Is KCI and MCI the same airport?

Answer 1

Yes and No.

Kansas City International's identifier code is MCI, not KCI.
KCI is the identifier code for an airport in Indonesia.

However, the Kansas City International's web site and much else tends to identify it as "KCI". It is not, however, the official identifier code.

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Why is MCI referred to as KCI?
For years, many airport users have wondered how Kansas City International Airport (KCI) wound up with the "MCI" identifier code instead of "KCI." Although the answer may appear somewhat illogical, there is a simple explanation.

KCI was originally called Mid-Continent International Airport, or MCI, and the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) adopted it as the airport's designator code. For many years, MCI served as the landing strip for the TWA overhaul base and as an alternate airport for the old Kansas City Municipal Airport. When Municipal Airport (now Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport) was deemed too small and unable to grow, terminals and additional runways were built at what is now KCI.

Prior to the new airport's dedication in October 1972, City Councilman Jeff Hillelson suggested that the airport be called Kansas City International Airport to better identify it with the city, and the Kansas City Council agreed. The only problem, however, was that the MCI designator code was already registered in many navigational carts, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at one time reserved all call letters with "K" or "W" for radio and television stations, meaning that KCI was not an option.

In the past, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its stringent naming regulations regarding identifiers made the situation even more complex. Despite being denied the use of certain letters, the FAA's solution was simple. In cases when airports' names begin with "K" or "W," the identifier would begin with the second letter (i.e., Key West EYW). Without the use of the K, the FAA flip-flopped Kansas City, MO., for MKC, which explains the Downtown Airport's identifier.
Because of FAA and FCC regulations, KCI will likely never have a different designator code unless there is a major effort to redesign the coding system. Incidentally, KCI isn't the only airport that has acronym problems. Mid Continent International Airport in Wichita, Kan., uses ICT as its code because MCI is taken by KCI. Actually, KCI is the code for an airport in Kono, Indonesia.

Once an identifier is assigned to an airport, it is unlikely that it will ever change. There have been a few cases in which the FAA has given airports permission to change their identifiers, but there must be severe safety reason to change the code, and those instances are rare.

Answer 2

Mci Airport

Answer 3

Yes. Kansas City International has been assigned the MCI airport code.

I want to know when an international flight ever left KCI.

Answer 4

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Is KCI and MCI the same airport?

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Yup. MCI is the airport code. KCI is the abbreviation.

Answer 6

Yes

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Yes they are the same, KCL is Kansas International Airport while MCL is the FAA name for that exact airport. Another example of this is the airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada which has the name Pearson International Airport but the FAA calls it YYZ

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Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

yes, same