# IATA Problem - FlightInfoEx

**URL:** <https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/iata-problem-flightinfoex/24893>\
**Category:** AeroAPI\
**Created:** [August 17, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/iata-problem-flightinfoex/24893 "2017-08-17T05:07:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MiroslavSapic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@MiroslavSapic](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/MiroslavSapic)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/iata-problem-flightinfoex/24893/1 "2017-08-17T05:07:07Z")

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Hi All,

Is anyone else experiencing issues with FlightInfoEx when entering IATA flight number? I keep getting “error : no data available” it only works with ICAO flight numbers.

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**Author:** ![cbw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/cbw/32/117000_2.png) [@cbw](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/cbw)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/iata-problem-flightinfoex/24893/2 "2017-08-17T15:58:47Z")

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It accepts IATA codes. What airline and flight number are you trying to receive messages for?

> When specifying an airline with flight number, either an ICAO or IATA code may be used to designate the airline, however ambiguous or conflicting IATA code assignments do exist so use of ICAO codes is strongly recommended.

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**Author:** ![bovineone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/bovineone/32/117631_2.png) [@bovineone](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/bovineone)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/iata-problem-flightinfoex/24893/3 "2017-08-17T16:14:51Z")

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Be aware that if you enable “position only flights” on your account, that disables the IATA-to-ICAO conversions that can be automatically done by us.

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**Author:** ![MiroslavSapic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@MiroslavSapic](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/MiroslavSapic)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/iata-problem-flightinfoex/24893/4 "2017-08-18T10:54:14Z")

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Thank you that was very helpful. Fixed the problem for me 🙂