The Aviation phonetic Alphabet

17. 9. 2021 | Blog

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L/N*	Word	Pronunciation	Morse
A	Alpha	AL FAH	.-
B	Bravo	BRAH VOH	-...
C	Charlie	CHAR LEE or SHAR LEE	-.-.
D	Delta	DELL TAH	-..
E	Echo	ECK OH	.
F	Foxtrot	FOKS TROT	..-.
G	Golf	GOLF	--.
H	Hotel	HOH TEL	....
I	India	IN DEE AH	..
J	Juliett	JEW LEE ETT	.---
K	Kilo	KEY LOH	-.-
L	Lima	LEE MAH	.-..
M	Mike	MIKE	--
N	November	NO VEM BER	-.
O	Oscar	OSS CAH	---
P	Papa	PAH PAH	.--.
Q	Quebec	KEH BECK	--.-
R	Romeo	ROW ME OH	.-.
S	Sierra	SEE AIR RAH	...
T	Tango	TANG GO	-
U	Uniform	YOU NEE FORM or OO NEE FORM	..-
V	Victor	VIK TAH	...-
W	Whiskey	WISS KEY	.--
X	X-Ray	ECKS RAY	-..-
Y	Yankee	YANG KEY	-.--
Z	Zulu	ZOO LOO	--..
1	One	WUN	.----
2	Two	TOO	..---
3	Three	TREE	...--
4	Four	FOW ER	....-
5	Five	FIFE	.....
6	Six	SIX	-....
7	Seven	SEV EN	--...
8	Eight	AIT	---..
9	Nine	NIN ER	----.
0	Zero	ZE RO	-----
.	Decimal	DAY SEE MAL
	Hundred	HUN DRED
	Thousand	TOU SAND

* L/N stands for "Letter, numeral or numeral element".

Topics such as radio navigation and communication, use of flight information publications, and regulations are available in other Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publications.

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Here are some words and phrases you might hear, and what they mean.

Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) — ATIS is recorded information on current weather and airport information, such as runways in use. Each ATIS recording has an alpha-numeric designator to distinguish it from the previous message. For example, “ATIS information Foxtrot is current.”

Squawk — Squawk refers to an aircraft’s transponder code, which can be either a standard code (1200 for visual flight rules — VFR) or a discrete code assigned by Air Traffic Control. Squawk can be used as a noun (Say your assigned squawk), an adjective (Squawk code is 2345), or as a verb (Squawk 5423).

Mayday — Mayday — meaning emergency — is a word that hopefully you won’t ever have to use. The word is derived from the French term "m’aider" meaning help me.

Roger — Why do pilots always say Roger when they’re done talking? Its origin is from the early days of aviation when we adapted practices from the telegraph industry. Since Morse code telegraph transmissions could be unreliable, the receiver would transmit a single letter “R” when they successfully received a message, so R came to mean that I have received and understood your transmission.