Looking up aircraft callsigns

[pb_lonny]

I am just getting back in to the hobby after a period of time away from it, in the past week since I have been listening to air traffic control, both Launceston tower and the FIA frequencies I have noticed some call signs which seem to be new / different to when I was last listening.

Does a listing of these exist which can be looked up online?

Paul

 

[gh6406]

The following site should help if looking up by tail number.
FAA Registry - Aircraft - N-Number Inquiry

 

[pb_lonny]

Thanks for that, I am in Australian so the FAA is no good for me.
I have a list of all VH- tail numbers so this side of it is fine, it is more call signs like:
FastJet1234
Qexpress 98
Hudson 34
Envoy 13

 

[ATCTech]

Search online for ICAO document 8585, that's the "bible". It's not distributed freely but you may find a version of it somewhere that's not too old.

 

[AirScan]

You can search by country here ...

The Aviation Codes Web Site - IATA / ICAO Airline Designator / Code Database Search

 

[majoco]

Those are flight numbers, not aircraft regos. All scheduled carriers with regular timetables use flight numbers for their routes, usually odd numbers southbound and even north.

See...
http://planefinder.net/data/flight/NZ5059/
This ATR72 just goes Wellington to Christchurch and is a code share by Mount Cook Airline, the NZM059 as well as the AirNZ route as NZ5059. There is no following flight number for that aircraft so it may have a long layover or be in for maintenance - Christchurch is the ATR maintenance base. The same flight tomorrow will probably be a different rego'd aircraft. All Mount Cook flights are NZ5***. You won't hear them on HF.

If you just go to the
www.planefinder.net
site you will see a world map of every flight! WOW! Enlarge the Tasman and then click on any aircraft, you'll get the flight number and the rego.

 

[pb_lonny]

Thanks for the help, I have found the document suggested and this is exactly what I was looking for

 

[pb_lonny]

If you just go to the
Plane Finder – Live Flight Status Tracker
site you will see a world map of every flight! WOW! Enlarge the Tasman and then click on any aircraft, you'll get the flight number and the rego.

Thanks for the link, that is a very cool web site I have been out of it for a while so need to learn about all the new technology in use....