# 🚁 Helicopter emoji

🚁 Helicopter is an emoji in the air and space set of Travel & places. It was added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. Related words: copter, roflcopter, travel and vehicle.

- Emoji: 🚁
- Unicode name: helicopter
- Code points: U+1F681
- Category: Travel & places, Air and space
- Added: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
- GitHub shortcode: :helicopter:
- Keywords: copter, helicopter, roflcopter, travel, vehicle
- Page: https://emojichart.com/helicopter-emoji

## What it means

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 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

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | helicóptero | aspas, helicóptero, rotores, vehículo, volar |
| Français (fr) | hélicoptère | hélico, hélicoptère, moyen de transport, véhicule |
| Deutsch (de) | Hubschrauber | fliegen, Helikopter, Hubschrauber, reisen |
| Italiano (it) | elicottero | elicottero, trasporti, veicolo, velivolo, viaggiare, volare |
| Português (pt) | helicóptero | helicóptero, veículo, viagem, viajar, voo |
| Nederlands (nl) | helikopter | helikopter, roflcopter, roflkopter, vervoermiddel, voertuig |
| Svenska (sv) | helikopter | fordon, helikopter |
| Polski (pl) | helikopter | helikopter, pojazd, śmigłowiec |
| Türkçe (tr) | helikopter | helikopter, taşıt |
| Русский (ru) | вертолет | вертолет, винт, воздух, лопасти, транспорт |
| Українська (uk) | гелікоптер | вертоліт, гелікоптер, транспорт |
| Ελληνικά (el) | ελικόπτερο | ελικόπτερο, όχημα, ταξίδι |
| العربية (ar) | هليكوبتر | سفر, طائرة, مركبة, نقل, هليكوبتر |
| עברית (he) | מסוק | הליקופטר, כלי תעופה, מסוק |
| فارسی (fa) | هلیکوپتر | هلیکوپتر, وسیله نقلیه, وسیلهٔ نقلیه |
| हिन्दी (hi) | हेलीकॉप्टर, वाहन | वाहन, हेलीकॉप्टर, हेलीकॉप्टर, वाहन |
| বাংলা (bn) | হেলিকপ্টার | যানবাহন, হেলিকপ্টার |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | helikopter | helikopter, kendaraan |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | máy bay trực thăng | máy bay trực thăng, xe cộ |
| ไทย (th) | เฮลิคอปเตอร์ | การเดินทาง, คอปเตอร์, ยานพาหนะ, ฮอ, เฮลิคอปเตอร์ |
| 日本語 (ja) | ヘリコプター | ヘリ, ヘリコプター, 乗り物 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 헬리콥터 | 교통수단, 로플콥터, 여행, 콥터, 헬기, 헬리콥터 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 直升机 | 旅行, 直升机, 直升飞机 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 直升機 | 直升機 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): helikopter
- Akan (ak): hɛlikɔpta
- Albanian (sq): helikopter
- Amharic (am): ሄሊኮፕተር
- Anii (blo): ɩlɩkɔptɛɛ
- Armenian (hy): ուղղաթիռ
- Assamese (as): হেলিকপ্টাৰ
- Azerbaijani (az): helikopter
- Bashkir (ba): вертолет
- Basque (eu): helikopteroa
- Belarusian (be): верталёт
- Bosnian (bs): helikopter
- Breton (br): biñsaskell
- Bulgarian (bg): хеликоптер
- Burmese (my): ရဟတ်ယာဉ်
- Cantonese (yue): 直升機
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 直升机
- Catalan (ca): helicòpter
- Cherokee (chr): ᎦᎸᎡᏗ ᎬᏘ ᎠᎵᏲᎷᎩᏍᎩ
- Chuvash (cv): пӑрӑммак
- Croatian (hr): helikopter
- Czech (cs): vrtulník
- Danish (da): helikopter
- Estonian (et): helikopter
- Faroese (fo): tyrla
- Filipino (fil): helicopter
- Finnish (fi): helikopteri
- Galician (gl): helicóptero
- Georgian (ka): ვერტმფრენი
- Gujarati (gu): હેલિકોપ્ટર
- Hausa (ha): helikafta
- Hungarian (hu): helikopter
- Icelandic (is): þyrla
- Igbo (ig): ụgbọelu nta
- Irish (ga): héileacaptar
- Javanese (jv): helikopter
- Kalaallisut (kl): helikopter
- Kannada (kn): ಹೆಲಿಕಾಫ್ಟರ್
- Kazakh (kk): тік ұшақ
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): تىك ۇشاق
- Khmer (km): អេលេកូ
- Kinyarwanda (rw): kajugujugu
- Konkani (kok): हॅलिकॉप्टर
- Kyrgyz (ky): тик учма
- Kʼicheʼ (quc): Rapch’ich’
- Lao (lo): ຍົນເຮລິຄອບເຕີ
- Latvian (lv): helikopters
- Lithuanian (lt): sraigstasparnis
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): helikopter
- Luxembourgish (lb): Helikopter
- Macedonian (mk): хеликоптер
- Malay (ms): helikopter
- Malayalam (ml): ഹെലികോപ്റ്റർ
- Maltese (mt): elikotteru
- Marathi (mr): हेलिकॉप्टर
- Mongolian (mn): нисдэг тэрэг
- Māori (mi): toparere
- Nepali (ne): हेलिकप्टर
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Hẹlikọ́pta
- Northern Sotho (nso): helikhoptara
- Norwegian (no): helikopter
- Odia (or): ହେଲିକେପ୍ଟର୍
- Oromo (om): helekooptera
- Pashto (ps): چورلکه
- Punjabi (pa): ਹੈਲੀਕਾਪਟਰ
- Punjabi (Arabic) (pa-Arab): ہیلی کاپٹر
- Quechua (qu): helicoptero
- Romanian (ro): elicopter
- Romansh (rm): helicopter
- Sardinian (sc): elicòteru
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): heileacoptar
- Serbian (sr): хеликоптер
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): helikopter
- Shan (shn): ႁိူဝ်းမိၼ်မႅင်းမီႈ
- Sindhi (sd): هيلي ڪاپٽر
- Sinhala (si): හෙලිකොප්ටරය
- Slovak (sk): helikoptéra
- Slovenian (sl): helikopter
- Somali (so): diyaarad helikobtar
- Swahili (sw): helikopta
- Tajik (tg): чархбол
- Tamil (ta): ஹெலிகாப்டர்
- Telugu (te): హెలికాఫ్టర్
- Tigrinya (ti): ሄሊኮፕተር
- Tongan (to): helikopeta
- Tswana (tn): helikopetere
- Turkmen (tk): dikuçar
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): helikoper
- Urdu (ur): ہیلی کاپٹر
- Uyghur (ug): تىكئۇچار
- Uzbek (uz): vertolyot
- Welsh (cy): hofrennydd
- Wolof (wo): elikopteer
- Xhosa (xh): ihelikopta
- Yoruba (yo): Ẹlikọputa
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): Ɛlikɔputa
- Zulu (zu): ibhanoyi elinophephela emhlane

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| 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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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/helicopter-emoji