Back to main Last modified 2022-08-23 ALPHABETICALLY There are (and has been) several alphabets on the airwaves. Here are a couple of them. ICAO ARRL Able Baker Atlantic City 1947 Often used England Sweden Old Swedish N.Y. Police France Germany Finland Royal Navy WWI Alfa Adam Able Amsterdam America Alfred Adam Aron Adam Anatole Anton Aarne Apples Bravo Baker Baker Baltimore Boston Benjamin Bertil Bertil Boy Berthe Berta Bertta Butter Charlie Charlie Charlie Casablanca Canada Charles Cesar Cesar Charlie Célestin Cäsar Celcius Charlie Delta David Dog Danemark Denmark David David David Adam Désiré Dora Daavid Duff Echo Edward Easy Edison England Edward Erik Emanuel Edward Eugène Emil Eemeli Edward Foxtrot Frank Fox Florida Florida Frederich Filip Frans Frank François Friedrich Faarao Freddy Golf George George Gallipoli Germany George Gustav Gustaf George Gaston Gustav Gideon George Hotel Henry How Havana Honolulu Harry Helge Harald Henry Henri Heinrich Heikki Harry India Ida Item Italy Italy Isaac Ivar Ivar Ida Irma Ida Iivari Ink Juliet John Jig Jerusalem Japan Jack Johan Johan John Joseph Julius Jussi Johnnie Kilo King King Kilogramme Kentucky King Kalle Kalle King Kléber Kaufmann Kalle King Lima Lewis Love Liverpool London London Ludvig Lars Lincoln Louis Ludwig Lauri London Mike Mary Mike Madagaskar Mexico Mary Martin Martin Mary Marcel Martha Matti Monkey November Nancy Nancy New York Norway Nellie Niklas Niklas Nora Nicolas Nordpol Niilo Nuts Oscar Otto Oboe Oslo Ontario Oliver Olof Olof Ocean Oscar Otto Otto Orange Papa Peter Peter Paris Portugal Peter Petter Petter Peter Pierre Paula Paavo Pudding Quebec Queen Queen Quebec Quebec Queen Qvintus Qvintus Queen Quintal Quelle Quu Queenie Romeo Robert Roger Roma Radio Robert Rudolf Rudolf Robert Raoul Richard Risto Robert Sierra Susan Sugar Santiago Sweden Samuel Sigurd Sigurd Sam Suzanne Samuel Sakari Sugar Tango Thomas Tare Tripoli Texas Tommy Tore Teodor Tom Thérèse Theodor Tyyne Tommy Uniform Union Uncle Upsala United Uncle Urban Urban Union Ursule Ulrich Urho Uncle Victor Victor Victor Valencia Valencia Victor Viktor Viktor Victor Victor Viktor Vihtori Vinegar Whiskey William William Washington Whiskey William Wilhelm Wilhelm William William Wilhelm Wiski Willie Xray Xray Xray Xanthippe Xray Xray Xerxes Xenofon X-ray Xavier Xanthippe Äksaä Xerxes Yankee Young Yoke Yokohama Yankee Yellow Yngve Yngve Young Yvonne Ypsilon Yrjoä Yellow Zulu Zebra Zebra Zurich Zanzibar Zebra Zäta Zakarias Zebra Zoé Zeppelin Tseta Zebra (Aa) Åke Åke Åke (Ae) Ärlig Ärlig Ärger Äiti (Oe) Östen Örn Ökonom Öljy The ICAO alphabet is probably the most popular on an international level.