# 🧑‍✈️ Pilot emoji

🧑‍✈️ Pilot is an emoji in the jobs and roles set of People & body. It was added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019 and comes in five skin tones. Related words: plane.

- Emoji: 🧑‍✈️
- Unicode name: pilot
- Code points: U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 12.1 (2019)
- GitHub shortcode: :pilot:
- Keywords: pilot, plane
- Page: https://emojichart.com/pilot-emoji

## What it means

Depicts a person in a pilot's uniform and cap, representing flying. It works well for airline and other pilots, aviation, and posts about flights, air travel and heading off on a trip.

## Skin tones

- 🧑🏻‍✈️ [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- 🧑🏼‍✈️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- 🧑🏽‍✈️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- 🧑🏾‍✈️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- 🧑🏿‍✈️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧑‍✈️ is 4 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧑 [Person](https://emojichart.com/person-emoji.md) (U+1F9D1)
2. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
3. ✈️ [Airplane](https://emojichart.com/airplane-emoji.md) (U+2708 U+FE0F)
4. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🧑‍✈️

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

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | piloto | avión, capitán, piloto, vuelo |
| Français (fr) | pilote | avion, pilote |
| Deutsch (de) | Pilot(in) | Flugzeug, Pilot(in) |
| Italiano (it) | pilota | aereo, pilota |
| Português (pt) | piloto | avião, piloto |
| Nederlands (nl) | piloot | piloot, vliegtuig |
| Svenska (sv) | pilot | flygkapten, pilot |
| Polski (pl) | pilot | pilot, pilotować, samolot |
| Türkçe (tr) | pilot | pilot, uçak |
| Русский (ru) | пилот | летчик, пилот, самолет |
| Українська (uk) | авіапілот | авіапілот, літак, пілот |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πιλότος | αεροπλάνο, πιλότος |
| العربية (ar) | ربان طائرة | ربان, طائرة, طيار |
| עברית (he) | טייס/ת | טייס, טייס/ת, טייסת, טיסה, מטוס |
| فارسی (fa) | خلبان | خلبان, هواپیما |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पायलट | पायलट, प्लेन |
| বাংলা (bn) | পাইলট | পাইলট, প্লেন |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pilot | pesawat, pilot |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | phi công | máy bay, phi công |
| ไทย (th) | นักบิน | เครื่องบิน, นักบิน |
| 日本語 (ja) | パイロット | パイロット, 操縦士, 機長 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 기장 | 기장, 비행, 파일럿 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 飞行员 | 飞机, 飞行员 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 機長 | 機長, 飛機 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlieënier
- Akan (ak): Pailɔt
- Albanian (sq): person pilot
- Amharic (am): ፓይለት
- Armenian (hy): օդաչու
- Assamese (as): পাইলট
- Azerbaijani (az): pilot
- Bashkir (ba): пилот
- Basque (eu): pilotua
- Belarusian (be): пілот
- Bosnian (bs): pilot
- Breton (br): levier
- Bulgarian (bg): пилот
- Burmese (my): လေယာဉ်မှူး
- Cantonese (yue): 飛機師
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 飞机师
- Catalan (ca): pilot
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏳ ᎠᎲᎵᏙᎯ
- Chuvash (cv): пилот
- Croatian (hr): pilot zrakoplova
- Czech (cs): pilot/pilotka
- Danish (da): pilot
- Estonian (et): piloot
- Faroese (fo): flogskipari
- Filipino (fil): piloto
- Finnish (fi): pilotti
- Galician (gl): piloto
- Georgian (ka): პილოტი
- Gujarati (gu): વિમાન ચાલક
- Hausa (ha): mai tuka jirgi
- Hungarian (hu): pilóta / pilótanő
- Icelandic (is): flugstjóri
- Igbo (ig): ọkwọ ugbọelu
- Irish (ga): píolóta
- Javanese (jv): pilot
- Kannada (kn): ಪೈಲಟ್
- Kazakh (kk): пилот
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇشاق
- Khmer (km): អ្នកបើកយន្តហោះ
- Konkani (kok): पायलट
- Kyrgyz (ky): пилот
- Lao (lo): ນັກບິນ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis pilots
- Ligurian (lij): pilòtto
- Lithuanian (lt): pilotuojantis žmogus
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pilot(owka)
- Macedonian (mk): пилот
- Malay (ms): juruterbang
- Malayalam (ml): വൈമാനികൻ
- Marathi (mr): वैमानिक
- Mongolian (mn): нисгэгч
- Nepali (ne): विमान चालक
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Paílọt
- Norwegian (no): pilot
- Odia (or): ବିମାନଚାଳକ
- Oromo (om): paayileetii
- Pashto (ps): پيلوټ
- Punjabi (pa): ਹਵਾਈ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਚਾਲਕ
- Quechua (qu): piloto
- Romanian (ro): pilot
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): paidhleat
- Serbian (sr): пилот/киња
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): пилот(киња)
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): pilot/kinja
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): pilot(kinja)
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁေႃႈႁိူဝ်းမိၼ်
- Sindhi (sd): پائيليٽ
- Sinhala (si): ගුවන් නියමුවා
- Slovak (sk): pilot
- Slovenian (sl): pilot letala
- Somali (so): darawal dayuurad
- Swahili (sw): rubani
- Tamil (ta): விமான ஓட்டி
- Telugu (te): పైలట్
- Tigrinya (ti): አብራሪ
- Tongan (to): pailate
- Turkmen (tk): uçarman
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pilot/ka
- Urdu (ur): پائیلٹ
- Uzbek (uz): uchuvchi
- Welsh (cy): peilot
- Yoruba (yo): atukọ̀-òfurufú
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): atukɔ̀-òfurufú
- Zulu (zu): umshayeli webhanoyi

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `🧑‍✈️` |
| CSS | `\1F9D1\200D\2708\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{2708}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9D1\u200D\u2708\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 91 E2 80 8D E2 9C 88 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDD1 200D 2708 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%91%E2%80%8D%E2%9C%88%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does the 🧑‍✈️ pilot emoji mean?

Depicts a person in a pilot's uniform and cap, representing flying. It works well for airline and other pilots, aviation, and posts about flights, air travel and heading off on a trip.

### How do I type the 🧑‍✈️ emoji?

On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “pilot”. 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 :pilot:.

### When was the 🧑‍✈️ emoji added?

🧑‍✈️ was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019.

### What is the Unicode code point for 🧑‍✈️?

U+1F9D1 U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write 🧑‍✈️, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{1F9D1}\u{200D}\u{2708}\u{FE0F}.

### Does 🧑‍✈️ come in different skin tones?

Yes. It comes in five skin tones: 🧑🏻‍✈️ light, 🧑🏼‍✈️ medium-light, 🧑🏽‍✈️ medium, 🧑🏾‍✈️ medium-dark and 🧑🏿‍✈️ dark.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/pilot-emoji