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:
- Alpha
- Bravo
- Charlie
- Delta
- Echo
- Foxtrot
- Golf
- Hotel
- India
- Juliet
- Kilo
- Lima
- Mike
- November
- Oscar
- Papa
- Quebec
- Romeo
- Sierra
- Tango
- Uniform
- Victor
- Whiskey
- X-ray
- Yankee
- Zulu
Numbers are pronounced as normal; however 9 is pronounced "niner" and 0 as "zero".