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IATA 3-Digit Airline Accounting Prefix Directory & Resolver

Instant lookup of 500+ official 3-digit IATA airline prefixes to carrier metadata and designators. This specification documents the exact field layout, checksum rules, and validation behavior so your integration matches IATA Resolution 600a & Resolution 722e without reading the source standard.

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Official Standard & Validation Protocol Authority: International Air Transport Association (IATA) ↗

Quick Summary: Instant lookup of 500+ official 3-digit IATA airline prefixes to carrier metadata and designators. Validates strictly against IATA Resolution 600a & Resolution 722e with sub-5ms in-memory response times.

Latency
<1ms Edge
Standard
IATA Clearing House
Version
Max Payload
512 KB
Privacy
In-Memory (0 bytes stored)

Specification & Structural Breakdown

Technical Summary: Validates strictly against IATA Resolution 600a & Resolution 722e. Payloads are parsed in memory and return clean, typed JSON in milliseconds with zero data logged.

Every scheduled airline in the IATA Clearing House is assigned a unique 3-digit numeric prefix used on all tickets, baggage tags, and cargo waybills.

PrefixAirline NameIATA CodeCountry
001American AirlinesAAUnited States
016United AirlinesUAUnited States
074KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesKLNetherlands
125British AirwaysBAUnited Kingdom
176EmiratesEKUnited Arab Emirates
220Lufthansa CargoLHGermany

Parsed JSON Response Model

The edge microservice transforms input payloads into strongly-typed hierarchical JSON envelopes with sub-5ms latency:

HTTP 200 JSON Response Envelope
{
  "prefix": "016",
  "airline": "United Airlines",
  "iataCode": "UA",
  "country": "US"
}

Copy-Paste Integration Code (6 Languages)

Integrate IATA 3-Digit Airline Accounting Prefix Directory & Resolver directly into your production application with native, zero-dependency code snippets in cURL, Node.js, Python, Go, C#, and a ready-to-paste Claude prompt. Get a free API key → (no credit card required):

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://api.stanzaapi.com/iata-validator/api/v1/iata/awb/validate" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --data '{
  "awb": "016-12345675"
}'
const response = await fetch("https://api.stanzaapi.com/iata-validator/api/v1/iata/awb/validate", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": process.env.API_KEY || "YOUR_API_KEY"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "awb": "016-12345675"
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
import requests
import json

url = "https://api.stanzaapi.com/iata-validator/api/v1/iata/awb/validate"
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
payload = {
    "awb": "016-12345675"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	url := "https://api.stanzaapi.com/iata-validator/api/v1/iata/awb/validate"
	payload := []byte(`{"awb":"016-12345675"}`)

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", os.Getenv("API_KEY"))

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("API_KEY") ?? "YOUR_API_KEY");

        var json = @"{""awb"":""016-12345675""}";
        var payload = new StringContent(json, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

        var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.stanzaapi.com/iata-validator/api/v1/iata/awb/validate", payload);
        var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        Console.WriteLine(content);
    }
}
Integrate the StanzaAPI iata-validator micro-API.

Endpoint: POST https://api.stanzaapi.com/iata-validator/api/v1/iata/awb/validate
Auth header: x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json
Request body:
{
  "awb": "016-12345675"
}

Rules:
- Send the request with a 2-second timeout.
- Parse the standard envelope { success, data, meta: { latency_ms, version } }.
- On failure, read { success: false, error, code } and branch on the code.
- Do not retry 4xx responses; surface the error code to the caller.
- Treat invalid-but-well-formed payloads as HTTP 200 with data.valid === false.

Frequently Asked Questions & Technical Notes

Can airline prefixes change?

Airline prefixes are globally registered and permanent for the life of the operating carrier.

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All IATA Air Cargo AWB & Aviation Validator API Formats & Specifications (4) Directory Index ↓
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