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DanMan32

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It seems most here prefer FlightRadar24 but FR24 is missing Brooksville airport which has class D controlled airspace and became LAANC capable back in June.
I contacted FR24 but they won't add it because it doesn't have AITA code. It does have ICAO code as well as FAA code. FR24 I believe has much smaller airports listed that I bet don't have both ICAO and AITA code. I believe that AITA code is obsolete for airports.

Anyone else have missing airports in FR24 included in FA?
 
Weird. Everybody uses ICAO in order to be recognized world-wide. IATA, as you noted, is outdated for aviation use but I think is still used for railway stations.
 
IATA, as you noted, is outdated for aviation use
It is not outdated ...
Ever wondered what the 3 characters (e.g. MIA, LAS, ATL) meant on the baggage tag when you check-in?
That's an airport IATA code. It is still used worldwide.

An IATA code is meant to be for use by a commercial operation, and not the airport itself.
Airports are assigned IATA codes when an air servicer (airline, cargo operator, etc) requests a code for an airport.

If an airport does not have an IATA code, it could mean the airport doesn't handle services that conform to IATA.
 
Kbkv does handle commercial jets, but not commercial passenger. UPS and/or FedEx uses it.

The thing is, FlightRadar seems geared for private pilots as well as commercial so pilots it would cater to likely could be using an airport like KBKV not having an IATA code.
The FAA code is 3 letters that would look like an IATA code.
 
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