Words, numbers and call signs
8 min read
Numbers
Numbers are spoken digit by digit in the ICAO way: ZE-RO, WUN, TOO, TREE, FOW-er, FIFE, SIX, SEV-en, AIT, NIN-er; a decimal point is DAY-SEE-MAL.
Altitudes in whole hundreds and thousands are said as such: 2,500 ft is "two thousand five hundred".
Flight levels, headings, QNH and squawks digit by digit: "flight level one eight zero", "heading zero five zero", "QNH one zero zero three", "squawk four five two one". Whole-hundred flight levels are said as "flight level one hundred" (FL100), "flight level two hundred".
IN THIS LESSON
- Standard words
- Call signs
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