Airline
Emirates
United Arab Emirates
- IATA
- EK
- ICAO
- UAE
Emirates is an airline registered in United Arab Emirates. Its two-character IATA designator is EK, which is the prefix on the flight numbers it sells, and its three-letter ICAO code is UAE.
Its main base in our dataset is Dubai International Airport (DXB) in Dubai.
A flight number starting with EK is sold by Emirates, but on a codeshare it may be operated by another airline. The booking’s “operated by” line tells you which.
At a glance
- IATA designator
- EKFlight-number prefix
- ICAO code
- UAE
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- Main airports
- DXB
- Codes checked
- 8 October 2026Hand-checked against public references