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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.
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) the equipment code is a single character placed in block 3 (Aircraft Type / Special Equipment) as a suffix to the aircraft type code.
This F-100 has the buzz number "FW-754" on its nose. Buzz number is a term applied to the large letter and number combination applied to United States Air Force military aircraft in the years immediately after World War II, through the early 1960s. This moniker evolved from aircrew speculation that the large numbers were meant to dissuade ...
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 ...
A C-1 Trader displaying 000 (aka "triple nuts") on the nose. A modex is a number that is part of the Aircraft Visual Identification System, along with the aircraft's tail code. It usually consists of two or three numbers that the Department of the Navy, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps use on aircraft to identify a squadron's mission and a ...
Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services (Doc8585) Publications Purchasing (official site) ICAO Aviation Data Service (official site) Airline Designator / Code Database Search Archived 2005-10-01 at the Wayback Machine (from The Airline Codes Web Site)