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3A- (59-) Monaco 3B- (68-) Mauritius 3C- (69-) Equatorial Guinea 3D- (68-) Swaziland 3W- (-58) Vietnam 3X- (58-) Guinea 4K- (91-) Azerbaijan 4L- (91-) Georgia 4O- (08-) Montenegro 4P- Palestine 4R- (54-) Sri Lanka/Ceylon 4U- United Nations 4W- (67-900522) Yeman, Arab Republic 4X- (48-) Israel 4YB- (58-,84-) Jordan/ICAO 5A- (51-,54-) Libya 5B-C (60-) Cyprus 5C- Equatorial Guinea 5H- (640426-) Tanzania 5N- (60-) Nigeria 5R- (60-) Madagascar/Malagasy 5T- (60-) Mauritania 5U- (60-) Niger 5V- (67-) Togo 5W- (62-) Western Samoa 5X- (62-) Uganda 5Y- (63-) Kenya 6O- (60-) Somali 6OS- (60-69) Somali 6V- (60-) [civil] Senegal 6W- (60-) [military] Senegal 6Y- (6208-) Jamaica 7O- (69-) Yeman, Peoples Demo. Rep. 7P- (67-) Lesotho 7Q- (64-) Malawi 7QY- Malawi 7T- (62-) Algeria 7Y- Benin/Dahomey 8P- (66-) Barbados 8Q- (65-) Maldives 8R- (58-) Guyana 9A- (91-) Croatia 9G- (57-) Ghana 9H- (64-) Malta 9J- (64-) Zambia 9K- (60-) Kuwait 9L- (61-) Sierra Leone 9M- (59-) Malaysia 9M-? Sabah,N. Borneo 9N- (61-) Nepal 9O- (60-66) Zaire/Congo 9P- Zaire/Congo 9Q- (60-) Zaire/Congo 9R- Zaire/Congo 9S- Zaire/Congo 9T- (63-) [military] Zaire/Congo 9U- Rwanda 9U- (62-) Burundi 9V- (59-) Singapore 9XR- (62-) Rwanda 9Y- (62-) Trinidad & Tobago A- Austria-Hungary A- (29-39) Austria A-H (Hejaz) Saudi Arabia/Hejaz A-N,AN- (36-80) Nicaragua A2- (66-) Botswana A3- Tonga A4- Oman A4O- (74-) Oman A5- (83-) Bhutan A6- (71-) United Arab Emirates A7- (71-) Qatar A9-,A9C- (71-) Bahrain AHY-? Azerbaijan AL-? Azerbaijan AN- (36-80) Nicaragua AP- (47-) Pakistan B- (49-) China, Nat B- (75-) China, Red B-A Albania B-B (230605-29?) Bulgaria B-L Latvia B-LAAA Czech Republic BH- Bosnia & Herzegovina BR- (62-65) Burundi C- (29-46) Columbia C- (74-) Canada C-C Cuba C-F Canada C-F (originally for France?) Canada C-G Canada C-G (originally for England?) Canada C-I Canada C-I (UltraLights) Canada C-P Bolivia C-P Portugal C-R Romania C-U Uruguay C-V Bolivia C2- (68-) Nauru C3- Andorra C5- (65-) Gambia C6- (73-) Bahamas C9- (75-) Mozambique CB- (29-54) Bolivia CC- (29-) Chile CCCP- (29-) USR CF-,C-F(29-73)(74-)[for a/c built before 1956]Canada CH- (29-36) Switzerland CL- (pr45) Cuba CM- (pr45) Cuba CN- (52-) Morocco CP- (54-) Bolivia CR- (Overseas) Portugal CR-A Angola CR-A (37-75) Mozambique CR-B (71-75) Mozambique CR-C (29-84) Cape Verde CR-G (29-75) Portugal Guinea CR-G (75-79) Guinea-Bissau CR-H (73-75) [Helicopters] Mozambique CR-I (29-61) Portugal; India-Goa CR-L (29-75) Angola CR-M (-91) Macau CR-M (29-37) Mozambique CR-S (29-78) Sao Tome & Principe CR-T (29-75) Portugal; Timor CS- (29-) Portugal CU- (45-) Cuba CV- (28-33,-36?) Romania CX- (29-) Uruguay CY- (4802-54) Sri Lanka/Ceylon CZ- (29-49) Monaco CZ- [canal zone] Panama D- (29-35;45-) [numbers] Germany, West D-A Multi eng over 20,000 Germany (6409-) D-A Multi eng over 5000kg Germany (3403-45) D-B " " from 14,000-20,000kg Germany (6409-) D-C " " 5,700-14,000kg Germany (6409-) D-C " " special catagory Germany (35-45) D-E 1-3s less 2000kg Germany (6409-) D-E 1-3s up to 500-1000kg (2,200lbs) Germany (35-45) D-F 1s > 2000kg-5700kg Germany (6409-) D-G Multi eng <= 2000kg Germany (6409-) D-H Helicopter/roto-wing Germany (35-45) D-I 1-4s 1-2500kg (2,200-5,000lbs) Germany (35-45) D-I multi-eng. 2,000-5,700kgs Germany (6409-) D-K powered gliders Germany (35-45) D-L airships/blimps (Luftschiff) Germany (35-45) D-M ultra lights Germany (6409-) D-O 1-8s 2500-5000kg(5500-11000lbs) Germany (35-45) D-O manned free balloons Germany (6409-) D-U 1eng over 5000kg(11,000lbs) Germany (35-45) D-Y 1s up to 500kg(1,100lbs) Germany (35-45) D2- (75-) Angola D4- (75-) Cape Verde D6- (75-) Comoros DDR- (45-56;81-) Germany, East DM- (56-81) Germany, East DQ- (70-) Fiji/Tonga/Friendly Dz- (29-39) Danzig E-A (29-39) Estonia E-E Ecuador E3- (??-93) Eritrea EC- (29-) Spain EI- (22-) Ireland EJ- [not used] Ireland EK- Armenia EL- (52-) Liberia EP- (44-) Iran ER- (91-) Moldova ES- (29-39) Estonia ET- (29-) Ethiopia EW- (91-) Belarus EX- (91-) Kyrgyzstan EY- (91-) Tajikistan EZ- (29-35) Saarland EZ- (91-) Turkmenistan F- (29-) France F-KH (45-60) Cambodia/Kampuchea F-L (45-60) Laos F-O (29-56) Tunisia F-O (29-58) Guinea F-O (29-60) Benin/Dahomey F-O (29-60) Cameroun F-O (29-60) Central African Republic F-O (29-60) Chad F-O (29-60) Congo, Peoples Republic F-O (29-60) Gabon F-O (29-60) Ivory Coast/Cote D'ilvoire F-O (29-60) Madagascar/Malagasy F-O (29-60) Mali F-O (29-60) Mauritania F-O (29-60) Niger F-O (29-60) Senegal F-O (29-60) Upper Volta F-O (29-62) Algeria F-O (Overseas) (29-) France F-OG (Guinea/Antilles) (29-58) France F-VN (29-59) Vietnam FC- (40-46)[Free French] France FD-, F-D (29-52) Morocco FT- (56-) Sudan G- GBR G- (29-) GBR G-AU Australia G-CA (2006-28) Canada G-CY [military&Govt] Canada G-I (-29) India G-K Kenya G-NZ New Zealand G-U South Africa GA- Cyprus H-H Haiti H-M Hungary H-N (pr34) Netherlands H-S Thailand/Siam H4- (78-) Solomon Islands HA- (35-) Hungary HB- (35-) Switzerland HB- (35-)(Admin. by SWT) Liechenstein HC- (29-) Ecuador HH- Columbia HH- (29-) Haiti HI- (29-) Dominican Republic HJ- (prWar) Columbia HK- (46-) Columbia HL- (48-) Korea, South HMAY- (45-) Mongolia HP- (52-) Panama HR- (61-) Honduras HS- (29-) Thailand/Siam HV- Vatican City HZ- (52-) Saudi Arabia I- (29-) Italy IS- (17-91) Russia (I/IC) J- (29-45) Japan J-Axxx (Govt based Japan) Japan J-Bxxx (Private " " ) Japan J-Cxxx ( " Korea) Japan J-Dxxx ( " Formosa) Japan J-Exxx ( " S. Manchuria) Japan J2- (77-) Djibouti J3- (74-) Grenada J5- (74-) Guinea-Bissau J6- (79-) St.Lucia J7- (83-) Dominica J8- (79-) St.Vincent/Grenadines JA- (45-) Japan JY- (54-) Jordan JZ- (45-68) Indonesia(W. Irian) K-AAAA (59-60)(unofficial) Kuwait K-S (23-31) Finland KA- (61-63)(unofficial) Zaire(Katanga) KW- (54-) Cambodia/Kampuchea L-B [18-31] Czechoslovakia L-G,LG- (36-48) Guatemala E-A (29-39) Estonia L-U Luxembourg LG- (not used) Guatemala LI- (29-52) Liberia LL- Latvia LN- (31-) Norway LQ- (32-) Argentina [government] LR- (44-54) Lebanon LV- (32-) Argentina LX- (46-) Luxembourg LY- (29-39) Lithuanian LZ- (29-) Bulgaria M- [numbers] (32-45) Manchuria M-A/N (29-33) Spain M-M [military] Spain M-S (27-29) Mexico MC- (49-59) Monaco MI- (82-) Marshall Islands MONGOL- (45-) Mongolia MPR- (45-) Mongolia MT- Mongolia N- (29-) USA N-[numbers] (-31) Norway NC- (29-50)(Comm.) USA NL- (29-50)(Limited) USA NM- (-45) Cuba NP- Philippines NPC- (35-41) Philippines NR- (29-50)(Restricted) USA NS- (29-50)(Standard) USA NX- (29-50)(Experimental) USA O-B (-29) Belgium O-P (-66) Peru OA- (29-50) Peru OB- (50-) Peru OD- (54-) Lebanon OE- (18-;45-?;55-) Austria OH- (17-) Finland OK- (28-) Czechoslovakia OM- (93-) Slovakia OO- (29-) Belgium OO-C (29-60) Zaire/Congo OY- (29-) Denmark P- (48-) Korea, North P-B Brazil P-P (-30) Poland P2- (74-) Papua New Guinea P4- (86-) Aruba P5- [not used] North Korea PH- (29-) Netherlands PI- (41-73) Philippines PJ- Netherlands Antilles;Curacao PK- (29-) Indonesia;Dutch East Indies PP- (32-) Brazil PT- (50-) Brazil PZ- (29-) Surinam R- (29-32) [3 digits] Argentina R- (29-43) [2 digits] Panama R-R/RR- [R-R letters;RR-numbers 21-24] (22-28 USR, Russia R-Z (29-39) Lithuania RA- (17-) USR, Russia RC- (91-) Croatia RDPL- (75-) Laos RF- (17-) Russia (Pqp) (not off.) RH- (91-) Armenia (not off.) RI- Indonesia RP- (58-) Philippines RR- (22-28) Russia RV- (29-44) Iran RX- (43-52) Panama RY- (29-39) Lithuanian S- (-30) Sweden S-A Sweden S-G Greece S-P Panama S2- (72-) Bangladesh S3- (72-) Bangladesh S5- (91-) Slovenia S7- (76-) Seychelles S9- (750712-) Sao Tome & Principe SA- (46-52) Saudi Arabia SE- (29-) Sweden SL- (47-59) Saarland SL- (91-) Slovenia SN- (29-59) Sudan SP- (29-) Poland SR- (46-51) Syria SSSR- (29-39) USR ST- (56-) Sudan SU- (22-) Egypt SX- (29-) Greece T-D (-29) Denmark T2- (78-) Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) T3- (79-) Kiribati T7- San Marino T8- Palau T9- (92-) Bosnia & Herzegovina TC- (29-) Turkey TF- (18-,37-) Iceland TG- (48-) Guatemala TI- (31-)(-SP military) Costa Rica TJ- (46-54) Jordan TJ- (60-) Cameroon TL- (60-) Central African Republic TN- (6008-) Congo, Peoples Republic TR- (60-) Gabon TS- (30-31)(unofficial) Saarland TS- (56-) Tunisia TT- (600811-) Chad TU- (60-) Ivory Coast/Cote D'ilvoire TY- (60-) Benin/Dahomey TZ- (60-) Mali UH- (Hejaz) Saudi Arabia/Hejaz UK- (91-) Uzbekistan UL- (29-39) Luxembourg UN- (29-35) Yugoslavia UN- (48-) United Nations UN- (91-) Kazakhstan UR- (91-) Ukraine URSS- (27-39) USR USSR- (29-39) USR V2- (81-) Antigua/Barbuda V3- (66-,84-) Belize V4- (83-) St. Kitts & Nevis V5- (91-) Namiba V6- Micronesia (FSM) V7- (91-) Marshall Islands V8- (63-,84-) Brunei V?- Dominica (Windward Islands) V?- Tonga V?- (-47) Belutshistan (Pakistan) V?- (-56) Sudan V?- (-65) Maldives V?- (-68) Nauru V?- (-70) Oman V?- (-71) Bahrain V?- (-71) Qatar V?- (-71) United Arab Emirates(UAE) V?- (-72) Bangladesh V?- (-78) Tuvalu V?- (580221-710902) Egypt (UAR) VH- (-75) Papua New Guinea VH- (29-) Australia VM- Australia VN- (75-) Vietnam VO- (29-49,-58) Newfoundland VP-A (29-57) Ghana VP-B (29-75) Bahamas VP-C (37-50) Sri Lanka/Ceylon VP-F (29-) Falklands Islands VP-G (29-67) Guyana VP-H (47-84) Belize VP-J (30-6208,-64?) Jamaica VP-K (29-63) Kenya VP-L (29-82) Antigua/Leeward/Windward Islan VP-LKA/LLZ (-82) Anguilla VP-LKA/LLZ (-82) St Kitts, Nevis VP-LMA/LUZ (-82) Montserrat VP-LVA/LZZ GBR Virgin Islands VP-M (29-68) Malta VP-N (29-53) Malawi/Nyasaland VP-P (29-78) W. Pacific Islands VP-R (29-53) Zambia VP-S (29-60) Somali VP-T (31-65) Trinidad & Tobago VP-U (29-62) Uganda VP-V (59-83) St.Vincent/Grenadines VP-W (29-39) China (Wei-Hai-Wei) VP-W (71-84) Zimbabwea/Rhodesia VP-X (29-65) Gambia VP-Y (29-64;64-84) Zimbabwea/Rhodesia VP-Z (29-64) Tanzania/Zanzibar VQ-B (52-68) Barbados VQ-C (52-60) Cyprus VQ-F (29-71) Fiji/Tonga/Friendly VQ-G (62-81) Grenada VQ-H [not used] St.Helena VQ-L (65-82) St.Lucia VQ-M (29-68) Mauritius VQ-P (30-48) Israel VQ-S (29-77) Seychelles VQ-T (80-) Turks & Caicos VQ-ZA,ZD (29-67) Lesotho/Basutoland VQ-ZE,ZH (29-68) Botswana/Bechuanaland VQ-ZI (29-71) Swaziland VR- India VR-A (39-69) Yeman, Peoples Demo. Rep. VR-B (31-) Bermuda VR-C (68-) Cayman Islands VR-G (29-39) Gibraltar VR-H (29-97) Hong Kong VR-J Belize VR-J (29-63) Malaysia, Johore VR-L Cayman Islands VR-L (29-61) Sierra Leone VR-N (29-58) Nigeria, British Camerouns VR-O (29-63) Sabah,N. Borneo VR-R (29-59) Malaysia VR-S (29-,34-64,-65) Singapore VR-T (29-64) Tanzania VR-UD,UE (29-84) Brunei VR-W (29-64) Malaysia, Sarawak VS- (84-84) Brunei VT- (28-) India WL- [Wehrmacht,Luftwafe] Germany ( -45) X-A (29-31) Mexico X-B (29-31) Mexico X-C China, Nat X-H Honduras X-S Venezuela X-S Yugoslavia/Serbia XA- (29-31,34- Comm.) Mexico XB- (29-31,34- Private) Mexico XC- (29-,51- Govt) Mexico XH- (29-60) Honduras XT- (29-49) China, Nat XT- (60-) Burkina Faso/Upper Volta XU- (60-) Cambodia/Kampuchea XV- (59-75) South Vietnam XW- (60-) Laos XY- (40-) Myanmar/Burma XZ- (48-) Myanmar/Burma YA- (29-) Afghanistan YE- (49-67) Yeman, Arab Republic YI- (31-) Iraq YJ- (29-) New Hebrides/Vanuatu YK- (52-) Syria YL- (29-39) Latvia YM-,Y-M (29-39) Danzig (Germany/Poland) YN- (29-36,80-) Nicaragua YR- (33-) Romania YS- (39-) El Salvador YT- (91-) Tajikistan YU- (35-) Yugoslavia YV- (31-) Venezuela Z- (84-) Zimbabwea Z-L Lithuanian Z3- Macedonia ZA- [not used] Albania ZK- (29-) New Zealand ZL- New Zealand ZM- (29-39) New Zealand ZP- (29-) Paraguay ZS- (29-) South Africa, SAF ZT- (61-) South Africa, SAF ZU- (61-) South Africa, SAF ? China, N(Manchuria) ? Eritrea ? Nigeria(Biafra) ? South Africa(Bophuthatswana) ? South Africa(Ciskei) ? South Africa(Transkei) ? South Africa(Venda) ? Tonga| TOP |