

SIN

CHA

SNG

13. If you flew into HAN and out of SGN, which country would you have travelled through?

Laos

China

Malaysia

Vietnam

14. OMG is the airport code for which city?

Omaha, Nebraska

Omega, Namibia

Omiya, Japan

Omsk, Russia

15. What is the airport code for Yerevan, Armenia?

YER

YVN

EVN

RVN

16. You wanted to visit the Great Barrier Reef, which airport would you fly in to?

CNS

MEL

DWN

PER