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Phonetic Alphabet

The ICAO phonetic alphabet is a standard used by pilots to unambiguously spell out aircraft tail numbers and other identifiers. It is designed to ensure that misunderstandings when communicating these over radio are kept to a minimum.

For example, when reading out N349GK, a pilot would say "November Three Four Niner Golf Kilo".

The code words for each letter are:

Numbers are pronounced as normal; however 9 is pronounced "niner" and 0 as "zero".