---
id: "iata_aircraft_type"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["transport"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "https://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/iata_aircraft_type"
---

# IATA aircraft type code (`iata_aircraft_type`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Three-character code of an aircraft type from Appendix A of the IATA Standard Schedules Information Manual (SSIM), used in airline timetables and booking systems. Flight plans use the ICAO designator instead (icao_aircraft_type). Any three capital letters or digits match, so use the field name or context.

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Transportation (transport)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

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

## Examples

- `738` — Boeing 737-800
- `A4F` — Code with letters
- `B738` (invalid example) — ICAO designator

## Translations

- ru: Код типа воздушного судна ИАТА

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_aircraft_type_designator>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: mapping (Wikidata, Schema.org, ...), detector coverage.

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