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

# IATA airline designator (airline code) (`iataairlinecode`)

IATA airline designators, sometimes called IATA reservation codes, are two-character codes assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to the worlds airlines.

- Pattern of: `airlinecode`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Transportation (transport)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
[A-Z0-9]{2}
```

## Examples

- `MH` — Malaysia Airlines
- `QW` — Blue Wings

## Mappings

- fta: `AIRLINE.IATA_CODE`
- schema_org: `iataCode`
- wikidata: `P229`

## Metacrafter rules

1 rules: 1 match the field name, 0 match values.

- `iataairlinecodefield` (field, `common/transport.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `fta`
- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_codes>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P229>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

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