Tampa International Airport's IATA code?

• A. TPA
• B. LAS
• C. PDX
• D. SFO

Answer: (A)

IATA airport codes are three-letter identifiers used on tickets and baggage tags to identify airports. They’re assigned by the International Air Transport Association and are designed to be short, memorable codes for quick recognition, though they don’t always spell out the city name exactly.

For Tampa International Airport, the IATA code is TPA. That code is what you’d see on a boarding pass, luggage tag, or flight display to represent Tampa International. The other codes you mentioned correspond to different places: LAS is Las Vegas, PDX is Portland, and SFO is San Francisco. (ICAO codes, used for air traffic control and flight planning, are four letters—for Tampa that’s KTPA—but the three-letter IATA code is what’s used by travelers.)