What is the tail code of an aircraft?
What is the tail code of an aircraft? Tail codes are markings usually on the vertical stabilizer of U.S. military aircraft that help identify the aircraft's unit and/or base assignment. This is not the same as the serial number, bureau number, or aircraft registration which provide unique aircraft identification.
Can you look up a plane by tail number?
Interested in searching for a specific aircraft? Public flight tracking websites, including Flightradar24 and FlightAware, allow users to search an aircraft's tail number to see where it is in the world.