
I lived in Denver when they closed the old Stapleton airport and then on the same day opened the new airport about 20 miles away on the eastern plains of Colorado. The portion of your story that states that “Location identifiers are not interchangeable and cannot be transferred from one location to another” is not exactly correct.

“The FAA’s awarding of our new location identifier is another important step in our process to open Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in May,” said Airport Authority Chairman Joe Tannehill.Ĭonstruction of the new Northwest Florida Beaches International is 80 percent complete and on track for an opening date of May 23, 2010.Ĭlick here to read more about the new Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport. In fact, the first and second letters or second and third letters or third and first letters of a three-letter identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation. Location identifiers are not interchangeable and cannot be transferred from one location to another or from one airport to another even within the same community. The new airport is replacing Panama City – Bay County International Airport, whose three-letter identifier is “PFN.” Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport’s three-letter location identifier will be “ECP” when the airport opens in May 2010.

The Federal Aviation Administration has assigned a new three-letter identifier to the new Northwest Florida Beaches International airport now under construction in West Bay, Florida.
