| Country |
Letters |
Followed by |
| Afghanistan |
YA |
three letters |
| Albania |
ZA |
three letters e.g. ZA-ADE |
| Algeria |
7T |
three letters |
| Andorra |
C3 |
three letters |
| Angola |
D2 |
three letters |
| Anguilla |
VP-A |
AB |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
V2 |
three letters |
| Argentina |
LV |
three letters |
| Armenia |
EK |
up to five arabic numbers |
| Aruba |
P4 |
three letters |
| Australia |
VH |
three letters |
| Austria |
OE |
4 figures for (motor) gliders and UL e.g. OE-5321 or 3 letter for other aircraft e.g. OE-ABC |
| Azerbaijan |
4K |
5 or 3 figures or 2 letters & 2 figures e.g. 4K-85329, 4K-727 or 4KAZ17 |
| Bahamas |
C6 |
three letters |
| Bahrain |
A9C |
AB |
| Bangladesh |
S2 |
three letters |
| Barbados |
8P |
three letters |
| Belarus |
EW |
three letters |
| Belgium |
OO |
three letters e.g. OO-SDN |
| Belize |
V3 |
three letters |
| Benin |
TY |
three letters |
| Bermuda |
VP-B |
AB |
| Bhutan |
A5 |
three letters |
| Bolivia |
CP |
three letters |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
T9 |
three letters |
| Botswana |
A2 |
three letters |
| Botswana |
A2 |
three letters |
| Brazil |
PP |
ABC |
| Brazil |
PR |
ABC |
| Brazil |
PT |
ABC |
| British Virgin Islands |
VP-L |
AB |
| Brunei |
V8 |
three letters |
| Bulgaria |
LZ |
three letters e.g. LZ-ABC |
| Burkina Faso |
XT |
three letters |
| Burundi |
9U |
three letters |
| Cambodia |
XU |
123 |
| Cameroon |
TJ |
three letters |
| Canada |
C |
ABCD |
| Cape Verde Islands |
D4 |
three letters |
| Cayman Islands |
VP-C |
AB |
| Central African Rep. |
TL |
three letters |
| Chad |
TT |
three letters |
| Chile |
CC |
three letters |
| China |
B |
1234 |
| Christmas Island |
VH |
three letters |
| Cocos Islands |
VH |
three letters |
| Colombia |
HK |
1234A |
| Comoros |
D6 |
three letters |
| Congo Brazzavile |
TN |
three letters |
| Congo Kinshasa |
9Q |
three letters |
| Congo Kinshasa |
9T |
three letters |
| Cook Islands |
ZK |
three letters |
| Costa Rica |
TI |
three letters |
| Croatia |
9A |
three letters e.g. 9A-ABA |
| Cuba |
CU |
1234 |
| Cyprus |
5B |
three letters e.g. 5B-DAR |
| Czech Republic |
OK |
power driven acft three letters e.g. OK-ABC; non-power-driven and ultralight (UL) acft four figures; UL on the register of the Aeronautical Amateur Association a combination of three letters and two figures |
| Denmark |
OY |
three letters e.g. OY-ABC; OY-H for helicopter, OY-X for glider, OY-B for hot-air balloons |
| Djibouti |
J2 |
three letters |
| Dominica |
J7 |
three letters |
| Dominican Republic |
HI |
123AB |
| Ecuador |
HC |
three letters |
| Egypt |
SU |
three letters |
| El Salvador |
YS |
three letters |
| Equatorial Guinea |
3C |
three letters |
| Eritrea |
E3 |
three letters |
| Estonia |
ES |
three letters e.g. ES-ABC or four numbers e.g. ES-1234 |
| Ethiopia |
ET |
three letters |
| Falkland Islands |
VP-F |
AB |
| Faroe Islands |
OY |
three letters |
| Fiji |
DQ |
three letters |
| Finland |
OH |
three letters e.g. OH-AAA; three/four numbers; UL the letter U and three numbers e.g. OH-U123 |
| France |
F |
four letters e.g. F-BHZR |
| Gabon |
TR |
three letters |
| Gambia |
C5 |
three letters |
| Georgia |
4L |
followed by several numbers |
| Germany |
D |
D-A more than 20 t MTOW
D-B 14 - 20 t MTOW
D-C 5,7 - 14 t MTOW
D-E single engine plane up to 2 t MTOW
D-F single engine plane between 2 and 5,7 t MTOW
D-G multiengine planes up to 2 t MTOW
D-H Helicopter
D-I multiengine planes between 2 and 5,7 t MTOW
D-K motor glider
D-L Blimps, Zeppelins
D-M Ultralights up to 472,5 kg MTOW
D-N Ultralight glider
D-O hot-air ballons
D-1234 Glider |
| Ghana |
9G |
three letters |
| Gibraltar |
VP-G |
AB |
| Great Britain |
G |
four letters e.g. G-BAAA |
| Greece |
SX |
three letters |
| Greenland |
OY |
three letters e.g. OY-ABC |
| Grenada |
J3 |
three letters |
| Guadeloupe |
F |
see France |
| Guam |
N |
see USA |
| Guatemala |
TG |
three letters |
| Guernsey |
G |
four letters e.g. G-BAAA |
| Guinea |
3X |
three letters |
| Guinea Bissau |
J5 |
three letters |
| Guyana |
8R |
three letters |
| Guyane |
F |
see France |
| Haiti |
HH |
three letters |
| Honduras |
HR |
three letters |
| Hong Kong |
B-H |
AB |
| Hungary |
HA |
three letters e.g. HA-LEK |
| Iceland |
TF |
three letters e.g. TF-ABC |
| India |
VT |
three letters |
| Indonesia |
PK |
three letters |
| Iran |
EP |
three letters |
| Iraq |
YI |
three letters |
| Ireland |
EI/EJ |
three letters e.g. EI-ABC |
| Isle of Man |
M |
own registry since May 1st 2007, before G-XXXX |
| Israel |
4X |
three letters |
| Italy |
I |
ABCD |
| Ivory Coast |
TU |
three letters |
| Jamaica |
6Y |
three letters |
| Japan |
JA |
1234 or 123A or 12AB or A123 |
| Jersey |
G |
four letters e.g. G-BAAA |
| Jordan |
JY |
three letters |
| Kazakhstan |
UN |
12345 |
| Kenya |
5Y |
three letters |
| Kiribati |
T3 |
three letters |
| Kirimati |
VH |
three letters |
| Korea North |
P |
123 |
| Korea South |
HL |
1234 |
| Kosovo |
BK |
NONE |
| Kuwait |
9K |
three letters |
| Kyrgyzstan |
EX |
12345 or 123 |
| Laos |
RDPL |
12345 |
| Latvia |
YL |
three letters e.g. YL-AAA |
| Lebanon |
OD |
three letters |
| Lesotho |
7P |
three letters |
| Liberia |
A8 |
three letters |
| Libya |
5A |
three letters |
| Lichtenstein |
HB |
three letters e.g. HB-ABC; (motor)gliders HB plus up to four figures |
| Liechtenstein |
HB |
see Switzerland |
| Lithuania |
LY |
three letters e.g. LY-ABC |
| Luxembourg |
LX |
three letters |
| Luxemburg |
LX |
three letters e.g. LX-LAA |
| Macau |
B-M |
three letters |
| Macedonia |
Z3 |
three letters e.g. Z3-ABC; (motor)gliders Z3-1234 |
| Madagascar |
5R |
three letters |
| Malawi |
7Q |
three letters |
| Malaysia |
9M |
three letters |
| Maldives |
8Q |
three letters |
| Mali |
TZ |
three letters |
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