NATO Phonetics & Radiotelephony Manual
Standard international voice procedure for aviation and maritime communications (ICAO Annex 10). Includes phonetic syllable stress, Morse code audio tones, and standard ATC phraseology.
NATO Phonetic Alphabet
Click speaker to hear pronunciation • Click Morse to hear beep toneA
ALPHA
Say: AL-FAH
B
BRAVO
Say: BRAH-VOH
C
CHARLIE
Say: CHAR-LEE
D
DELTA
Say: DEL-TAH
E
ECHO
Say: ECK-OH
F
FOXTROT
Say: FOKS-TROT
G
GOLF
Say: GOLF
H
HOTEL
Say: HOH-TEL
I
INDIA
Say: IN-DEE-AH
J
JULIETT
Say: JEW-LEE-ETT
K
KILO
Say: KEE-LOH
L
LIMA
Say: LEE-MAH
M
MIKE
Say: MIKE
N
NOVEMBER
Say: NO-VEM-BER
O
OSCAR
Say: OSS-CAHR
P
PAPA
Say: PAH-PAH
Q
QUEBEC
Say: KEH-BECK
R
ROMEO
Say: ROH-ME-OH
S
SIERRA
Say: SEE-AIR-RAH
T
TANGO
Say: TANG-GO
U
UNIFORM
Say: YOU-NEE-FORM
V
VICTOR
Say: VIK-TOR
W
WHISKEY
Say: WIS-KEY
X
XRAY
Say: ECKS-RAY
Y
YANKEE
Say: YANG-KEE
Z
ZULU
Say: ZOO-LOO