Reg Prefix

Old Prefix

Country Name

Period

Remarks

A2-

VQ-ZE, -ZH

Botswana

1972-

A3-

Tonga

A40-

Oman

1974-

A5-

Bhutan

A6-

United Arab Emirates

1977-

A7-

Qatar

1975-

A9C-

Bahrain

1977-

AP-

Pakistan

1947-

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-L

VR-H

China, Hong Kong

1997

w.e.f. 01/07/1997

B-M

CS-M

China, Macau

1999-

w.e.f. 20/12/1999

C-

CF-

Canada

1974-

C2-

Naura

1971-

C3-

Andorra

C5-

VP-X

The Gambia

1978-

C6-

VP-B

Bahamas

1975-

C9-

CR-A, CR-B

Mozambique

1975-

CC-

Chile

1929-

CN-

Morocco

1952-

CP-

CB-

Bolivia

1954-

CS-

CR-

Portugal

1929-

CU-

Cuba

1945-

CX

Christmas Islands

CX-

Uruguay

1929-

D-

DM-, DDR-

Germany

1929-

D2-

CR-L

Angola

1975-

D4-

CR-C

Cape Verde Islands

D6-

Comores

1977-

DQ-

VQ-F

Fiji

1971-

E3-

Eritrea

E5-

Cook Islands

EC-

M

Spain

1929

EI-

Ireland

1929

Also EJ- but not used

EK-

CCCP-

Armenia

EL-

LI-

Liberia

1952-

EP-

RV-

Iran

1944-

ER-

CCCP-

Moldova, Rep. of

ES-

CCCP-

Estonia

ET-

Ethiopia

1929-

EW-

CCCP-

Belarus

EX-

CCCP-

Kyrgyzstan

EY-

CCCP-

Tajikistan

EZ-

CCCP-

Turkmenistan

F-

France

1929-

F-O

Reunion Island

F-OD

New Caledonia

F-OG

Guadeloupe

F-OG

Martinique

F-OH

Tahiti

G-

United Kingdom

1929-

GL-

Greenland

H4-

VP-P

Solomon Islands

HA-

Hungary

1935-

HB-

CH-

Switzerland

1935-

HC-

Ecuador

1929-

HH-

Haiti

1929-

HI-

Dominican Republic

1929-

HK-

C-

Colombia

1946-

HL

Korea, Rep. of

1948-

HP-

RX-

Panama

1952-

HR-

XH-

Honduras

1961-

HS-

Thailand

1929-

HV-

Vatican City

HZ-

UH-

Saudi Arabia

1945-

I-

Italy

1929-

J2-

Djibouti

J3-

VQ-G

Grenada

J5-

CR-G

Guinea Bissau

J6-

VQ-L

St. Lucia

J7-

Dominica

J8-

VP-V

St. Vincent and Grenadines

JA

J

Japan

1948-

JY-

Jordan

1954-

LN-

Norway

1931-

LQ-

Argentina (Government)

1932-

LV-

R-

Argentina

1932-

LX-

UL-

Luxembourg

1946-

LY-

Lithuania

LZ-

Bulgaria

1929-

M-

Isle of Man

2007-

MT-

Mongolia

N

NC,NL,NR.NS,NX

United States of America

1929-

OB-

OA-

Peru

1950-

OD-

LR-

Lebanon

1954-

OE-

A-

Austria

1945-

OH-

K-S

Finland

1931-

OK-

Czech Republic

1993-

w.e.f. 01/01/1993.

OM-

OK-

Slovakia

1993-

w.e.f. 01/01/1993.

OO-

Belgium

1929-

OY-

Denmark

1929-

P-

Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. of

P2-

Papua New Guinea

1974-

P4-

Aruba

PH-

Netherlands

1929-

PJ-

Nehterlands Antilles

1945-

PK-

Indonesia

1929-

PP-

Brazil

1932-

PR-

Brazil

PT-

Brazil

1950-

PZ-

Suriname

1929-

RA-

CCCP-

Russian Federation

RDPL-

F-L, XW-

Lao

1975-

RF-

Russian Federation (State owned aircraft)

RP-

PI-

Philippines

1975-

S2-

Bangladesh

1972-

S3-

Bangladesh

1976

S5-

SL-

Slovenia

S7-

VQ-S

Seychelles

1977-

S9-

CR-S

Sao Tome and Principe

SE-

Sweden

1929-

SP-

Poland

1929-

ST-

SN-

Sudan

1959-

SU-

Egypt

1931-

SX-

Greece

1929-

T3-

Kiribati

T7-

San Marino

T9-

YU-

Bosnia Hercegovina

TC-

Turkey

1929-

TF-

Iceland

1937-

TG-

LG-

Guatemala

1948-

TI-

Costa Rica

1931-

TJ-

F-O, VR-N

Cameroon

1960-

TL-

F-O

Central African Republic

1960-

TN-

F-O

Congo

1960-

TR-

F-O

Gabon

1960-

TS-

F-O

Tunisia

1956-

TT-

F-O

Chad

1960-

TU-

F-O

Cote D’Ivoire

1960-

TY-

F-O

Benin

1960-

TZ-

F-O

Mali

1960-

UK-

CCCP-

Uzbekistan

UN-

CCCP-

Kazakhstan

UP-

CCCP-

Kazakhstan

2008-

UR-

CCCP-

Ukraine

V2-

VP-L

Antigua

V3-

VP-H

Belize

V4-

VP-LKA-LLZ

St. Kitts and Nevis

V5-

Namibia

V7-

Marshall Islands

V8-

VR-U

Brunei

VH-

Australia

1929-

VN-

XV-

Vietnam

VP-B, VQ-B

VR-B

Bermuda

VP-C

VR-C

Caymen Islands

VP-F

Falkland Islands

1929-

VP-LMA-LUZ

Montserrat

VP-LV

British Virgin Islands

1971-

VQ-H

St. Helena

1929-

VQ-T

Turks and Caicos Islands

VT-

India

1930-

XA-

Mexico

1929-

Commercial

XB-

Mexico

1929-

Private

XC-

Mexico

1929-

Government

XT-

F-O

Burkina Faso

XU-

F-KH, KW-

Kampuchea

1954-

XY-

Myanmar

1948-

XZ-

Myanmar

YA-

Afghanistan

1929-

YI-

Iraq

1931-

YJ-

Vanuatu

1929-

YK-

Syria

1952-

YL-

Latvia

YN-

AN-

Nicaragua

YR-

CV-

Romania

1936-

YS-

El Salvador

1939-

YU-

UN-

Serbria

1935-

Formerly Yugoslavia, then Formerly Serbia and Montenegro

YV-

Venezuela

1931-

Z-

VP-W, VP-Y

Zimbabwe

Z3-

Macedonia

ZA-

Albania

1946-

ZJ-

Jersey

2015-

ZK-

New Zealand

1929-

ZL-

New Zealand

ZP-

Paraguay

1929-

ZS-

South Africa

1929-

ZT-

South Africa

ZU-

South Africa

2-

Guernsey

2013-

3A-

CZ, MC

Monaco

1959-

3B-

VQ-M

Mauritius

1968-

3C-

VQ-ZI

Equatorial Guinea

1975-

3D-

Swaziland

1975-

3X-

F-O

Guinea

1958-

4K-

Azerbaijan

4L-

Georgia

4O-

Montenegro

2008-

4R-

VP-C, CY-

Sri Lanka

1954-

4X-

Israel

1948

5A-

Libya

1951-

5B-

VQ-C

Cyprus

1960-

5H-

VP-Z

Tanzania

1964-

5N-

VR-N

Nigeria

1961-

5R-

F-O

Madagascar

1960-

5T-

F-O

Mauritania

1960-

5U-

F-O

Niger

1960-

5V-

Togo

1976-

5W-

Samoa

1962-

5X-

VP-U

Uganda

1962-

5Y-

VP-K

Kenya

1963-

6O-

6OS-

Somalia

1969-

6V-

F-O

Senegal

1960-

6W-

Senegal

1960-

(Military)

6Y-

VP-J

Jamaica

1964-

7O-

YE-, 4W-

Yemen

1974-

7P-

VQ-ZA,-ZD

Lesotho

1967-

7Q-

VP-Y

Malawi

1964-

7T-

F-O

Algeria

1962-

8P-

VQ-B

Barbados

1968-

8Q-

Maldives

1976-

8R-

VP-G

Guyana

1967-

9A-

RC-

Croatia

9G-

VP-A

Ghana

1957-

9H-

VP-M

Malta

1968-

9J-

VP-Y

Zambia

1964-

9K-

K-

Kuwait

1961-

9L-

VR-L

Sierra Leone

1961

9M-

VR-J, VR-O, VR-R

Malaysia

1963-

9N-

Nepal

1961-

9Q-

9O-

Zaire

1966-

9U-

BR-

Burundi

1962-

9V-

VR-S

Singapore

1970-

9XR-

Rwanda

1962

9Y-

VP-T

Trinidad and Tobago

1965-