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This is a list of aircraft registration prefixes used by civil aircraft:
Post-1928 allocations
Current allocations
The 1928 prefixes have been amended and added to over the years, with the current markings being:
- ^ Since 2022 the registration suffix may contain the numbers 2 to 9, so long as the combination contains at least one letter.
- ^ Only C-F, C-G, C-I & CF- are allocated in Canada.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f Does not figure in the ICAO document "AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY MARKS, NATIONAL EMBLEMS AND COMMON MARKS".
- ^ a b c d e F-O is for aircraft based outside mainland France, but aircraft may also retain mainland F-B, F-G or F-H series.
- ^ Any combination of 3 to 5 letters and numbers permitted (except the letters "I" or "O" are not permitted when the suffix contains numbers).
- ^ Besides the United Nations, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) such as the European Union and NATO do not have the power to create aircraft registrations.
Retired allocations
Some post-1928 prefixes have been retired due to various reasons, including decolonization and the dissolution of sovereign states.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Colonial allocation F-O was shared between Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Dahomey/Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Cote D'Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Ubangi-Shari, and Upper Volta.
- ^ a b The prefix R was shared between Argentina and Panama. Registrations from the two countries were differentiated by the number of digits, with Panama using two digits while Argentina used three.
- ^ Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the individual successor states each adopted their own aircraft registration prefix.
Pre-1928 allocations
Note: in the suffix pattern, n represents a number, x represents a letter
- ^ a b c Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 6 October 1925.[30]
- ^ a b c Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 25 April 1927.[30]
- ^ a b c d Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 26 June 1923.[30]
- ^ Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 14 October 1924.[30]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Adopted at the International Commission for Air Navigation (ICAN) meeting of 13 October 1919.[32]
- ^ Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 6 April 1925.[30]
- ^ a b c Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 28 February 1923.[30]
- ^ a b c d 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]
- ^ Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 3 November 1926.[30]
- ^ a b Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 3 March 1924.[30]
- ^ a b Amended at the ICAN meeting of 26 June 1923.[30]
- ^ a b Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 25 October 1922.[30]
- ^ a b c Adopted at the ICAN meeting of 13 July 1922.[30]
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External links
- "AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY MARKS, NATIONAL EMBLEMS AND COMMON MARKS" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 2023-06-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-07-22.
- ICAO (2012). Annex 7, Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks (PDF) (6 ed.). International Civil Aviation Organization. p. 15. ISBN 9789292490119. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-03-24.
- Robertson, Bruce (1976). Aircraft Markings of the World 1912-1967. Aero Publishers. pp. 21–115. ISBN 9780900435096. Archived from the original on 2023-07-22.
- "Aircraft Nationality Assignments". Federal Aviation Administration (United States). 2013-05-02. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24.