Airplane
U+2708✈Emoji or pictograph · decimal ✈
Transport Symbols Copy & Paste
Pick from 85 transport symbols for maps, listings and object labels. Encoded largely within Transport and Map Symbols. 12 are multi-code-point sequences.
Copy transport symbols
85 characters and sequences. One tap copies the real code points.
That search returns nothing in this set.
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Transport Symbols with Unicode names and HTML codes
A sample of 12 entries from the 85 on this page. Where two entries look the same, the name settles it. The HTML references beside each name reproduce the code-point sequence character for character.
Rocket
U+1F680🚀Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🚀
Anchor + Variation Selector-16
U+2693 U+FE0F⚓ ️Emoji sequence · decimal ⚓ ️
Bullet Train
U+1F685🚅Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🚅
Oncoming Automobile
U+1F698🚘Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🚘
Oncoming Police Car
U+1F694🚔Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🚔
Tractor
U+1F69C🚜Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🚜
Ticket
U+1F3AB🎫Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🎫
Motor Scooter
U+1F6F5🛵Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🛵
Motorized Wheelchair
U+1F9BC🦼Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🦼
Stop Sign
U+1F6D1🛑Emoji or pictograph · decimal 🛑
Satellite
U+1F6F0 U+FE0F🛰 ️Emoji sequence · decimal 🛰 ️
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Transport Symbols: types, meanings and practical differences
Transport marks cover travel modes, navigation and infrastructure for itineraries and location labels.
Everyday things and locations, drawn mostly from the emoji blocks. That amounts to 85 copyable values here — 73 of them one character long, 12 longer.
Names such as Airplane, Rocket, Anchor + Variation Selector-16, Bullet Train appear here, and counting every entry puts Variation Selector-16 (12), Airplane (2), Anchor (2) at the top. Single-character values span U+2693 to U+1FA82.
Browse transport symbols by type
Emoji or pictograph
73 entries
Emoji sequence
12 entries
Counted from the stored set
Where transport symbols sit in the code space
Single-character entries cover U+2693 to U+1FA82, breaking down by general category as symbol 73.
Name patterns that repeat
Counted across the stored entries, the commonest name patterns are Variation Selector-16 (12), Airplane (2), Anchor (2).
How the multi-part entries are built
12 entries span more than one code point: 0 with a zero-width joiner, 12 with a variation selector, the longest running to 2 code points.
How to choose the right form
Two look almost the same: Oncoming Automobile and Oncoming Police Car. They are different characters: U+1F698 and U+1F694. Start with emoji or pictograph.
It is the biggest group, with 73. Only reach for emoji sequence when the narrower sense is the point. Test the result in the real app before you use it.
These are grouped by what people use them for. Unicode's own categories may split them differently.
73Emoji or pictograph
Colour artwork, supplied by the platform. 86% here.
12Emoji sequence
Several code points joined into one image. 14% here.
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Transport Symbols explained in plain English
Short summary
You can copy any of the 85 transport symbols below. Most of them, 73 in all, are emoji or pictograph. They come mostly from one part of Unicode: Transport and Map Symbols.
How the 2 groups divide
They split into emoji or pictograph and emoji sequence. Emoji or pictograph leads with 73.
Which blocks they come from
They come from Transport and Map Symbols (67), Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs (7) and Miscellaneous Symbols (6). They span U+2693 to U+1FA82, so no one font covers them all.
Two that look alike
Oncoming Automobile and Oncoming Police Car look alike. They are not the same character.
12 entries are sequences
12 use more than one character. Copy the whole thing or it breaks.
Key words and ideas
The vocabulary below comes from the formal names and groupings of these transport symbols.
- Emoji or pictograph
- Emoji sequence
- Transport
- Travel
- Plane
- Car
- Train
- Ship
- Airplane
- Rocket
- Anchor
- Variation
A quick choice checklist
- Match the meaning. Start with emoji or pictograph when that group fits your message.
- Read the name. Compare Airplane with Rocket before you pick by shape.
- Test the result. Paste the full value into the app, document, or profile where it will appear.
Transport pictograms by journey stage
Transport signs work best when they describe a real leg of a trip. A mode icon, station cue and destination marker solve different itinerary tasks.
| Journey need | Useful forms | Clarity rule |
|---|---|---|
| Air travel | ✈ 🚁 | Pair the aircraft with an airport code, flight number or action word. |
| Rail and local transit | 🚆 🚇 🚌 | Name the line or stop because vehicle artwork varies by platform. |
| Road travel | 🚗 🚲 🛣 | Distinguish a travel mode from a route, parking or traffic instruction. |
| Water and launch | ⛵ 🚢 🚀 | A text-era sailboat may align differently from colorful vehicle emoji. |
Practical note: For maps and schedules, keep place names and times in words. The pictogram should speed up scanning, not become the only source of route information.
Keep exploring this topic
Compare these choices with house symbols and office symbols. For a deeper explanation, read Emoji Sequences Explained: Joiners, Skin Tones and Flags. If one question is enough, read what is the difference between a symbol and an emoji?.
Tip: Keep the plain words next to the symbol. Text is what makes a design searchable and readable to someone using a screen reader.
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How to use transport symbols
Copying stores text, so the value survives the clipboard intact. Paste it with Ctrl V, ⌘ V or your device's Paste command.
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Maps, itineraries and location notes
Start with Airplane. It works nearly everywhere.
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Object labels and checklists
Emoji or pictograph suits object labels and checklists. Pick one whose stroke weight matches the text around it.
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Security, home and travel captions
When creating security, home and travel captions, paste the complete entry — several of these are multi-code-point sequences that break if truncated.
Copy-ready transport symbols examples for maps, itineraries and location notes
Maps, itineraries and location notes
✈ Transport referenceObject labels and checklists
✈ ⛵ ⚓Security, home and travel captions
⚓ transport ✈05
Keyboard entry for transport symbols
You do not have to copy. Each code point below doubles as a keyboard code — decimal for a Windows alt code, hexadecimal for Word and macOS.
| Character | Name | Windows | Hex | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✈ | Airplane | Alt 9992 | 2708 | ✈ |
| 🚀 | Rocket | Not available | 1F680 | 🚀 |
| 🚅 | Bullet Train | Not available | 1F685 | 🚅 |
| 🚘 | Oncoming Automobile | Not available | 1F698 | 🚘 |
| 🚔 | Oncoming Police Car | Not available | 1F694 | 🚔 |
| 🚜 | Tractor | Not available | 1F69C | 🚜 |
The alt-code route requires a real keypad and cannot address anything above U+FFFF. 68 entries here sit above that ceiling. A further 12 are sequences, which no shortcut reproduces — copy those instead. Each platform's method is spelled out in the keyboard guide.
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How transport symbols render across fonts, apps and devices
Most of these live in one place: Transport and Map Symbols holds 84% of them. The rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs and Miscellaneous Symbols. Every one of the 85 is emoji.
Colour comes from the device. Unicode files the emoji ones under Travel & Places and Activities. 12 entries are made of several parts.
Copy the whole thing, or it breaks apart. The newest here arrived in Emoji 14.0. Older phones show a blank box instead.
A pasted entry is redrawn by the receiving application's font. Expect small differences in width and weight across devices, and larger ones where a font lacks the character entirely.
73Single characters
12Sequences
85Emoji properties
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Common mistakes with transport symbols
- 1
Treating Airplane and Rocket as the same character.
- 2
Assuming all 85 behave the same way in every font.
- 3
Copying only part of one of the 12 multi-code-point sequences instead of the whole value.
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Transport Symbols questions and answers
What is the difference between Oncoming Automobile and Oncoming Police Car?+
U+1F698 is Oncoming Automobile; U+1F694 is Oncoming Police Car. Because the encoded identity differs, substituting one for the other can change what a reader or a piece of software understands.
What is the HTML code for airplane?+
Write ✈ (hex) or ✈ (decimal) to get ✈. Numeric references sidestep encoding problems in older toolchains.
Why do these transport symbols look different on iPhone and Android?+
All 85 entries here carry emoji properties, mostly from the Travel & Places group. The code point is identical everywhere, but Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung each ship their own artwork for it, so the drawing changes while the meaning does not.
Why does one of these transport symbols split apart when I paste it?+
12 entries here are sequences of more than one code point. If the destination does not support the sequence, or if the copy was truncated, the parts render individually. Copy the entry with the button rather than by selecting the characters.
Which Unicode block are these transport symbols in?+
Transport and Map Symbols holds most of them — 67 characters; the rest come from Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs and Miscellaneous Symbols. Coverage tends to follow the block: long-established ones render nearly everywhere, recent additions do not.
Will these transport symbols work on older phones?+
The newest entry on this page was introduced in Emoji 14.0. Devices that have not received a font update since then will show a blank rectangle instead. Test on a real older device before using a recent character where the meaning matters.
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Learn more about transport symbols
Two tools worth knowing about
Listings and labels built from these pictographs usually need a short styled heading or a compact status indicator alongside.
Bubble Text ConverterTurn ordinary letters and numbers into enclosed Unicode characters for short labels and profile text.Open the text converter →Loading Animation PreviewPreview text-only loading frames, pause the motion and copy the sequence that fits your interface.Open the animation preview →
Pair a transport symbol with styled letters in the Symbol Maker. Seven browser-based utilities are collected in the Unicode tools hub, which explains which one fits which job.
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Where this data comes from
These 85 entries are measured, not sampled or approximated. Formal names and categories come straight from the Unicode 17.0 database, with emoji status taken from the published emoji data rather than judged by eye.
- Unicode Character Database — UnicodeData.txt (formal names and general categories)
- Unicode emoji-test.txt (fully-qualified emoji sequences and grouping)
- The Unicode Standard, current version
- How CoolSymbol.now sources, counts and tests this data