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SPI Meaning

SPI Airport Meaning

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SPI Meaning:

SPI stands for Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport


Located in Springfield, Illinois, SPI (Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of SPI's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) Characteristics:

      City: Springfield
      State: Illinois
      FAA: Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
      IATA: SPI
      ICAO: KSPI
      Role: P-N

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).


SPI is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding SPI, 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)

SPI meaning is Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.

Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport can be abbreviated as SPI.

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