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This document contains designators for those aircraft types which are most commonly provided with air traffic service (ATS). It was originally prepared as a result of recommendations of the Rules of the Air and Air Traffic Services/Operations Divisional Meeting (May 1963) and the Third Meeting of the Air Traffic Control Automation Panel (October 1963) and was published in accordance with directives of the Council. As a result of the substantial comments received from the air traffic services units, the most common operational users of designators, the Secretariat with the assistance from Air Traffic Control The Netherlands and the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL), undertook in 1996 a major revision of the document. The revision was done with the aim of ensuring that the document satisfies its original purpose and amended to accommodate the increased use of automation in ATS and in data exchange.

DOCUMENT STRUCTURE

PART 1: lists the common names of the aircraft manufacturers followed by the aircraft types they produce(d).

PART 2: lists the aircraft types by their type designator in an alpha-numeric order.

PART 3: lists the aircraft types by their model number and/or model name.

PART 4: lists the common names of the aircraft manufacturers followed by their full name(s).

Note 1.- Where model numbers or model names are between brackets, they refer to military model numbers or names following the manufacturer's, or vice versa.

Note 2.- An aircraft type built by more than one manufacturer (licence-built, company take-overs, company name changes, etc.) is listed under the common name of each manufacturer.