A-to-Z of prefixes
Do you know your F-OG from your F-OD? How about identifying your HB- (not just a type of pencil) from your PP-? If that leaves you flummoxed, then welcome to our handy guide to aircraft registry prefixes, as recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). From Andorra and Australia to Vietnam and Uruguay, here’s your guide to more than 150 prefixes from around the world.
A2 Botswana
A3 Tonga
A40 Oman
A5 Bhutan
A6 United Arab Emirates
A7 Qatar
A8 Liberia
A9C Bahrain
AP Pakistan
B People's Republic of China
B Taiwan Republic of China
B-H B-K China: Hong Kong B-L
B-M China: Macau
C Canada
C2 Nauru
C3 Andorra
C5 The Gambia
C6 Bahamas
C9 Mozambique
CC Chile
CN Morocco
CP Bolivia
CS Portugal
CU Cuba
CX Christmas Islands
CX Uruguay
D Germany
D2 Angola
D4 Cape Verde Islands
D6 Comoros
DQ Fiji
E3 Eritrea
E5 Cook Islands
E7 Bosnia Hercegovina
EC Spain
EI Ireland
EK Armenia
EP Iran
ER Moldova, Rep. of
ES Estonia
ET Ethiopia
EW Belarus
EX Kyrgyzstan
EY Tajikistan
EZ Turkmenistan
F France
F-O Reunion Island
F-OD New Caledonia
F-OG Guadeloupe
F-OG Martinique
F-OH Tahiti
G United Kingdom
GL Greenland
H4 Solomon Islands
HA Hungary
HB Switzerland
HC Ecuador
HH Haiti
HI Dominican Republic
HK Colombia
HL Korea, Rep. of
HP Panama
HR Honduras
HS Thailand
HV Vatican City
HZ Saudi Arabia
I Italy
J2 Djibouti
J3 Grenada
J5 Guinea Bissau
J6 St. Lucia
J7 Dominica
J8 St. Vincent and Grenadines
JA Japan
JY Jordan
JU Mongolia
LN Norway
LV Argentina
LX Luxembourg
LY Lithuania
LZ Bulgaria
M Isle of Man
N United States of America
OB Peru
OD Lebanon
OE Austria
OH Finland
OK Czech Republic
OM Slovakia
OO Belgium
OY Denmark
P Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of
P2 Papua New Guinea
P4 Aruba
PH Netherlands
PJ Netherlands Antilles
PK Indonesia
PP PR Brazil PT
PZ Suriname
RA Russian Federation (RF) (State-owned)
RDPL Lao
RP Philippines
S2, S3 Bangladesh
S5 Slovenia
S7 Seychelles
S9 Sao Tome and Principe
SE Sweden
SP Poland
ST Sudan
SU Egypt
SX Greece
T3 Kiribati
T7 San Marino
TC Turkey
TF Iceland
TG Guatemala
TI Costa Rica
TJ Cameroon
TL Central African Republic
TN Congo
TR Gabon
TS Tunisia
TT Chad
TU Cote D'Ivoire
TY Benin
TZ Mali
UK Uzbekistan
UN Kazakhstan UP
UR Ukraine
V2 Antigua
V3 Belize
V4 St. Kitts and Nevis
V5 Namibia
V7 Marshall Islands
V8 Brunei
VH Australia
VN Vietnam
VP-B Bermuda VQ-B
VP-C Cayman Islands
VP-F Falkland Islands
VP- LMA- Montserrat LUZ
VP- LV British Virgin Islands
VQ-H St. Helena
VQ-T Turks and Caicos Islands
VT India
XA- XB- Mexico XC
XT Burkina Faso
XU Cambodia
YR Romania
YV Venezuela
ZA Albania
ZK New Zealand
ZS ZT South Africa ZU
3A Monaco
3B Mauritius
4K Azerbaijan
4L Georgia
4X Israel
8P Barbados
8Q Maldives
9H Malta
9M Malaysia
9V Singapore
