Current ICAO Aircraft Registration Prefixes

Regn Prefix Old Prefix Country Name Period Remarks
A2-VQ-ZE, -ZHBotswana1972-
A3-Tonga
A40-Oman1974-
A5-Bhutan
A6-United Arab Emirates1977-
A7-Qatar1975-
A9C-Bahrain1977-
AP-Pakistan1947-
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-LVR-HChina, Hong Kong1997w.e.f. 01/07/1997
B-MCS-MChina, Macau1999-w.e.f. 20/12/1999
C-CF-Canada1974-
C2-Naura1971-
C3-Andorra
C5-VP-XThe Gambia1978-
C6-VP-BBahamas1975-
C9-CR-A, CR-BMozambique1975-
CC-Chile1929-
CN-Morocco1952-
CP-CB-Bolivia1954-
CS-CR-Portugal1929-
CU-Cuba1945-
CXChristmas Islands
CX-Uruguay1929-
D-DM-, DDR-Germany1929-
D2-CR-LAngola1975-
D4-CR-CCape Verde Islands
D6-Comores1977-
DQ-VQ-FFiji1971-
E3-Eritrea
E5-Cook Islands
E7-YU-,T9-Bosnia Hercegovina
EC-MSpain1929
EI-Ireland1929Also EJ- but not used
EK-CCCP-Armenia
EL-LI-Liberia1952-
EP-RV-Iran1944-
ER-CCCP-Moldova, Rep. of
ES-CCCP-Estonia
ET-Ethiopia1929-
EW-CCCP-Belarus
EX-CCCP-Kyrgyzstan
EY-CCCP-Tajikistan
EZ-CCCP-Turkmenistan
F-France1929-
F-OReunion Island
F-ODNew Caledonia
F-OGGuadeloupe
F-OGMartinique
F-OHTahiti
G-United Kingdom1929-
GL-Greenland
H4-VP-PSolomon Islands
HA-Hungary1935-
HB-CH-Switzerland1935-
HC-Ecuador1929-
HH-Haiti1929-
HI-Dominican Republic1929-
HK-C-Colombia1946-
HLKorea, Rep. of1948-
HP-RX-Panama1952-
HR-XH-Honduras1961-
HS-Thailand1929-
HV-Vatican City
HZ-UH-Saudi Arabia1945-
I-Italy1929-
J2-Djibouti
J3-VQ-GGrenada
J5-CR-GGuinea Bissau
J6-VQ-LSt. Lucia
J7-Dominica
J8-VP-VSt. Vincent and Grenadines
JAJJapan1948-
JY-Jordan1954-
LN-Norway1931-
LQ-Argentina (Government)1932-
LV-R-Argentina1932-
LX-UL-Luxembourg1946-
LY-Lithuania
LZ-Bulgaria1929-
M-Isle of Man2007-
MT-Mongolia
NNC,NL,NR.NS,NXUnited States of America1929-
OB-OA-Peru1950-
OD-LR-Lebanon1954-
OE-A-Austria1945-
OH-K-SFinland1931-
OK-Czech Republic1993-w.e.f. 01/01/1993.
OM-OK-Slovakia1993-w.e.f. 01/01/1993.
OO-Belgium1929-
OY-Denmark1929-
P-Korea, Dem. People's Rep. of
P2-Papua New Guinea1974-
P4-Aruba
PH-Netherlands1929-
PJ-Nehterlands Antilles1945-
PK-Indonesia1929-
PP-Brazil1932-
PR-Brazil
PT-Brazil1950-
PZ-Suriname1929-
RA-CCCP-Russian Federation
RDPL-F-L, XW-Lao1975-
RF-Russian Federation (State owned aircraft)
RP-PI-Philippines1975-
S2-Bangladesh1972-
S3-Bangladesh1976
S5-SL-Slovenia
S7-VQ-SSeychelles1977-
S9-CR-SSao Tome and Principe
SE-Sweden1929-
SP-Poland1929-
ST-SN-Sudan1959-
SU-Egypt1931-
SX-Greece1929-
T3-Kiribati
T7-San Marino
TC-Turkey1929-
TF-Iceland1937-
TG-LG-Guatemala1948-
TI-Costa Rica1931-
TJ-F-O, VR-NCameroon1960-
TL-F-OCentral African Republic1960-
TN-F-OCongo1960-
TR-F-OGabon1960-
TS-F-OTunisia1956-
TT-F-OChad1960-
TU-F-OCote D'Ivoire1960-
TY-F-OBenin1960-
TZ-F-OMali1960-
UK-CCCP-Uzbekistan
UN-CCCP-Kazakhstan
UP-CCCP-Kazakhstan2008-
UR-CCCP-Ukraine
V2-VP-LAntigua
V3-VP-HBelize
V4-VP-LKA-LLZSt. Kitts and Nevis
V5-Namibia
V7-Marshall Islands
V8-VR-UBrunei
VH-Australia1929-
VN-XV-Vietnam
VP-B, VQ-BVR-BBermuda
VP-CVR-CCaymen Islands
VP-FFalkland Islands1929-
VP-LMA-LUZMontserrat
VP-LVBritish Virgin Islands1971-
VQ-HSt. Helena1929-
VQ-TTurks and Caicos Islands
VT-India1930-
XA-Mexico1929-Commercial
XB-Mexico1929-Private
XC-Mexico1929-Government
XT-F-OBurkina Faso
XU-F-KH, KW-Cambodia1979-Formerly Kampuchea
XY-Myanmar1948-
XZ-Myanmar
YA-Afghanistan1929-
YI-Iraq1931-
YJ-Vanuatu1929-
YK-Syria1952-
YL-Latvia
YN-AN-Nicaragua
YR-CV-Romania1936-
YS-El Salvador1939-
YU-UN-Serbria1935-Formerly Yugoslavia, then Formerly Serbia and Montenegro
YV-Venezuela1931-
Z-VP-W, VP-YZimbabwe
Z3-Macedonia
ZA-Albania1946-
ZJ-Jersey2015-
ZK-New Zealand1929-
ZL-New Zealand
ZP-Paraguay1929-
ZS-South Africa1929-
ZT-South Africa
ZU-South Africa
2-Guernsey2013-
3A-CZ, MCMonaco1959-
3B-VQ-MMauritius1968-
3C-VQ-ZIEquatorial Guinea1975-
3D-Swaziland1975-
3X-F-OGuinea1958-
4K-Azerbaijan
4L-Georgia
4O-Montenegro2008-
4R-VP-C, CY-Sri Lanka1954-
4X-Israel1948
5A-Libya1951-
5B-VQ-CCyprus1960-
5H-VP-ZTanzania1964-
5N-VR-NNigeria1961-
5R-F-OMadagascar1960-
5T-F-OMauritania1960-
5U-F-ONiger1960-
5V-Togo1976-
5W-Samoa1962-
5X-VP-UUganda1962-
5Y-VP-KKenya1963-
6O-6OS-Somalia1969-
6V-F-OSenegal1960-
6W-Senegal1960-(Military)
6Y-VP-JJamaica1964-
7O-YE-, 4W-Yemen1974-
7P-VQ-ZA,-ZDLesotho1967-
7Q-VP-YMalawi1964-
7T-F-OAlgeria1962-
8P-VQ-BBarbados1968-
8Q-Maldives1976-
8R-VP-GGuyana1967-
9A-RC-Croatia
9G-VP-AGhana1957-
9H-VP-MMalta1968-
9J-VP-YZambia1964-
9K-K-Kuwait1961-
9L-VR-LSierra Leone1961
9M-VR-J, VR-O, VR-RMalaysia1963-
9N-Nepal1961-
9Q-9O-Zaire1966-
9U-BR-Burundi1962-
9V-VR-SSingapore1970-
9XR-Rwanda1962
9Y-VP-TTrinidad and Tobago1965-