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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/106 to Ed Vance on Mon Mar 30 21:12:36 2026
    Earlier I abbreviated Standiford Field (now Louisville International) as SFD.
    In rereading what I wrote I remembered SDF is the old 3letter id.

    As hard as I try I guess I will never acheive Mister Know It All status.

    O.K., Anymore post about this topic will be in Aviation.

    I read it as SDF so I knew what you meant. I am not even sure what the new abbreviation is, and I am a little surprised they changed it.

    Mike

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Mike Powell on Tue Mar 31 02:18:42 2026
    I read it as SDF so I knew what you meant. I am not even sure what the
    new abbreviation is, and I am a little surprised they changed it.

    It's still SDF ...

    You may be a bit confused as that is the IATA-naming, while the ICAO is KSDF.

    "K" means an airport in the USA, and they just prefix the IATA-code with it.

    In other parts of the world it's different, for example:

    Brussels IATA > BRU ICAO > EBBR (EB > Belgium)
    Amsterdam IATA > AMS ICAO > EHAM (EH > Netherlands)
    London Heathrow IATA > LHR ICAO > EGLL (EG > Great Britain)
    Paris De Gaulle IATA > CDG ICAO > LFPG (LF > France)
    Frankfurt IATA > FRA ICAO > EDDF (ED > Germany)
    Madrid IATA > MAD ICAO > LEMD (LE > Spain)

    Etc etc etc ...

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