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🚁U+1F681

Helicopter emoji

Spinning rotor blades on top lift this aircraft, which can hover and land almost anywhere. It's used for rescue and medical flights, news coverage, sightseeing tours, military operations, and fast travel by air.

Unicode name
helicopter
Category
Travel & places, Air and space
Added
Emoji 1.0 in 2015
Code points
U+1F681
Shortcode
:helicopter:
Keywords
copter, helicopter, roflcopter, travel, vehicle

How it looks

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Your device
Helicopter emoji in Noto Color Emoji
Noto Color Emoji
Helicopter emoji in Twemoji
Twemoji
Helicopter emoji in OpenMoji
OpenMoji

How to type 🚁

iPhone and iPad
Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “helicopter”.
Android
In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “helicopter”.
Mac
Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “helicopter”.
Windows
Press Windows + . (period) and type “helicopter”.
GitHub
Type :helicopter: in an issue, pull request or comment.

In other languages

LanguageNameKeywords
Españolhelicópteroaspas, helicóptero, rotores, vehículo, volar
Françaishélicoptèrehélico, hélicoptère, moyen de transport, véhicule
DeutschHubschrauberfliegen, Helikopter, Hubschrauber, reisen
Italianoelicotteroelicottero, trasporti, veicolo, velivolo, viaggiare, volare
Portuguêshelicópterohelicóptero, veículo, viagem, viajar, voo
Nederlandshelikopterhelikopter, roflcopter, roflkopter, vervoermiddel, voertuig
Svenskahelikopterfordon, helikopter
Polskihelikopterhelikopter, pojazd, śmigłowiec
Türkçehelikopterhelikopter, taşıt
Русскийвертолетвертолет, винт, воздух, лопасти, транспорт
Українськагелікоптервертоліт, гелікоптер, транспорт
Ελληνικάελικόπτεροελικόπτερο, όχημα, ταξίδι
العربيةهليكوبترسفر, طائرة, مركبة, نقل, هليكوبتر
עבריתמסוקהליקופטר, כלי תעופה, מסוק
فارسیهلیکوپترهلیکوپتر, وسیله نقلیه, وسیلهٔ نقلیه
हिन्दीहेलीकॉप्टर, वाहनवाहन, हेलीकॉप्टर, हेलीकॉप्टर, वाहन
বাংলাহেলিকপ্টারযানবাহন, হেলিকপ্টার
Bahasa Indonesiahelikopterhelikopter, kendaraan
Tiếng Việtmáy bay trực thăngmáy bay trực thăng, xe cộ
ไทยเฮลิคอปเตอร์การเดินทาง, คอปเตอร์, ยานพาหนะ, ฮอ, เฮลิคอปเตอร์
日本語ヘリコプターヘリ, ヘリコプター, 乗り物
한국어헬리콥터교통수단, 로플콥터, 여행, 콥터, 헬기, 헬리콥터
中文(简体)直升机旅行, 直升机, 直升飞机
中文(繁體)直升機直升機
Names in 97 more languages
Afrikaanshelikopter
Akanhɛlikɔpta
Albanianhelikopter
Amharicሄሊኮፕተር
Aniiɩlɩkɔptɛɛ
Armenianուղղաթիռ
Assameseহেলিকপ্টাৰ
Azerbaijanihelikopter
Bashkirвертолет
Basquehelikopteroa
Belarusianверталёт
Bosnianhelikopter
Bretonbiñsaskell
Bulgarianхеликоптер
Burmeseရဟတ်ယာဉ်
Cantonese直升機
Cantonese (Simplified)直升机
Catalanhelicòpter
CherokeeᎦᎸᎡᏗ ᎬᏘ ᎠᎵᏲᎷᎩᏍᎩ
Chuvashпӑрӑммак
Croatianhelikopter
Czechvrtulník
Danishhelikopter
Estonianhelikopter
Faroesetyrla
Filipinohelicopter
Finnishhelikopteri
Galicianhelicóptero
Georgianვერტმფრენი
Gujaratiહેલિકોપ્ટર
Hausahelikafta
Hungarianhelikopter
Icelandicþyrla
Igboụgbọelu nta
Irishhéileacaptar
Javanesehelikopter
Kalaallisuthelikopter
Kannadaಹೆಲಿಕಾಫ್ಟರ್
Kazakhтік ұшақ
Kazakh (Arabic)تىك ۇشاق
Khmerអេលេកូ
Kinyarwandakajugujugu
Konkaniहॅलिकॉप्टर
Kyrgyzтик учма
KʼicheʼRapch’ich’
Laoຍົນເຮລິຄອບເຕີ
Latvianhelikopters
Lithuaniansraigstasparnis
Lower Sorbianhelikopter
LuxembourgishHelikopter
Macedonianхеликоптер
Malayhelikopter
Malayalamഹെലികോപ്റ്റർ
Malteseelikotteru
Marathiहेलिकॉप्टर
Mongolianнисдэг тэрэг
Māoritoparere
Nepaliहेलिकप्टर
Nigerian PidginHẹlikọ́pta
Northern Sothohelikhoptara
Norwegianhelikopter
Odiaହେଲିକେପ୍ଟର୍
Oromohelekooptera
Pashtoچورلکه
Punjabiਹੈਲੀਕਾਪਟਰ
Punjabi (Arabic)ہیلی کاپٹر
Quechuahelicoptero
Romanianelicopter
Romanshhelicopter
Sardinianelicòteru
Scottish Gaelicheileacoptar
Serbianхеликоптер
Serbian (Latin)helikopter
Shanႁိူဝ်းမိၼ်မႅင်းမီႈ
Sindhiهيلي ڪاپٽر
Sinhalaහෙලිකොප්ටරය
Slovakhelikoptéra
Slovenianhelikopter
Somalidiyaarad helikobtar
Swahilihelikopta
Tajikчархбол
Tamilஹெலிகாப்டர்
Teluguహెలికాఫ్టర్
Tigrinyaሄሊኮፕተር
Tonganhelikopeta
Tswanahelikopetere
Turkmendikuçar
Upper Sorbianhelikoper
Urduہیلی کاپٹر
Uyghurتىكئۇچار
Uzbekvertolyot
Welshhofrennydd
Wolofelikopteer
Xhosaihelikopta
YorubaẸlikọputa
Yoruba (Benin)Ɛlikɔputa
Zuluibhanoyi elinophephela emhlane

Codes

Code points
U+1F681
HTML
🚁
CSS
\1F681
JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{1F681}
Python
\U0001F681
UTF-8 bytes
F0 9F 9A 81
UTF-16
D83D DE81
URL encoded
%F0%9F%9A%81

Questions

What does the 🚁 helicopter emoji mean?

Spinning rotor blades on top lift this aircraft, which can hover and land almost anywhere. It's used for rescue and medical flights, news coverage, sightseeing tours, military operations, and fast travel by air.

How do I type the 🚁 emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “helicopter”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :helicopter:.

When was the 🚁 emoji added?

🚁 was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015.

What is the Unicode code point for 🚁?

U+1F681. In HTML you can write 🚁, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F681}.

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