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AMA Meaning

AMA Airport Meaning

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AMA Meaning:

AMA stands for Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport


Located in Amarillo, Texas, AMA (Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport) is classified as a small hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of AMA's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA) Characteristics:

      City: Amarillo
      State: Texas
      FAA: Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
      IATA: AMA
      ICAO: KAMA
      Role: P-S

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


AMA is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding AMA, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

AMA meaning is Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport.

Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport can be abbreviated as AMA.

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