---
id: "faalid"
kind: "pattern"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["transport"]
country: ["US"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/faalid"
---

# FAA airport code (FAA identifier) (`faalid`)

The Federal Aviation Administration location identifier (FAA LID) is a three- to five-character alphanumeric code identifying aviation related facilities inside the United States, though some codes are reserved for, and are managed by other entities.

- Pattern of: `airport`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Transportation (transport)
- Countries: United States (US)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z0-9]{3,5}$
```

## Examples

- `554` — New Zealand
- `276` — Germany

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P240`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_airport_code>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P240>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/faalid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/US/transport/faalid.yaml>