Aircraft/tail number

ID aircraftnumber

DatatypeNot PIIidentifier

An aircraft registration, alternatively called a tail number, is a code unique to a single aircraft, required by international convention to be marked on the exterior of every civil aircraft.

Categories: Objects identifiers, Transportation
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Wikidata: P426
Quality: 70/100 · missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation, detector coverage
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Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

[A-Z0-9- ]+

Python re syntax. Not anchored: it can match inside longer text.

Examples

Value	Description
N-X-211	Spirit of St. Louis
N736PA	Clipper Victor

Sources

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_registration
wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P426

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