Pilot: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A person wearing a traditional peaked pilot's cap, featuring a medium-light skin tone. The headgear represents the professional standard for commercial aviators, signaling leadership in the cockpit.

Usage Context

Used to denote someone flying a plane, going on a trip, or working in the aviation industry. It is frequently sent by travelers to announce an upcoming flight or by people discussing air travel alongside ✈️ or 🛫.

History

While the base pilot emoji was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016, skin tone modifiers were later implemented as part of the Emoji 4.0 update. This was a response to the push for better representation in digital identity, allowing users to select a version that better matches their own appearance.

Details

Glyph

🧑🏼‍✈

Unicode

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2708

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9d1_1f3fc_200d_2708:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDD1;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;‍✈

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-role

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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