Introduction
If you have ever booked a flight, tracked luggage, or read an airline ticket, you have encountered IATA airport codes—the three-letter identifiers used globally to represent airports. Codes such as NBO, LHR, JFK, or DXB are more than abbreviations; they are the backbone of modern air transport operations.
This article provides a detailed explanation of IATA codes, their importance, how they are assigned, and a continent-by-continent breakdown of major airports and their IATA codes, including key countries within each region. **
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