Thursday, October 4, 2012

Encoding and Decoding City and Airport Codes

Encoding a City or Airport


W/-CC<City> This code will encode a city.

Example
W/-CCPARIS

This example will display the city code of Paris. The entry code W/-AP is used to encode an airport.

W/-APHEATHROW

This entry will display the code for Heathrow.

Decoding a City or Airport

The entry code W/* is used to decode either a city or an airport code

W/*<City or airport code>

Example
W/*PAR

This will decode the city code PAR , i.e Paris

Encoding an Airline
The entry code W/-AL  is used to encode an airline

W/-AL<Carrier>
Example
W/-ALLufthansa

The above example will help to determine the code for Lufthansa

Decoding an Airline

The entry code W/* is used to decode an airline code
W/*<carrier code>
Example
W/*LH
This example will help to decode the airline that has a code LH

Equipment Codes

Encoding Aircraft Equipment

The entry code W/EQ- is used to encode aircraft equipment

Example
W/EQ-Boeing 747
The above example will be used to determine the equipment code for Boeing 747

Decoding Aircraft Equipment

The entry code  W/EQ* is used to decode an equipment code

Example
W/EQ*A3B
The above example would be used to determine the aircraft equipment for the code A3B






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