Old airport identifiers

[Tspin]

Does anyone know where to find old airport identifiers? I've been going through my old log books, and I've noticed that several airports have either changed identifier or may be closed. Some of them I have been able to figure out based on the remarks I entered, but others I have not.

Thanks

 

[timwinters]

http://airnav.com/airports/id-changes-all.html

 

[Pilawt]

http://airnav.com/airports/id-changes-all.html

Right on. I made a pdf of that page and put it in the Documents section of Foreflight on my iPad. It came in handy a couple of times on my last long trip -- the database in my (VFR only) KLN90B was last updated during GW Bush's first term.

 

[Tspin]

http://airnav.com/airports/id-changes-all.html

Thanks, Tim. Seems no matter what I put into Google I wasn't finding anything.

 

[Shepherd]

http://airnav.com/airports/id-changes-all.html

Wow. Wasn't that a trip down memory lane.
Without thinking, I still use some of those old identifiers.
The oldtimers laugh at me, the youngsters think I'm nuts.

 

[Mason]

That seems to show airports that have changed, but not airports that are closed.

 

[SkyDog58]

I guess they think you don't need an identifier for closed airports as you will most likely not be doing any flight planning to one.

 

[Norman]

Perhaps this will help.

http://www.airfields-freeman.com/

 

[Pilawt]

St. George, Utah, is a tricky one. The identifier is the same (KSGU), but almost six years ago they moved the airport.

For the first year the new airport had a temporary identifier (KDXZ), then FAA reassigned KSGU to it. So if you have an old database and dial in KSGU, it will take you to an abandoned airport on a scenic mesa, six miles north of the new field.