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NATO Phonetic Alphabet Converter

Type a booking reference, postcode or name to spell it out in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

Output

How to use the nato phonetic alphabet converter

  1. Type the letters and numbers.
  2. Choose one line per word or one line per character.
  3. Read it out, or copy it.

Why use it?

Letters like B, D, P and V sound alike on a bad line. The NATO alphabet replaces each letter with a distinct word, from Alfa to Zulu, so references come through correctly.

Examples

AB12

Alfa Bravo One Two

XYZ

X-ray Yankee Zulu

Questions

Why “Alfa” and “Juliett”?

Those are the official spellings, chosen so speakers of other languages pronounce them correctly.

Are numbers included?

Yes, as plain words: Zero, One, Two and so on.