A-Z Index of Aircraft Reg. Prefixes
Aircraft Reg. Prefixes catagorised by the (ICAO) International
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| Reg Number Prefix | Old Prefix | Country | Time Period | Additional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A2- | VQ-ZE, -ZH | Botswana | -1972 | |
| A3- | Tonga | |||
| A40- | Oman | -1974 | ||
| A5- | Bhutan | |||
| A6- | United Arab Emirates | -1977 | ||
| A7- | Qatar | -1975 | ||
| A9C- | Bahrain | -1977 | ||
| AP- | Pakistan | -1947 | ||
| B- | XT- | China (People’s Republic of China) | -1975 | B- (4 digits) |
| B- | Taiwan (Republic of China) | -1949 | B- (5 digits) | |
| B-H, B-K, B-L | VR-H | China, Hong Kong | 1997 | w.e.f. 01/07/1997 |
| B-M | CS-M | China, Macau | -1999 | w.e.f. 20/12/1999 |
| C- | CF- | Canada | -1974 | |
| C2- | Naura | -1971 | ||
| C3- | Andorra | |||
| C5- | VP-X | The Gambia | -1978 | |
| C6- | VP-B | Bahamas | -1975 | |
| C9- | CR-A, CR-B | Mozambique | -1975 | |
| CC- | Chile | -1929 | ||
| CN- | Morocco | -1952 | ||
| CP- | CB- | Bolivia | -1954 | |
| CS- | CR- | Portugal | -1929 | |
| CU- | Cuba | -1945 | ||
| CX | Christmas Islands | |||
| CX- | Uruguay | -1929 | ||
| D- | DM-, DDR- | Germany | -1929 | |
| D2- | CR-L | Angola | -1975 | |
| D4- | CR-C | Cape Verde Islands | ||
| D6- | Comores | -1977 | ||
| DQ- | VQ-F | Fiji | -1971 | |
| E3- | Eritrea | |||
| E5- | Cook Islands | |||
| E7- | YU-,T9- | Bosnia Hercegovina | ||
| EC- | M | Spain | 1929 | |
| EI- | Ireland | 1929 | Also EJ- but not used | |
| EK- | CCCP- | Armenia | ||
| EL- | LI- | Liberia | -1952 | |
| EP- | RV- | Iran | -1944 | |
| ER- | CCCP- | Moldova, Rep. of | ||
| ES- | CCCP- | Estonia | ||
| ET- | Ethiopia | -1929 | ||
| EW- | CCCP- | Belarus | ||
| EX- | CCCP- | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| EY- | CCCP- | Tajikistan | ||
| EZ- | CCCP- | Turkmenistan | ||
| F- | France | -1929 | ||
| F-O | Reunion Island | |||
| F-OD | New Caledonia | |||
| F-OG | Guadeloupe | |||
| F-OG | Martinique | |||
| F-OH | Tahiti | |||
| G- | United Kingdom | -1929 | ||
| GL- | Greenland | |||
| H4- | VP-P | Solomon Islands | ||
| HA- | Hungary | -1935 | ||
| HB- | CH- | Switzerland | -1935 | |
| HC- | Ecuador | -1929 | ||
| HH- | Haiti | -1929 | ||
| HI- | Dominican Republic | -1929 | ||
| HK- | C- | Colombia | -1946 | |
| HL | Korea, Rep. of | -1948 | ||
| HP- | RX- | Panama | -1952 | |
| HR- | XH- | Honduras | -1961 | |
| HS- | Thailand | -1929 | ||
| HV- | Vatican City | |||
| HZ- | UH- | Saudi Arabia | -1945 | |
| I- | Italy | -1929 | ||
| J2- | Djibouti | |||
| J3- | VQ-G | Grenada | ||
| J5- | CR-G | Guinea Bissau | ||
| J6- | VQ-L | St. Lucia | ||
| J7- | Dominica | |||
| J8- | VP-V | St. Vincent and Grenadines | ||
| JA | J | Japan | -1948 | |
| JY- | Jordan | -1954 | ||
| LN- | Norway | -1931 | ||
| LQ- | Argentina (Government) | -1932 | ||
| LV- | R- | Argentina | -1932 | |
| LX- | UL- | Luxembourg | -1946 | |
| LY- | Lithuania | |||
| LZ- | Bulgaria | -1929 | ||
| M- | Isle of Man | -2007 | ||
| MT- | Mongolia | |||
| N | NC,NL,NR.NS,NX | United States of America | -1929 | |
| OB- | OA- | Peru | -1950 | |
| OD- | LR- | Lebanon | -1954 | |
| OE- | A- | Austria | -1945 | |
| OH- | K-S | Finland | -1931 | |
| OK- | Czech Republic | -1993 | w.e.f. 01/01/1993. | |
| OM- | OK- | Slovakia | -1993 | w.e.f. 01/01/1993. |
| OO- | Belgium | -1929 | ||
| OY- | Denmark | -1929 | ||
| P- | Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. of | |||
| P2- | Papua New Guinea | -1974 | ||
| P4- | Aruba | |||
| PH- | Netherlands | -1929 | ||
| PJ- | Nehterlands Antilles | -1945 | ||
| PK- | Indonesia | -1929 | ||
| PP- | Brazil | -1932 | ||
| PR- | Brazil | |||
| PT- | Brazil | -1950 | ||
| PZ- | Suriname | -1929 | ||
| RA- | CCCP- | Russian Federation | ||
| RDPL- | F-L, XW- | Lao | -1975 | |
| RF- | Russian Federation (State owned aircraft) | |||
| RP- | PI- | Philippines | -1975 | |
| S2- | Bangladesh | -1972 | ||
| S3- | Bangladesh | 1976 | ||
| S5- | SL- | Slovenia | ||
| S7- | VQ-S | Seychelles | -1977 | |
| S9- | CR-S | Sao Tome and Principe | ||
| SE- | Sweden | -1929 | ||
| SP- | Poland | -1929 | ||
| ST- | SN- | Sudan | -1959 | |
| SU- | Egypt | -1931 | ||
| SX- | Greece | -1929 | ||
| T3- | Kiribati | |||
| T7- | San Marino | |||
| TC- | Turkey | -1929 | ||
| TF- | Iceland | -1937 | ||
| TG- | LG- | Guatemala | -1948 | |
| TI- | Costa Rica | -1931 | ||
| TJ- | F-O, VR-N | Cameroon | -1960 | |
| TL- | F-O | Central African Republic | -1960 | |
| TN- | F-O | Congo | -1960 | |
| TR- | F-O | Gabon | -1960 | |
| TS- | F-O | Tunisia | -1956 | |
| TT- | F-O | Chad | -1960 | |
| TU- | F-O | Cote D’Ivoire | -1960 | |
| TY- | F-O | Benin | -1960 | |
| TZ- | F-O | Mali | -1960 | |
| UK- | CCCP- | Uzbekistan | ||
| UN- | CCCP- | Kazakhstan | ||
| UP- | CCCP- | Kazakhstan | -2008 | |
| UR- | CCCP- | Ukraine | ||
| V2- | VP-L | Antigua | ||
| V3- | VP-H | Belize | ||
| V4- | VP-LKA-LLZ | St. Kitts and Nevis | ||
| V5- | Namibia | |||
| V7- | Marshall Islands | |||
| V8- | VR-U | Brunei | ||
| VH- | Australia | -1929 | ||
| VN- | XV- | Vietnam | ||
| VP-B, VQ-B | VR-B | Bermuda | ||
| VP-C | VR-C | Caymen Islands | ||
| VP-F | Falkland Islands | -1929 | ||
| VP-LMA-LUZ | Montserrat | |||
| VP-LV | British Virgin Islands | -1971 | ||
| VQ-H | St. Helena | -1929 | ||
| VQ-T | Turks and Caicos Islands | |||
| VT- | India | -1930 | ||
| XA- | Mexico | -1929 | Commercial | |
| XB- | Mexico | -1929 | Private | |
| XC- | Mexico | -1929 | Government | |
| XT- | F-O | Burkina Faso | ||
| XU- | F-KH, KW- | Cambodia | -1979 | Formerly Kampuchea |
| XY- | Myanmar | -1948 | ||
| XZ- | Myanmar | |||
| YA- | Afghanistan | -1929 | ||
| YI- | Iraq | -1931 | ||
| YJ- | Vanuatu | -1929 | ||
| YK- | Syria | -1952 | ||
| YL- | Latvia | |||
| YN- | AN- | Nicaragua | ||
| YR- | CV- | Romania | -1936 | |
| YS- | El Salvador | -1939 | ||
| YU- | UN- | Serbria | -1935 | Formerly Yugoslavia, then Formerly Serbia and Montenegro |
| YV- | Venezuela | -1931 | ||
| Z- | VP-W, VP-Y | Zimbabwe | ||
| Z3- | Macedonia | |||
| ZA- | Albania | -1946 | ||
| ZJ- | Jersey | -2015 | ||
| ZK- | New Zealand | -1929 | ||
| ZL- | New Zealand | |||
| ZP- | Paraguay | -1929 | ||
| ZS- | South Africa | -1929 | ||
| ZT- | South Africa | |||
| ZU- | South Africa | |||
| -2 | Guernsey | -2013 | ||
| 3A- | CZ, MC | Monaco | -1959 | |
| 3B- | VQ-M | Mauritius | -1968 | |
| 3C- | VQ-ZI | Equatorial Guinea | -1975 | |
| 3D- | Swaziland | -1975 | ||
| 3X- | F-O | Guinea | -1958 | |
| 4K- | Azerbaijan | |||
| 4L- | Georgia | |||
| 4O- | Montenegro | -2008 | ||
| 4R- | VP-C, CY- | Sri Lanka | -1954 | |
| 4X- | Israel | 1948 | ||
| 5A- | Libya | -1951 | ||
| 5B- | VQ-C | Cyprus | -1960 | |
| 5H- | VP-Z | Tanzania | -1964 | |
| 5N- | VR-N | Nigeria | -1961 | |
| 5R- | F-O | Madagascar | -1960 | |
| 5T- | F-O | Mauritania | -1960 | |
| 5U- | F-O | Niger | -1960 | |
| 5V- | Togo | -1976 | ||
| 5W- | Samoa | -1962 | ||
| 5X- | VP-U | Uganda | -1962 | |
| 5Y- | VP-K | Kenya | -1963 | |
| 6O- | 6OS- | Somalia | -1969 | |
| 6V- | F-O | Senegal | -1960 | |
| 6W- | Senegal | -1960 | (Military) | |
| 6Y- | VP-J | Jamaica | -1964 | |
| 7O- | YE-, 4W- | Yemen | -1974 | |
| 7P- | VQ-ZA,-ZD | Lesotho | -1967 | |
| 7Q- | VP-Y | Malawi | -1964 | |
| 7T- | F-O | Algeria | -1962 | |
| 8P- | VQ-B | Barbados | -1968 | |
| 8Q- | Maldives | -1976 | ||
| 8R- | VP-G | Guyana | -1967 | |
| 9A- | RC- | Croatia | ||
| 9G- | VP-A | Ghana | -1957 | |
| 9H- | VP-M | Malta | -1968 | |
| 9J- | VP-Y | Zambia | -1964 | |
| 9K- | K- | Kuwait | -1961 | |
| 9L- | VR-L | Sierra Leone | 1961 | |
| 9M- | VR-J, VR-O, VR-R | Malaysia | -1963 | |
| 9N- | Nepal | -1961 | ||
| 9Q- | 9O- | Zaire | -1966 | |
| 9U- | BR- | Burundi | -1962 | |
| 9V- | VR-S | Singapore | -1970 | |
| 9XR- | Rwanda | 1962 | ||
| 9Y- | VP-T | Trinidad and Tobago | -1965 |