Category:Airport listing

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Pages using {{IATA}} template were the three letter acronym is a redirect to that same page.

This should be the city page containing the details of the airport if it does not have its own airport article. Or is an airport article.

Linking to airports

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Create the page with the three letter code IN CAPITALS.

If there is an airport article then redirect the code to that page
e.g. For FRA IATA, the page FRA contains #REDIRECT[[Frankfurt Airport]]
If there is no airport article the redirect should be to the relevant section of closest city article.
e.g. For STR IATA, the page STR contains #redirect[[Stuttgart#By plane]]

For airports not large enough for their own article

On the city, or district, page closest to the airport, in the By plane section of Get in, create a listing of type=go
Use the IATA template in the alt field
Use the wikidata function in listing editor to connect to Wikipedia and fill in coordinates and possibly image information.
Add other information such as web link and telephone number to listing
Below listing give additional information such as methods of getting to the airport from city centre and flight destinations.
In Sleep section of city list a couple of hotels near the airport.

This category tends not to update until the articles containing the airport code are saved again (does not need a change but must go into edit and publish).

To find airports in a particular country can use PetScan

Pages in category "Airport listing"

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