Phrase guide

flight number

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, lifestyle, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, tourism, transport, travel

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رَقْمَ الرِحْلةِ (raqma r-riḥlati) — callsign
  • Bulgarian: номер на полета (nomer na poleta) — callsign
  • Chinese Mandarin: 航班號 /航班号 (hángbānhào) — callsign
  • Czech: číslo letu — callsign
  • Danish: rutenummer — callsign
  • Dutch: vluchtnummer — callsign
  • Estonian: lennu number — callsign
  • Finnish: lennon numero — callsign
  • French: numéro de vol — callsign
  • Georgian: ფრენის ნომერი (prenis nomeri) — callsign
  • Georgian: რეისის ნომერი (reisis nomeri) — callsign
  • German: Flugnummer — callsign
  • Greek: αριθμός πτήσης (arithmós ptísis) — callsign
  • Hebrew: מִספַּר טִיסָה (mispár tisá) — callsign
  • Hungarian: járatszám — callsign
  • Indonesian: nomor penerbangan — callsign
  • Italian: numero di volo — callsign
  • Japanese: 便名 (binmei) — callsign
  • Korean: 편 번호 (pyeon beonho) — callsign
  • Latvian: lidojuma numurs — callsign
  • Lithuanian: reiso numeris — callsign
  • Malay: nombor penerbangan — callsign
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rutenummer — callsign
  • Polish: numer rejsu — callsign
  • Portuguese: número de voo — callsign
  • Romanian: număr de zbor — callsign
  • Russian: но́мер ре́йса (nómer réjsa) — callsign
  • Serbo-Croatian: број лета — callsign
  • Serbo-Croatian: broj leta — callsign
  • Slovak: číslo letu — callsign
  • Slovene: številka leta — callsign
  • Spanish: número de vuelo — callsign
  • Swedish: flygnummer — callsign
  • Swedish: flightnummer — callsign
  • Thai: รหัสเที่ยวบิน (ráa-hàt-tîiaw-bin) — callsign
  • Turkish: uçuş numarası — callsign