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List of aircraft registration prefixes

List of aircraft registration prefixes

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This is a list of aircraft registration prefixes used by civil aircraft:

Current (post-1928) allocations

The 1928 markings have been amended and added to over the years, with the current markings being:

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Post-1928 table notes

  1. VP-L was previously shared between Antigua & Barbuda, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and the British Virgin Islands.
  2. Since 2022 the registration suffix may contain the numbers 2 to 9, so long as the combination contains at least one letter.
  3. Colonial allocation VR-N was shared between Cameroon and Nigeria.
  4. Only C-F, C-G, C-I & CF- are allocated in Canada.
  5. Since 2018 the suffix may contain letters in last 2 positions. In this scheme the digit immediately after the dash indicates the type of aircraft. e.g. 2 for Boeing and 3 for Airbus.
  6. Does not figure in the ICAO document "AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY MARKS, NATIONAL EMBLEMS AND COMMON MARKS".
  7. F-O is for aircraft based outside mainland France, but aircraft may also retain mainland F-B, F-G or F-H series.
  8. Colonial allocation VP-Y was shared between Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
  9. Has not been used on any aircraft previously.
  10. Any combination of 3 to 5 letters and numbers permitted (except the letters "I" or "O" are not permitted when the suffix contains numbers).
  11. Besides the United Nations, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) such as the European Union and NATO do not have the power to create aircraft registrations.

Pre-1928 allocations

Note: in the suffix pattern, n represents a number, x represents a letter

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Pre-1928 table notes

  1. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 6 October 1925.[30]
  2. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 25 April 1927.[30]
  3. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 26 June 1923.[30]
  4. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 14 October 1924.[30]
  5. Adopted at the International Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN) meeting of 13 October 1919.[32]
  6. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 6 April 1925.[30]
  7. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 28 February 1923.[30]
  8. The ICAN meeting of 28 February 1923 amended Ecuador's marks to E-U, Haiti's to H-E, and Uruguay's marks to C-M. They were restored to their original marks at the following meeting on 26 June.[30]
  9. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 3 November 1926.[30]
  10. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 3 March 1924.[30]
  11. Amended at the ICAN meeting of 26 June 1923.[30]
  12. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 25 October 1922.[30]
  13. Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 13 July 1922.[30]

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