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Numbers

Numbers and symbols

SymbolWord
0Zero

ZERO

1One

WUN

2Two

TOO

3Three

TREE

4Four

FOWER

5Five

FIFE

6Six

SIX

7Seven

SEVEN

8Eight

AIT

9Nine

NINER

.Decimal

DAYSEEMAL

100Hundred

HUN DRED

1000Thousand

TOUSAND

Digit by digit

Callsigns, flight levels (except FL100/200/300… pronounced "Flight Level (digit) Hundred"), headings, wind, speed and frequencies are transmitted digit by digit.

  • « Speedbird Two Four Six »

    callsign

  • « Flight Level One Hundred »

    FL100

  • « Flight Level One Eight Zero »

    FL180

  • « One Five Zero Degrees »

    heading 150

  • « One Eight Knots »

    18 kt

  • « One Two Two Decimal One »

    122.1

  • « Six Five Zero Zero »

    squawk 6500

Whole hundreds and thousands

Altitude, height, cloud ceiling, altimeter setting, transponder code, visibility and RVR: WHOLE hundreds and thousands are transmitted with the words Hundred / Thousand.

  • « One Zero »

    10

  • « One Hundred »

    100

  • « Two Thousand Five Hundred »

    2 500 ft

  • « One Thousand »

    QNH 1000 hPa / squawk 1000

  • « One One Thousand »

    11 000 ft

  • « Two Five Thousand »

    25 000 ft