Small airplane Emoji
Travel
A side profile of a light, propeller-driven aircraft, shown flying towards the right. It features a simple body design with a visible propeller and landing gear, representing a general aviation vehicle rather than a massive commercial jet.
Usage Context
Used to denote light travel, private flights, or a quick trip. It is frequently sent to show someone is departing, currently in the air on a smaller craft, or to discuss aviation hobbies. It differs from the standard ✈️ by emphasizing personal or small-scale transport.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2014 as part of Unicode 7.0. It was introduced to help distinguish smaller, piston-engine aircraft from the larger, long-haul passenger airliners found in earlier emoji sets.
Details
Glyph
🛩
Unicode
U+1F6E9
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f6e9:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category Travel
Subcategory transport-air
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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