INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE AND AVIATION COLLEGE

49A, Siri Dhamma Mawatha,

Colombo 10
0766763777 0112678992

Course: Airport Ground Operations

BATCH: ……….
Date: ………………………….
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
International Airline and Aviation College Airport Ground Operations Airline Geography 1
Module 1

IATA TRAFFIC CONFERENCE AREAS

IATA has found it convenient to divide the world into three Traffic Conference Areas so as to take account of
different economic, social and business conditions and practices in the various parts of the world. These areas
are known as TC1, TC2 and TC3 and comprise the following territories:

IATA Area 1 or TC 1
comprises of North America, South America, Central America and the adjacent islands like Greenland, Bermuda, West
Indies, Islands of the Caribbean Sea, Hawaiian Islands which includes Midway and Palmyra.

IATA Area 2 or TC2

comprises of Europe, Africa and Ascension Island and parts of Asia west of Ural Mountains including Iran and
countries of Middle East.
1. Europe
2. Africa
3. Middle East

IATA Area 3 or TC3

comprises all of Asia (East of the Urals and east of Iran), Oceania, (Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Islands)
1. Asia
2. East Indies
3. Australia and New Zealand
4. South Pacific islands

IATA Traffic Conference Area 1 is sometimes referred to as the Western Hemisphere,whereas the Areas 2 and 3
together constitute the Eastern Hemisphere.

IATA Conference areas are further divided into small sub areas or regions:
TC1
-North Atlantic ( Canada, Greenland, USA and Mexico ).
-Mid Atlantic (Central America, South AmericaIncluding The Caribbean Islands )
-South Atlantic (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay & Uruguay.)

TC2
Europe
Africa
Middle East

TC3
Asia (South Asian sub continent & South East Asia )
South West Pacific islands (Australasia )

Note
The IATA terms have a meaning slightly different from the normal geographical definitions.
The IATA sub area Europe, not only comprises the geographical Europe but also includes:
Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, also the Asian part of the Turkey.

Similarly, Cyprus, Egypt and Sudan are included in the sub area Middle East
International Airline and Aviation College Airport Ground Operations Airline Geography 2

IATA CITY AND AIRPORT CODES

Country City Code Airport Code
USA New York NYC John F Kennedy JFK
La Guardia LGA
Newark EWR
Chicago CHI O’hare ORD
Los Angeles LAX International LAX
Washington WAS Dulles International IAD
National DCA
CANADA Ottawa YOW
Toronto YYZ
Montreal YUL Pierre Elliot Trudeau YUL
Mirabel YMX
Edmonton YEG
MEXICO Mexico City MEX
ECUADOR Quito UIO
UNITED KINGDOM London LON Heathrow LHR
Gatwick LGW
Manchester MAN
SWITZERLAND Zurich ZRH
Geneva GVA
FRANCE Paris PAR Charles de Gaulle CDG
Orly ORY
GERMANY Frankfurt FRA
Munich MUC
BELGIUM Brussels BRU
AUSTRIA Vienna VIE
ITALY Rome ROM Leonardo da Vinci (Fiumicino) FCO
Milan MIL Linate LIN
Malpensa MXP
SPAIN Madrid MAD
SWEDEN Stockholm STO Arlanda ARN
NORWAY Oslo OSL
RUSSIA Moscow MOW Sheremetyevo SVO
SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg JNB
NIGERIA Lagos LOS
ZAMBIA Lusaka LUN
TANZANIA Dar es Salam DAR
BAHRAIN Manama BAH
CYPRUS Nicosia NIC Larnaca LCA
EGYPT Cairo CAI
IRAN Tehran THR
QATAR Doha DOH
JORDAN Amman AMM
KUWAIT Kuwait KWI
LEBANON Beirut BEY
OMAN Muscat MCT
SAUDI ARABIA Jeddah JED
Riyadh RUH
UAE Abu Dhabi AUH
Dubai DXB Dubai International DXB
Dubai World Central DWC
Sharjah SHJ
Country City Code Airport Code
JAPAN Tokyo TYO Narita NRT
Haneda HND
KOREA (South ) Seoul SEL
MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur KUL
SINGAPORE Singapore SIN
PHILIPPINES Manila MNL
INDONESIA Jakarta JKT Halim International HLP
SoekarnoHatta CGK
TAIWAN Taipei TPE

NEPAL Kathmandu KTM

THAILAND Bangkok BKK Suvarnabhumi BKK
Don Mueang DMK
CHINA Beijing (Peking) PEK
HONG KONG Hong Kong HKG
BANGLADESH Dhaka (Dacca) DAC
AFGANISTAN Kabul KBL
PAKISTAN Karachi KHI
Islamabad ISB
Lahore LHE
INDIA New Delhi DEL
Mumbai (Bombay ) BOM
Kolkota (Calcutta) CCU
Chennai ( Madras) MAA
Trivandram TRV
Trichy TRZ
Cochin COK
Bangalore BLR
MIYANMAR (Burma) Yangoon (Rangoon) RGN
MALDIVES Male MLE
VIETNAM Ho Chi Minh City ( Saigon ) SGN
AUSTRALIA Adelaide ADL
Brisbane BNE
Canberra CBR
Darwin DRW
Hobart HBA
Melbourne MEL
Perth PER
Sydney SYD
NEW ZEALAND Auckland AKL
Christchurch CHC
Wellington WLG
ISRAEL Tel Aviv TLV

SRI LANKA Colombo CMB Bandaranaike International CMB

Hambanthota HRI Mattala Rajapaksha International HRI
International Airline and Aviation College Airport Ground Operations Airline Geography 4

Exercise : Match the Capitals

Name of the Country Capital City Cities
Afghanistan Abu Dhabi
Algeria Algiers
Australia Amman
Bahrain Amsterdam
Bangladesh Bangkok
Bhutan Beijing
Canada Bern
China Canberra
Cyprus Copenhagen
Denmark Cairo
Egypt Damascus
India Doha
Indonesia Dhaka
Iran Islamabad
Italy Jakarta
Japan Kabul
Jordan Khartoum
Kuwait Kuwait City
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Maldives London
Morocco Male
Nepal Manila
Netherlands Muscat
New Zealand Manama
Oman Moscow
Pakistan Nicosia
Philippines New Delhi
Qatar Ottawa
Russia Rabat
Saudi Arabia Riyadh
Singapore Rome
Switzerland Singapore City
Syria Tehran
Sudan Thimphu
Sri Lanka Tokyo
Thailand Washington, D.C.
United Arab Emirates Wellington
United Kingdom Kathmandu
United States of America
International Airline and Aviation College Airport Ground Operations Airline Geography 5

GLOBAL INDICATORS
WH within Area 1 (Western Hemisphere)
EH between Area 2 and Area 3 via Eastern Hemisphere (other than TS/RU/FE)-within Area 2 or within Area 3
AT between Area 1 and Area 2/ Area 3 via the Atlantic (other than SA)
PA between Area 3 and Area 1 via Pacific (other than between SWP and South America via North America and
North/Central Pacific) -not applicable for routings on non-stop services between Canada/USA and South
Asian Subcontinent -between TC1 and TC2 (via the Pacific and TC3)
AP between Area 2 and Area 3 via the Atlantic and the Pacific
FE between Russia (in Europe)/Ukraine and Area 3 with nonstop service between Russia (in Europe)/Ukraine
and Area 3 other than Japan, Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea), Rep. of Korea.
PN between South America and South West Pacific via North America but not via Area3 except SWP
RU between Russia (in Europe) and Area 3 with nonstop service between Russia (in Europe) and Japan, Korea
(Dem. People’s Rep. of), Korea (Rep. of); not via another country in Europe
SA between Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and South East Asia, South Asian Subcontinent, Korea
(Dem. People’s Rep. of), Korea (Rep. of) via the Atlantic only via point(s) in South East Asia, South Asian
Subcontinent, Korea (Dem. People’s Rep of), Korea (Rep. of), South Atlantic Area, Central Africa, Southern
Africa, Indian Ocean Islands or via direct transatlantic services
TS between Area 2 and Area 3 (Trans Siberian route) with a sector having nonstop service between Europe and
Japan, Korea (Dem. People’s Rep. of), Korea (Rep. of) (other than RU/FE)
Exercise – Select the Capital City for each country.
International Airline and Aviation College Airport Ground Operations Airline Geography 6

Compiled by Rex Fernandez