Aviation is a big operation. Everyone in charge of the operation, from the operator to the ground personnel, from the boarding officer to the air traffic controller, from the officer to the pilot, communicates with vehicles such as walkie-talkies. Any conflict situation in communication with these tools can cause big and bad situations. In order to prevent this situation, ”the aviation alphabet”, which is an international system since 1956, has been used.

What we call the aviation alphabet is not like the alphabet we actually understand. It is the coding of the letters of the English Latin Alphabet by using certain words. It is also known as the “Phonetic Alphabet”.

Communication is very important to ensure safety in aviation. If we look at the past years, we see that the main reason for serious accidents was the failure to ensure correct communication. In order to prevent this, it is extremely important to improve communication. For this reason, the aviation alphabet is seen as a very important tool that prevents accidents and aviation companies from disrupting their work. One of the other advantages of this system is that it reduces the cost of the messaging system.

The names of sick passengers or other passengers travelling on ambulance planes or other aircrafts are also coded with the Aviation Alphabet. Thus, even if the plane is in other countries, communication can be made without any problems.

The main purpose of the Aviation Alphabet is to standardize among aviation organizations around the world.

How to Coding?

The letters used in this coding are the letters used in the English Alphabet and their pronunciation is read like in the English Alphabet. The reason why English is used in coding is that the most valid international language is English.

For example; Let’s code the word GATE. It is called Golf-Alpha-Tango-Echo.