Airline, no longer flying
Airlines / United States
Pan Am was an airline from the United States, founded in 1927, that stopped flying in 1991. Its codes were PA (IATA) and PAA (ICAO), and its radio callsign was “CLIPPER”.
Lifeline
- Pan Am 1927–1991
What the codes mean
The two-character IATA code is the one on tickets, boarding passes and flight numbers (PA 123). The three-letter ICAO code is used in flight plans and by air traffic control. The radio callsign is what pilots and controllers say on the radio: a flight filed as PAA123 is called “CLIPPER one two three”.
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