Aviation ICAO English

Aviation and ICAO English

num2words2 includes aviation English converters for digit-by-digit phraseology.

Recommended Codes

Code	Profile
en_Aero_ICAO	ICAO
en_Aero_FAA	FAA
en_Aero_NATO	NATO STANAG 1059
en_Aero_USN	US Navy
en_Aero_US_Navy	US Navy alias
en_Aero_US_Army	US Army

Compatibility aliases include en_AERO, en_aero_icao, and en_x_aero_icao.

Basic Conversion

from num2words2 import num2words

num2words(5739, lang="en_Aero_ICAO")
# 'fife seven tree niner'

In aviation profiles, cardinal values are typically read digit by digit. Ordinals, fractions, currency, and cheque modes fall back to compatible English behavior where available.

Specialized Phraseology

Specialized methods live on the converter object:

from num2words2 import CONVERTER_CLASSES

aero = CONVERTER_CLASSES["en_Aero_ICAO"]

aero.to_altitude(5500)
# 'fife thousand fife hundred feet'

aero.to_flight_level(230)
# 'flight level too tree zero'

aero.to_heading(30)
# 'heading zero tree zero'

aero.to_squawk(7700)
# 'squawk seven seven zero zero'

aero.to_runway("27R")
# 'runway too seven right'

aero.to_frequency(121.5)
# 'wun too wun decimal fife'

Direct Class Usage

from num2words2.lang_EN_AERO import Num2Word_EN_AERO

Num2Word_EN_AERO(profile="FAA").to_cardinal(5739)
# 'fife seven tree niner'

Invalid profile names raise ValueError.