Guidance

Location code for airports for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service

Find a list of codes which may be used in Data Element 5/23 to identify the location where the goods may be examined for airports (Appendix 16A).

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 10 December 2018
• Last updated: 18 August 2026
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  1. 18 August 2026

     Code GBAUBHDBHDBHD for George Best City Airport Belfast in Northern Ireland has been added. Code GBAUARSINVINV for Inverness Airport in Scotland has been added.

  2. 31 January 2025

     The format of the table has been updated to include a new column to indicate whether or not the location is in Northern Ireland.

  3. 3 October 2022

     Codes have been added for RAF Odiham and Boscombe Down.

  4. 14 April 2022

     Updated with a replacement code for RAF Northolt and new codes for RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Waddington.

  5. 10 December 2018

     First published.

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Location code for airports for Data Element 5/23 of the Customs Declaration Service

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Details

Using the relevant codes from the list, enter the location where the goods are held at the time of making the declaration.

The code for the location to be declared in Data Element (DE) 5/23 is shown in column 2.