Ice Airport 2014

8gv · 01-28-2014, 11:41 PM

There are many US airports that don't have the "K".
Examples include:
2B2...Plum Island (Newburyport MA)
7B9...Ellington CT
0B5...Turners Falls MA
and...
B18...Alton Bay Ice

Why no "K"?

If there is no weather broadcast via a radio frequency from the airport there is no K.

K?

This is but a piece of the ICAO airport identifier protocol. I believe that weather reporting is required (among other things) to conform to ICAO. The K means it conforms and thus has the weather reporting.

I reserve the right to be wrong though...

01-28-2014, 11:41 PM	#11
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,117 Thanks: 64 Thanked 749 Times in 483 Posts	There are many US airports that don't have the "K". Examples include: 2B2...Plum Island (Newburyport MA) 7B9...Ellington CT 0B5...Turners Falls MA and... B18...Alton Bay Ice Why no "K"? If there is no weather broadcast via a radio frequency from the airport there is no K. K? This is but a piece of the ICAO airport identifier protocol. I believe that weather reporting is required (among other things) to conform to ICAO. The K means it conforms and thus has the weather reporting. I reserve the right to be wrong though... Last edited by 8gv; 01-29-2014 at 12:16 AM.

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