Phonetic Alphabet

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic alphabet is used by FAA personnel when communications conditions are such that the information cannot be readily received without their use. ATC facilities may also request pilots to use phonetic letter equivalents when aircraft with similar sounding identifications are receiving communications on the same frequency. Pilots should use the phonetic alphabet when identifying their aircraft during initial contact with air traffic control facilities. Additionally, use the phonetic equivalents for single letters and to spell out groups of letters or difficult words during adverse communications conditions.

Alphabet

Numbers

Character	Morse Code	Telephony	Phonetic Pronunciation
A	∙ -	Alfa	AL-FAH
B	- ∙ ∙ ∙	Bravo	BRAH-VOH
C	- ∙ - ∙	Charlie	CHAR-LEE or SHAR-LEE
D	- ∙ ∙	Delta	DELL-TAH
E	∙	Echo	ECK-OH
F	∙ ∙ - ∙	Foxtrot	FOKS-TROT
G	- - ∙	Golf	GOLF
H	∙ ∙ ∙ ∙	Hotel	HOH-TEL
I	∙ ∙	India	IN-DEE-AH
J	∙ - - -	Juliett	JEW-LEE-ETT
K	- ∙ -	Kilo	KEY-LOH
L	∙ - ∙ ∙	Lima	LEE-MAH
M	- -	Mike	MIKE
N	- ∙	November	NO-VEM-BER
O	- - -	Oscar	OSS-CAH
P	∙ - - ∙	Papa	PAH-PAH
Q	- - ∙ -	Quebec	KEH-BECK
R	∙ - ∙	Romeo	ROW-ME-OH
S	∙ ∙ ∙	Sierra	SEE-AIR-RAH
T	-	Tango	TANG-GO
U	∙ ∙ -	Uniform	YOU-NEE-FORM or OO-NEE-FORM
V	∙ ∙ ∙ -	Victor	VIK-TAH
W	∙ - -	Whiskey	WISS-KEY
X	- ∙ ∙ -	Xray	ECKS-RAY
Y	- ∙ - -	Yankee	YANG-KEY
Z	- - ∙ ∙	Zulu	ZOO-LOO

Character	Morse Code	Telephony	Phonetic Pronunciation
1	∙ - - - -	One	WUN
2	∙ ∙ - - -	Two	TOO
3	∙ ∙ ∙ - -	Three	TREE
4	∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ -	Four	FOW-ER
5	∙ ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙	Five	FIFE
6	- ∙ ∙ ∙ ∙	Six	SIX
7	- - ∙ ∙ ∙	Seven	SEV-EN
8	- - - ∙ ∙	Eight	AIT
9	- - - - ∙	Nine	NIN-ER
0	- - - - -	Zero	ZEE-RO