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List of aircraft type designators. An aircraft type designator is a two-, three- or four-character alphanumeric code designating every aircraft type (and some sub-types) that may appear in flight planning. These codes are defined by both the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
4L-10000 to 4L-99999. Germany. D [ 3] D-AAAA to D-AZZZ for aircraft with more than 20 t MTOW. D-AUAA to D-AZZZ (test registrations) for aircraft manufactured by Airbus at Finkenwerder. D-BAAA to D-BZZZ for aircraft with 14–20 t MTOW. D-CAAA to D-CZZZ for aircraft with 5.7–14 t MTOW.
0041–0057. Belgium. Assigned for VFR traffic under Flight Information Services (BXL FIC). [citation needed] 0100. Australia. Flights operating at aerodromes (in lieu of codes 1200, 2000 or 3000 when assigned by ATC or noted in the Enroute Supplement). [6] 0100–0400.
An equipment code describes the communication (COM), navigation (NAV), approach aids and surveillance transponder equipment on board an aircraft. These alphabetic codes are used on FAA and ICAO flight plan forms to aid Flight service station (FSS) personnel in their handling of aircraft. On the FAA domestic flight plan form (FAA Form 7233-1 ...
Gillham code is a zero-padded 12-bit binary code using a parallel nine- [1] to eleven-wire interface, [2] the Gillham interface, that is used to transmit uncorrected barometric altitude between an encoding altimeter or analog air data computer and a digital transponder. It is a modified form of a Gray code and is sometimes referred to simply as ...
As of August 1948, tail codes were no longer assigned to aircraft carriers but rather to carrier air groups, which in December 1963 were re-designated as carrier air wings. U.S. Navy carrier-based squadrons that deploy as whole units, like fighter and attack squadrons, use their parent carrier air wing tail codes; these types of squadrons are ...
These codes are squadron specific and identify neither the squadron's wing nor base air station. Training Command aircraft use a single-letter tail code which identifies the aircraft's training wing. TW-1 NAS Meridian, MS: A; TW-2 NAS Kingsville, TX: B; TW-4 NAS Corpus Christi, TX: G; TW-5 NAS Whiting Field, FL: E; TW-6 NAS Pensacola, FL: F
A Boeing 707-100 ordered by Qantas with customer code 38 would be designated as 707-138. A Boeing 717-200 ordered by Hawaiian Airlines with customer code 2A would be designated as 717-22A. A Boeing 727-100 and 727-200 ordered by American Airlines with customer code 23 are designated as 727-023 or 727-123 [ note 2] and 727-223, respectively. [ 1]