Aircraft identification

Aircraft registration prefixes

Search the nationality marks used to identify the State or territory in which an aircraft is registered.

These are formally called aircraft nationality marks. They form the national prefix of an aircraft registration but are not, by themselves, complete registration numbers.

205 entries

Nationality mark	State or territory	Parent State or note
`YA`	Afghanistan	None
`ZA`	Albania	None
`7T`	Algeria	None
`D2`	Angola	None
`V2`	Antigua and Barbuda	None
`LQ, LV`	Argentina	None
`EK`	Armenia	None
`VH`	Australia	None
`OE`	Austria	None
`4K`	Azerbaijan	None
`C6`	Bahamas	None
`A9C`	Bahrain	None
`S2`	Bangladesh	None
`8P`	Barbados	None
`EW`	Belarus	None
`OO`	Belgium	None
`V3`	Belize	None
`TY`	Benin	None
`A5`	Bhutan	None
`CP`	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	None
`E7`	Bosnia and Herzegovina	None
`A2`	Botswana	None
`PP, PR, PS, PT, PU`	Brazil	None
`V8`	Brunei Darussalam	None
`LZ`	Bulgaria	None
`XT`	Burkina Faso	None
`9U`	Burundi	None
`D4`	Cabo Verde	None
`XU`	Cambodia	None
`TJ`	Cameroon	None
`C, CF`	Canada	None
`TL`	Central African Republic	None
`TT`	Chad	None
`CC`	Chile	None
`B`	China (including Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR)	None
`HJ, HK`	Colombia	None
`D6`	Comoros	None
`TN`	Congo	None
`E5`	Cook Islands	None
`TI`	Costa Rica	None
`TU`	Côte d’Ivoire	None
`9A`	Croatia	None
`CU`	Cuba	None
`5B`	Cyprus	None
`OK`	Czechia	None
`P`	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	This mark differs from the provision in paragraph 3.3 of ICAO Annex 7.
`9Q`	Democratic Republic of the Congo	None
`OY`	Denmark	None
`J2`	Djibouti	None
`J7`	Dominica	None
`HI`	Dominican Republic	None
`HC`	Ecuador	None
`SU`	Egypt	None
`YS`	El Salvador	None
`3C`	Equatorial Guinea	None
`E3`	Eritrea	None
`ES`	Estonia	None
`3DC`	Eswatini	None
`ET`	Ethiopia	None
`DQ`	Fiji	None
`OH`	Finland	None
`F`	France	None
`TR`	Gabon	None
`C5`	Gambia	None
`4L`	Georgia	None
`D`	Germany	None
`9G, 9GR`	Ghana	None
`SX`	Greece	None
`J3`	Grenada	None
`TG`	Guatemala	None
`3X`	Guinea	None
`J5`	Guinea-Bissau	None
`8R`	Guyana	None
`HH`	Haiti	None
`HR`	Honduras	None
`HA`	Hungary	None
`TF`	Iceland	None
`VT`	India	None
`PK`	Indonesia	None
`EP`	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	None
`YI`	Iraq	None
`EI, EJ`	Ireland	None
`4X, 4Z`	Israel	None
`I`	Italy	None
`6Y`	Jamaica	None
`JA`	Japan	None
`JY`	Jordan	None
`UP`	Kazakhstan	None
`5Y`	Kenya	None
`9K`	Kuwait	None
`EX`	Kyrgyzstan	None
`RDPL`	Lao People’s Democratic Republic	This mark differs from the provision in paragraph 3.3 of ICAO Annex 7.
`YL`	Latvia	None
`OD`	Lebanon	None
`7P`	Lesotho	None
`A8`	Liberia	None
`5A`	Libya	None
`HB plus national emblem`	Liechtenstein	None
`LY`	Lithuania	None
`LX`	Luxembourg	None
`5R`	Madagascar	None
`7Q`	Malawi	None
`9M`	Malaysia	None
`8Q`	Maldives	None
`TZ`	Mali	None
`9H`	Malta	None
`V7`	Marshall Islands	None
`5T`	Mauritania	None
`3B`	Mauritius	None
`XA, XB, XC plus national emblem`	Mexico	None
`V6`	Micronesia (Federated States of)	None
`3A`	Monaco	None
`JU`	Mongolia	None
`4O`	Montenegro	None
`CN`	Morocco	None
`C9`	Mozambique	None
`XY, XZ`	Myanmar	None
`V5`	Namibia	None
`C2`	Nauru	None
`9N`	Nepal	None
`PH`	Netherlands	None
`P4`	Aruba	Parent State: Netherlands
`PJ`	Curaçao	Parent State: Netherlands
`PJ`	Sint Maarten	Parent State: Netherlands
`ZK, ZL, ZM`	New Zealand	None
`YN`	Nicaragua	None
`5U`	Niger	None
`5N`	Nigeria	None
`Z3`	North Macedonia	None
`LN`	Norway	None
`A4O`	Oman	None
`AP`	Pakistan	None
`T8`	Palau	None
`HP`	Panama	None
`P2`	Papua New Guinea	None
`ZP`	Paraguay	None
`OB`	Peru	None
`RP`	Philippines	This mark differs from the provision in paragraph 3.3 of ICAO Annex 7.
`SP`	Poland	None
`CR, CS`	Portugal	None
`A7`	Qatar	None
`HL`	Republic of Korea	None
`ER`	Republic of Moldova	None
`YR`	Romania	None
`RA`	Russian Federation	None
`9XR`	Rwanda	None
`V4`	Saint Kitts and Nevis	None
`J6`	Saint Lucia	None
`J8`	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	None
`5W`	Samoa	None
`T7`	San Marino	None
`S9`	Sao Tome and Principe	None
`HZ`	Saudi Arabia	None
`6V, 6W`	Senegal	None
`YU`	Serbia	None
`S7`	Seychelles	None
`9L`	Sierra Leone	None
`9V`	Singapore	None
`OM`	Slovakia	None
`S5`	Slovenia	None
`H4`	Solomon Islands	None
`6O`	Somalia	None
`ZS, ZT, ZU`	South Africa	None
`Z8`	South Sudan	None
`EC`	Spain	None
`4R`	Sri Lanka	None
`ST`	Sudan	None
`PZ`	Suriname	None
`SE`	Sweden	None
`HB plus national emblem`	Switzerland	None
`YK`	Syrian Arab Republic	None
`EY`	Tajikistan	None
`HS`	Thailand	None
`5V`	Togo	None
`A3`	Tonga	None
`9Y`	Trinidad and Tobago	None
`TS`	Tunisia	None
`TC`	Türkiye	None
`EZ`	Turkmenistan	None
`5X`	Uganda	None
`UR`	Ukraine	None
`A6`	United Arab Emirates	None
`G`	United Kingdom	None
`VP-A`	Anguilla	Parent State: United Kingdom
`2`	Bailiwick of Guernsey	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VP-B, VQ-B`	Bermuda	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VP-C, VQ-C`	Cayman Islands	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VP-F`	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VP-G, ZD-A, ZD-B, ZD-C, ZD-D, ZD-E`	Gibraltar	Parent State: United Kingdom
`M`	Isle of Man	Parent State: United Kingdom
`ZJ`	Jersey	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VP-M`	Montserrat	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VQ-H`	St. Helena/Ascension	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VQ-T`	Turks and Caicos	Parent State: United Kingdom
`VP-L`	Virgin Islands	Parent State: United Kingdom
`5H`	United Republic of Tanzania	None
`N`	United States	None
`CX`	Uruguay	None
`UK`	Uzbekistan	None
`YJ`	Vanuatu	None
`YV`	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	None
`XV`	Viet Nam	None
`7O`	Yemen	None
`9I, 9J`	Zambia	None
`Z, Z2`	Zimbabwe	None

States without notified marks

5 States listed by ICAO without a notified nationality mark.

Contracting States without notified nationality marks

Andorra
Kiribati
Timor-Leste
Tuvalu

Non-Contracting States without notified nationality marks

Holy See

Common mark

Operating agency: Arab Air Cargo
Established by: Jordan, Iraq
State performing the function of State of Registry: Jordan
Allocated common mark: 4YB

Sources

Aircraft Nationality Marks, National Emblems and Common Marks (International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO))
Nationality Marks (International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO))

This directory is an educational reference based on aircraft nationality marks notified to ICAO. Allocations can change, so consult ICAO or the relevant aviation authority for official or operational use.

Source edition: Jun 1, 2026
Last verified: Jun 21, 2026