Man pilot Emoji
People
An image of a man wearing a dark blue peaked flight cap with a gold emblem, representing a professional aviator. This emoji shows the individual from the shoulders up, highlighting the classic uniform associated with commercial airline captains.
Usage Context
Used to discuss air travel, mention a career in aviation, or indicate someone is currently in the air. It is frequently sent by travelers at the airport or used to acknowledge the person in charge of a flight deck. It is often paired with the airplane or airport emojis to provide clear travel context.
History
The pilot emoji was introduced as part of the expansion of gender-inclusive professional roles in Unicode 9.0 in 2016. It built upon the earlier generic pilot emoji to allow for specific character identity, reflecting the broader push to modernize emoji sets for professional representation.
Details
Glyph
👨✈
Unicode
U+1F468 U+200D U+2708
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f468_200d_2708:
HTML Entity
��‍✈
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory person-role
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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