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✈️ Airplane Emoji

Copy and paste the Airplane emoji (✈️) in one click. Explore its Travel & Places meaning, modern texting slang, chat examples, and Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) developer codes (U+2708 U+FE0F).

What Does the Airplane Emoji Mean?

Unicode Definition: A commercial jet airplane flying forward or tilted upward toward the sky.

Context & Expression: Embodies travel, aviation, jet-setting vacations, long-distance flights, or business trips.

Context Tip: Pairing Airplane (✈️) with complementary emojis or tone indicators helps clarify intent across iMessage, WhatsApp, Discord, and Slack.

Modern Texting & Social Usage

'Wheels up'—sent right before switching phones to airplane mode or landing in an exciting new city.

💡 Quick Usage Tip:

Combine ✈️ with complementary symbols or text labels to make social captions, Slack statuses, and threads immediately scannable.

Real-Life Chat Examples

See how the Airplane emoji looks in everyday mobile messaging.

Kelsey

Are you through airport security yet?

You

Boarding group 2 just called! Wheels up to Tokyo ✈️ see you in two weeks

Kelsey

Have the absolute trip of a lifetime, take lots of pictures!

When to Use ✈️

  • Announcing flights, vacations, business travel, or arrival times.
  • Sharing travel photography, airport snapshots, and wanderlust.
  • Discussing aviation news and logistics.

When to Avoid ✈️

  • Conversations about tragic aviation accidents.
  • Grounded local staycations.
CROSS-PLATFORM DISPLAY

How Airplane Looks Across Operating Systems & Fonts

Apple depicts a clean white commercial airliner with blue tail accent; Google features a sleek passenger jet; Microsoft shows a stylized blue-and-white aircraft.

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Apple iOS / macOS Rendering

High-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting

System Font: 'Apple Color Emoji'
Platform / VendorGlyph PreviewSystem Emoji FontRendering Behavior
Apple iOS / macOS✈️Apple Color EmojiHigh-detail 3D vector/bitmap artwork with specular lighting
Google Android✈️Noto Color EmojiClean, rounded Noto Color Emoji vector geometry
Samsung One UI✈️Samsung Color EmojiVibrant high-contrast One UI color styling
Microsoft Windows✈️Segoe UI EmojiFluent Design 3D shading (renders 2-letter ISO codes for country flags)
X / Discord (Twemoji)✈️Twitter Color EmojiFlat minimalist Twemoji SVG iconography

Technical & Developer Specifications

Verified Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS/JS escapes, UTF-8 bytes, and version data.

Character✈️
Official Unicode NameAirplane
Unicode Code PointU+2708 U+FE0F
HTML Decimal Entity✈️
HTML Hex Entity✈️
CSS Escape Code\002708\00FE0F
JavaScript / ES6 Escape\u{2708}\u{FE0F}
UTF-8 Hex BytesE2 9C 88 EF B8 8F
Shortcode (Slack / Discord / GitHub):airplane:
Emoji / Unicode VersionEmoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)
Category & SubgroupTravel & Places (air)

Frequently Asked Questions About Airplane (✈️)

Quick answers about meaning, OS rendering, and developer escape codes.

What is the emotional and conversational meaning of Airplane (✈️)?

Embodies travel, aviation, jet-setting vacations, long-distance flights, or business trips. It belongs to the Travel & Places category and was standardized in Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010).

How is the Airplane emoji (✈️) used on TikTok, Instagram, and Discord?

'Wheels up'—sent right before switching phones to airplane mode or landing in an exciting new city.

How do I copy and paste ✈️ on iPhone, Android, Mac, or Windows?

Click the "Copy Emoji (✈️)" button at the top of this page to copy the character to your clipboard, then press Ctrl+V (Windows/Linux), Cmd+V (macOS), or long-press Paste (iOS/Android) in any app.

What are the Unicode, HTML, CSS, and JS developer codes for Airplane?

The Unicode code point is U+2708 U+FE0F (Emoji 0.6 / Unicode 6.0 (2010)). In HTML use ✈️ or ✈️; in CSS pseudo-elements use content: "\002708\00FE0F"; in JavaScript use "\u{2708}\u{FE0F}"; and in Slack/Discord/GitHub use shortcode :airplane:.

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