Prefixes[edit]
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
AG Solomon Islands
AN Nauru
AY Papua New Guinea
B Greenland, Iceland, and Kosovo
BG Greenland
BI Iceland
BK Kosovo
C Canada
C Canada
D Eastern parts of West Africa and Maghreb
DA Algeria
DB Benin
DF Burkina Faso
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
DG Ghana
DI Cte d'Ivoire
DN Nigeria
DR Niger
DT Tunisia
DX Togolese Republic
E Northern Europe
EB Belgium
ED Germany (civil)
EE Estonia
EF Finland
EG United Kingdom (and Crown dependencies)
EH Netherlands
EI Ireland
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
EK Denmark and the Faroe Islands
EL Luxembourg
EN Norway
EP Poland
ES Sweden
ET Germany (military)
EV Latvia
EY Lithuania
F Most of Central Africa and Southern Africa, and the Indian Ocean
FA South Africa
FB Botswana
FC Republic of the Congo
FD Swaziland
FE Central African Republic
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
FG Equatorial Guinea
FH Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
FI Mauritius
FJ British Indian Ocean Territory
FK Cameroon
FL Zambia
FM Comoros, France (Mayotte and Runion), and Madagascar
FN Angola
FO Gabon
FP So Tom and Prncipe
FQ Mozambique
FS Seychelles
FT Chad
FV Zimbabwe
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
FW Malawi
FX Lesotho
FY Namibia
FZ Democratic Republic of the Congo
G Western parts of West Africa and Maghreb
GA Mali
GB The Gambia
GC Spain (Canary Islands)
GE Spain (Ceuta and Melilla)
GF Sierra Leone
GG Guinea-Bissau
GL Liberia
GM Morocco
GO Senegal
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
GQ Mauritania
GS Western Sahara
GU Guinea
GV Cape Verde
H East Africa and Northeast Africa
HA Ethiopia
HB Burundi
HC Somalia (including Somaliland)
HD Djibouti
HE Egypt
HH Eritrea
HK Kenya
HL Libya
HR Rwanda
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
HS Sudan and South Sudan
HT Tanzania
HU Uganda
K Contiguous United States
K Contiguous United States
L Southern Europe, Israel and Turkey
LA Albania
LB Bulgaria
LC Cyprus
LD Croatia
LE Spain (mainland section and Balearic Islands)
LF France (including Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)
LG Greece
LH Hungary
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
LI Italy
LJ Slovenia
LK Czech Republic
LL Israel
LM Malta
LN Monaco
LO Austria
LP Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira)
LQ Bosnia and Herzegovina
LR Romania
LS Switzerland
LT Turkey
LU Moldova
LV Palestinian territories
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
LW Macedonia
LX Gibraltar
LY Serbia and Montenegro
LZ Slovakia
M Central America, Mexico and northern/western parts of the Caribbean
MB Turks and Caicos Islands
MD Dominican Republic
MG Guatemala
MH Honduras
MK Jamaica
MM Mexico
MN Nicaragua
MP Panama
MR Costa Rica
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
MS El Salvador
MT Haiti
MU Cuba
MW Cayman Islands
MY Bahamas
MZ Belize
N Most of the South Pacific
NC Cook Islands
NF Fiji, Tonga
NG Kiribati (Gilbert Islands), Tuvalu
NI Niue
NL France (Wallis and Futuna)
NS Samoa, USA (American Samoa)
NT France (French Polynesia)
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
NV Vanuatu
NW France (New Caledonia)
NZ New Zealand, Antarctica
O Pakistan, Afghanistan and most of Western Asia
(excluding Israel, Turkey, and the South Caucasus)
OA Afghanistan
OB Bahrain
OE Saudi Arabia
OI Iran
OJ Jordan and the West Bank
OK Kuwait
OL Lebanon
OM United Arab Emirates
OO Oman
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
OP Pakistan
OR Iraq
OS Syria
OT Qatar
OY Yemen
P Eastern North Pacific
PA USA (Alaska) (also PF, PO and PP)
PB USA (Baker Island)
PC Kiribati (Canton Airfield, Phoenix Islands)
PF USA (Alaska) (also PA, PO and PP)
PG USA (Guam, Northern Mariana Islands)
PH USA (Hawaii)
PJ USA (Johnston Atoll)
PK Marshall Islands
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
PL Kiribati (Line Islands)
PM USA (Midway Island)
PO USA (Alaska) (also PA, PF and PP)
PP USA (Alaska) (also PA, PF and PO)
PT Federated States of Micronesia, Palau
PW USA (Wake Island)
R Republic of China/Korea/Philippines and Japan
RC Republic of China (Taiwan)
RJ Japan (Mainland)
RK Republic of Korea (South Korea)
RO Japan (Okinawa)
RP Philippines
S South America
SA Argentina
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
SB Brazil (also SD, SI, SJ, SN, SS and SW)
SC Chile (including Easter Island) {also SH)
SD Brazil (also SB, SI, SJ, SN, SS and SW)
SE Ecuador
SF UK (Falkland Islands)
SG Paraguay
SH Chile (also SC)
SI Brazil (also SB, SD, SJ, SN, SS and SW)
SJ Brazil (also SB, SD, SI, SN, SS and SW)
SK Colombia
SL Bolivia
SM Suriname
SN Brazil (also SB, SD, SI, SJ, SS and SW)
SO France (French Guiana)
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
SP Peru
SS Brazil (also SB, SD, SI, SJ, SN and SW)
SU Uruguay
SV Venezuela
SW Brazil (also SB, SD, SI, SJ, SN and SS)
SY Guyana
T Eastern and southern parts of the Caribbean
TA Antigua and Barbuda
TB Barbados
TD Dominica
TF France (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthlemy, Saint Martin)
TG Grenada
TI USA (U.S. Virgin Islands)
TJ USA (Puerto Rico)
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
TK Saint Kitts and Nevis
TL Saint Lucia
TN Caribbean Netherlands, Aruba, Curaao, Sint Maarten
TQ UK (Anguilla)
TR UK (Montserrat)
TT Trinidad and Tobago
TU UK (British Virgin Islands)
TV Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
TX UK (Bermuda)
U Russia and Post-Soviet states, excluding the Baltic states and Moldova
U Russia (except UA, UB, UD, UG, UK, UM and UT)
UA Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
UB Azerbaijan
UD Armenia
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
UG Georgia
UK Ukraine
UM Belarus and Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)
UT Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
V South Asia (except Pakistan), mainland Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macau
VA India (also VE, VI and VO)
VC Sri Lanka
VD Cambodia
VE India (also VA, VI and VO)
VG Bangladesh
VH Hong Kong
VI India (also VA, VE and VO)
VL Laos
VM Macau
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
VN Nepal
VO India (also VA, VE and VI)
VQ Bhutan
VR Maldives
VT Thailand
VV Vietnam
VY Myanmar
W Maritime Southeast Asia (except the Philippines)
WA Indonesia (also WI, WQ and WR)
WB Brunei, Malaysia (East Malaysia)
WI Indonesia (also WA, WQ and WR)
WM Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia)
WP Timor-Leste
WQ Indonesia (also WA, WI and WR)
Prefix code Country
A Western South Pacific
WR Indonesia (also WA, WI and WQ)
WS Singapore
Y Australia
Y Australia (including Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands)
Z East Asia (excluding Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, South Korea and Taiwan)
Z China (except ZK and ZM)
ZK Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
ZM Mongolia