Squawk Codes – UK aviation Transponder Codes

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UK Squawk Codes — Complete List (Feb 2025)

🔴 Special Purpose / Emergency

Code Function
7700 General Emergency
7600 Radio Failure
7500 Hijacking
7400 UAS/RPA Lost Link
7100 SSR Code Saturation
0000 SSR data unreliable
7776–7777 SSR Monitors

0XXX Block

Code(s) Function
0001 Height Monitoring Unit
0002 Ground Transponder Testing
0003 Surrey/Sussex HEMS (HLE60)
0004–0005 Scottish Non-standard Flights
0006 British Transport Police ASU
0007 Off-shore Safety Area (OSA) Conspicuity
0010 Birmingham vicinity — monitoring Birmingham Radar
0011 Bournemouth CZ vicinity — monitoring Bournemouth Radar West
0012 London City/Heathrow vicinity — monitoring Thames Director
0013 London Luton vicinity — monitoring Luton Radar
0014 Kent Air Ambulance (HLE21)
0015 Essex Air Ambulance (HLE07)
0016 Thames Valley Air Ambulance (HLE24)
0017 London Air Ambulance (HLE27)
0020 Air Ambulance Helicopter Emergency Medivac
0021 Fixed-wing aircraft receiving service from a ship
0022 Helicopter(s) receiving service from a ship
0023 Aircraft engaged in actual SAR Operations
0024 Radar Flight Evaluation/Calibration
0025 Scottish Non-standard Flights
0026 Special Tasks
0027 London Control (Swanwick) — Crossing/Joining CAS
0030 FIR Lost
0031 Hertfordshire Air Ambulance (HLE55)
0032 Aircraft engaged in police air support operations
0033 Aircraft Paradropping
0034 Antenna trailing / target towing / glider towing
0035 Selected Flights — Helicopters
0036 Helicopter Pipeline/Powerline Inspection
0037 Royal Flights — Helicopters
0040 Civil Helicopters North Sea
0041–0061 Police Air Support
0062–0077 No 1 Air Control Centre
0100 HQ Air Command
0101–0117 Transit (ORCAM) Brussels
0120–0137 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
0140–0177 Transit (ORCAM) Amsterdam
0200 HQ Air Command
0201–0277 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS redundancy
0300 HQ Air Command
0301–0377 Assigned by CCAMS
0400 HQ Air Command
0401 RAF Leeming Conspicuity
0401–0417 Birmingham Radar
0401–0437 Ireland Domestic
0401–0450 Exeter Approach
0401–0461 RAF Lakenheath
0402–0437 RAF Leeming
0420 Coventry Conspicuity
0421–0427 Farnborough Zone/Approach Radar IFR/SVFR
0430 Hawarden Airport Conspicuity
0430–0437 Edinburgh Approach
0430–0456 Farnborough LARS West
0431–0446 Hawarden Approach
0440 Edinburgh vicinity — monitoring Edinburgh Radar
0441–0443 Edinburgh Approach
0450 Blackpool Basic Service Conspicuity
0451 Blackpool Procedural Service Conspicuity
0452 Morecambe Bay Helicopter Conspicuity
0453 Liverpool Bay Helicopter Conspicuity
0455 Ekofisk RMZ
0457 Farnborough LARS West VFR Conspicuity
0460–0467 Farnborough Zone VFR
0462–0467 USAFE — EGD323 / Vale of York AIAA
0470–0477 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS redundancy
0500 HQ Air Command
0501–0577 Assigned by CCAMS
0600 HQ Air Command
0601–0637 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
0640–0677 Transit (ORCAM) Paris
0700 HQ Air Command
0701–0727 Transit (ORCAM) Maastricht
0730–0767 Assigned by CCAMS
0770–0777 Transit (ORCAM) Maastricht

1XXX Block

Code(s) Function
1000 IFR GAT flights in designated Mode S Airspace
1001–1067 Transit (ORCAM) Spain
1070–1077 Assigned by CCAMS
1100 HQ Air Command
1101–1137 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
1140–1176 Assigned by CCAMS
1177 London Control (Swanwick) FIS
1200 HQ Air Command
1201–1247 Channel Islands Domestic
1250–1257 Assigned by CCAMS
1260–1277 Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier operations
1300 HQ Air Command
1301–1306 Assigned by CAA
1307–1327 NATO — Air Policing (Air Defence Priority Flights)
1330–1377 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
1400 HQ Air Command
1401–1407 Irish CCAMS Contingency Codes
1410–1477 Assigned by CCAMS
1500 HQ Air Command
1501–1577 Battlespace Management Force HQ
1600 HQ Air Command
1601–1677 Battlespace Management Force HQ
1700 HQ Air Command
1701–1727 Battlespace Management Force HQ
1730–1746 Newquay Approach / Farnborough LARS East
1730–1767 RAF Spadeadam
1730–1776 RAF Coningsby
1747 Farnborough LARS East Conspicuity / Newquay Conspicuity
1750–1757 Farnborough Zone (IFR/SVFR)
1750–1756 Newquay Approach
1757 Newquay LARS (no discrete code available)
1760–1777 RNAS Yeovilton Fighter Control
1777 RAF Coningsby Conspicuity

2XXX Block

Code(s) Function
2000 General conspicuity (entering UK airspace / IFR without ATS / Mode S on surface)
2001–2077 Assigned by CCAMS
2100 HQ Air Command
2101–2147 Transit (ORCAM) Amsterdam
2150–2177 Assigned by CCAMS
2200 HQ Air Command
2201–2277 Assigned by CCAMS
2300 HQ Air Command
2301–2377 Transit (ORCAM) France
2400 HQ Air Command
2401–2477 Battlespace Management Force HQ
2500 HQ Air Command
2501–2577 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
2600 HQ Air Command
2601–2617 Glasgow Approach
2601–2637 RAF Cranwell
2601–2645 MoD Boscombe Down
2601–2657 Irish Domestic Westbound/Eastbound
2620 Glasgow vicinity — monitoring Glasgow Radar
2621–2630 Aberdeen (Sumburgh Approach)
2631–2637 Aberdeen (Northern North Sea Off-shore)
2640–2642 RAF Cranwell — Lincolnshire AIAA
2640–2657 Aberdeen (Northern North Sea Off-shore — Sumburgh Sector)
2643–2644 RAF Cranwell
2645 RAF Cranwell Conspicuity
2646–2647 RAF Cranwell / MoD Boscombe Down UAS
2650 MoD Boscombe Down Conspicuity
2650–2653 Leeds Bradford Approach
2651–2657 MoD Boscombe Down
2654 Leeds Bradford Conspicuity
2655–2676 Leeds Bradford Approach
2660 Thruxton Conspicuity
2660–2677 Aberdeen (Northern North Sea Off-shore)
2661–2675 Middle Wallop
2676–2677 Middle Wallop Conspicuity
2677 Leeds Bradford — monitoring Leeds Radar
2700 HQ Air Command
2701–2737 Assigned by CCAMS
2740–2777 Transit (ORCAM) Zurich

3XXX Block

Code(s) Function
3000 NATO — AEW service
3001–3077 Transit (ORCAM) Zurich
3100 NATO — AEW service
3101–3127 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
3130–3177 Transit (ORCAM) Amsterdam
3200 NATO — AEW service
3201–3277 Transit (ORCAM) Turkey / Assigned by CCAMS
3300 NATO — AEW service
3301–3303 Swanwick (Military) Special Tasks
3304–3306 Aircraft receiving service from London D&D Cell
3307 D&D Conspicuity Training Fix
3310–3367 Swanwick (Military)
3370–3377 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS redundancy
3400 NATO — AEW service
3401–3477 Assigned by CCAMS
3500 NATO — AEW service
3501–3507 Transit (ORCAM) Luxembourg
3510–3537 Assigned by CCAMS
3540–3577 Transit (ORCAM) Berlin
3600 NATO — AEW service
3601–3623 RAF Benson
3601–3632 Scottish UK FIS
3601–3634 RAF Waddington
3601–3647 Jersey Approach
3601–3657 Cardiff Approach
3624 RAF Benson Conspicuity
3625–3627 RAF Benson
3636 Cardiff vicinity — monitoring Cardiff Approach
3637 Wycombe Air Park Conspicuity (20 NM limit)
3640–3645 RAF Odiham
3640–3666 RAF Marham
3640–3677 Aberdeen (Northern North Sea Off-shore)
3641–3647 BAE Systems Warton
3646 RAF Odiham Conspicuity
3646–3657 Cardiff Approach
3647–3653 RAF Odiham
3650 BAE Systems Warton Conspicuity
3651–3657 BAE Systems Warton
3660 Warton Aerodrome vicinity — monitoring Warton Radar
3660–3665 Solent Approach (Southampton)
3661–3677 BAE Systems Warton
3666 Solent Radar Conspicuity
3667 RAF Marham FIS Conspicuity
3667–3677 Solent Approach (Southampton)
3700 NATO — AEW service
3701–3706 Norwich Approach
3707 Norwich Basic Service
3710 Norwich Approach
3701–3717 Military — RN AEW aircraft, South West Approaches
3701–3736 RAF Brize Norton
3701–3727 Guernsey Approach
3701–3767 RAF Lossiemouth
3720–3725 RAF Valley
3720–3727 RAF Wittering Approach/Director
3720–3766 Newcastle Approach
3726 RAF Valley Basic Service
3727 RAF Brize Norton — monitoring Brize Norton LARS / RAF Valley
3727 Newcastle vicinity — monitoring Newcastle Radar
3730–3736 RAF Valley
3730–3747 RAF Wittering Tutor Operations
3737 RAF Valley Visual Recovery / RAF Brize Norton Approach Conspicuity
3737 Newcastle Approach Conspicuity
3740–3745 RAF Brize Norton
3740–3747 RAF Valley
3750 RAF Wittering Zone Conspicuity
3750–3751 RAF Valley
3750–3761 TC Gatwick
3751–3757 RAF Wittering Zone Transits
3752 RAF Valley RIFA
3753 RAF Valley Low Level Helicopters
3754 RAF Valley Special Tasks
3755–3756 RAF Valley
3757 RAF Valley Rotary at RAF Mona
3760 RAF Wittering
3760–3762 RAF Valley
3761 RAF Wittering VFR Transit
3762 Shoreham ATS IFR / RAF Wittering
3763 Shoreham ATS VFR
3763–3765 RAF Valley Approach/Director
3764–3766 Gatwick Tower
3766–3767 RAF Valley
3767 Redhill Approach Conspicuity / Newcastle Approach Conspicuity
3770–3777 Western Radar

4XXX Block

Code(s) Function
4000 NATO — AEW service
4001–4077 Transit (ORCAM) France
4100 NATO — AEW service
4101–4177 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
4200 NATO — AEW service
4201–4210 Western Radar
4211–4214 Assigned by CAA
4215–4247 Assigned by CCAMS
4250–4257 Belfast City Approach
4250–4267 Aberdeen Approach
4250–4277 Humberside Approach
4255 Belfast/City vicinity — monitoring Belfast Approach
4270 Aberdeen Airport vicinity — monitoring Aberdeen
4300 NATO — AEW service
4301–4305 Assigned by CAA
4306 Lee-on-Solent Conspicuity
4307–4317 London Control Non-Standard Flights
4320–4327 Ireland Domestic / RNAS Yeovilton
4330–4337 UK Domestic (Prestwick Centre Special Sector)
4340–4353 UK Domestic (Scottish Special Sector)
4354–4356 Westland Helicopters Yeovil
4357 Ireland Domestic / RNAS Yeovilton Conspicuity
4360–4361 Oil Survey Helicopters — Faeroes/Iceland Gap
4360–4367 Westland Helicopters Yeovil / RAF Northolt
4370–4377 Anglia Radar / Ireland Domestic / RNAS Yeovilton
4400 NATO — AEW service
4401–4427 Transit (ORCAM) Brussels
4430–4477 Assigned by CCAMS
4500 NATO — AEW service
4501 Land’s End GNSS Approach / Wattisham Conspicuity
4501–4516 Oxford Approach
4501–4517 Prestwick Approach
4502–4547 Wattisham Approach
4506 RAF Topcliffe
4517 Oxford vicinity — monitoring Oxford Radar
4520 Prestwick Conspicuity / Oxford Approach Basic Service
4521–4527 West Wales Radar (NQY)
4530 MoD Aberporth Conspicuity / Gloucestershire Instrument Approach Training
4530–4546 Plymouth (Military) Radar
4531–4537 MoD Aberporth
4531 Gloucestershire Airport Conspicuity
4540–4542 MoD Aberporth (UAV)
4540–4541 RAF Topcliffe Conspicuity
4543 West Wales Airport UAS Conspicuity
4547 Plymouth (Military) Radar Conspicuity
4550–4567 Plymouth (Military) Radar / Isle of Man
4550–4570 East Midlands Radar
4571 East Midlands LARS Basic Service Conspicuity
4572 East Midlands CAS vicinity / Farnborough LARS West VFR Monitoring
4573 Costock Helicopters — East Midlands CTR Conspicuity
4574 Southdown Gliding Club Conspicuity
4575 Southend Airport Conspicuity / Haverfordwest RNP Conspicuity
4576 Walney Aerodrome Conspicuity / RAF Honington
4577 Allocated by the CAA
4600 NATO — AEW service
4601 MoD Ops in Salisbury Plain Training Area
4602–4607 Anglia Radar
4607 Hawarden vicinity — monitoring Hawarden Radar
4610–4667 Assigned by CCAMS
4670–4676 TC Stansted / TC Luton
4677 Luton Airport Tower Conspicuity
4700 NATO — AEW service
4701–4777 Assigned by CCAMS

5XXX Block

Code(s) Function
5000 NATO — AEW service
5001–5012 London Control Non-Standard Flights
5013–5017 Assigned by CCAMS
5020–5036 Farnborough LARS North
5037 Farnborough LARS North Conspicuity
5040–5047 Assigned by CAA
5050 Liverpool Conspicuity / Southend vicinity — monitoring Southend Radar
5050–5067 Bristol Approach / Southend Approach
5051–5067 Liverpool Airport
5060 (5067 solo) Liverpool vicinity — monitoring Liverpool Radar
5070–5071 Bristol VFR Conspicuity / RAF Syerston Conspicuity
5072–5076 Bristol Approach
5077 Bristol vicinity — monitoring Bristol Radar / Sherburn-in-Elmet RNP / Cumbernauld RNP
5100 NATO — AEW service
5101–5107 Assigned by CAA
5110–5137 NATS
5140–5177 Assigned by CCAMS
5200 NATO — AEW service
5201–5270 Assigned by CCAMS
5271–5277 Transit (ORCAM) Channel Islands
5300 NATO — AEW service
5301–5377 Transit (ORCAM) Barcelona
5400 NATO — AEW service
5401–5477 Assigned by CCAMS
5500 NATO — AEW service
5501–5577 Transit (ORCAM) Barcelona
5600 NATO — AEW service
5601–5647 Transit (ORCAM) Paris
5650–5657 Transit (ORCAM) Luxembourg
5660–5664 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS redundancy
5665–5676 Assigned by CCAMS
5677 Medical emergency in France
5700 NATO — AEW service
5701–5777 Transit (ORCAM) Geneva

6XXX Block

Code(s) Function
6000 Uncrewed Air System BVLOS Trial Conspicuity
6001–6037 On loan to CCAMS
6040–6077 Swanwick (Military)
6100 HQ Air Command
6101–6157 Swanwick (Military)
6160 Doncaster Sheffield Conspicuity
6160–6175 Cambridge Approach
6160–6176 Inverness Approach
6160–6177 Plymouth (Military) Radar
6161–6167 Doncaster Sheffield Approach
6170 Doncaster Sheffield vicinity — monitoring Doncaster Radar
6171–6177 Doncaster Sheffield Approach
6176 Cambridge VFR Conspicuity
6177 Cambridge IFR Conspicuity / Inverness Conspicuity
6200 HQ Air Command
6201–6257 Assigned by CCAMS
6260–6277 Transit (ORCAM) Amsterdam
6300 HQ Air Command
6301–6377 Assigned by CCAMS
6400 HQ Air Command
6401–6457 Swanwick (Military) Radar
6460–6467 Assigned by CCAMS
6470–6477 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS redundancy
6500 HQ Air Command
6501–6577 CRC Boulmer
6600 HQ Air Command
6601–6677 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
6700 HQ Air Command
6701–6777 Transit (ORCAM) France

7XXX Block

Code(s) Function
7000 VFR conspicuity (no ATS instruction received)
7001 Military Fixed-wing Low Level Conspicuity/Climb-out
7002 Danger Areas General
7003 Red Arrows Transit/Display
7004 Conspicuity Aerobatics and Display
7005 High-Energy Manoeuvres
7006 Autonomous Operations within TRA/TRA(G)
7007 Open Skies Observation Aircraft
7010 Operating in Aerodrome Traffic Pattern
7011 Southampton vicinity — monitoring Solent Radar
7012 London Gatwick vicinity — monitoring Gatwick Director
7013 Stansted vicinity — monitoring Stansted Radar
7014–7017 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS redundancy
7020–7027 Assigned by CCAMS
7030 RNAS Culdrose Conspicuity
7030–7044 Aldergrove Approach
7030–7046 TC Thames / TC Heathrow
7030–7066 Teesside International Airport
7030–7077 Aberdeen (Northern North Sea Off-shore)
7031–7077 RNAS Culdrose
7045 Belfast Aldergrove vicinity — monitoring Aldergrove Approach
7046–7047 Aldergrove Approach
7047 TC Thames (Biggin Hill Conspicuity) / RNAS Culdrose Conspicuity
7050–7056 TC Thames / TC Heathrow
7057 TC Thames (London City Airport Conspicuity)
7066 Lydd Approach VFR
7067 Teesside Conspicuity / Lydd Approach IFR
7070–7076 TC Thames / TC Heathrow
7077 TC Thames (London Heliport Conspicuity)
7100 SSR Code Saturation
7101–7167 Transit (ORCAM) Brussels
7170–7177 Transit (ORCAM) Luxembourg
7200 RN Ships Conspicuity
7201–7267 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS redundancy
7270–7277 Assigned by CCAMS
7300 MPA/DEFRA/Fishery Protection/METMAN (Civil Contingency)
7301–7327 Assigned by CCAMS
7330–7347 Transit (ORCAM) Netherlands
7350 Norwich vicinity — monitoring Norwich Radar
7350–7353 RNAS Culdrose
7350–7361 MoD Ops in EGD701 (Hebrides)
7350–7363 Manchester Approach
7350–7376 Bournemouth Approach/LARS
7351–7377 Norwich Approach
7354–7355 RNAS Culdrose Conspicuity
7356 RNAS Culdrose Conspicuity (Penzance Heliport)
7357 RNAS Culdrose Conspicuity
7360–7367 RNAS Culdrose
7362 MoD Ops in EGD702 (Fort George)
7364 Manchester Special VFR Low-Level Route
7365 Manchester Barton Conspicuity
7366 (7367 solo) Manchester vicinity — monitoring Manchester Radar
7367–7373 Manchester Approach
7374 Dundee Airport IFR Procedural Approach
7375 Manchester TMA / Woodvale UAS & VGS Conspicuity
7376 Dundee Airport VFR Conspicuity
7377 Bournemouth Radar Conspicuity
7400 UAS/RPA Lost Link
7401 Scottish FIS
7402 RAF Leuchars Conspicuity
7402–7414 TC Stansted / TC Luton
7402–7417 RAF Shawbury
7402–7436 RNAS Yeovilton
7402–7437 Anglia Radar
7403–7427 RAF Leuchars
7417 Cranfield Airport IFR Conspicuity
7420 RAF Shawbury Conspicuity
7421–7425 RAF Shawbury
7426–7427 RAF Shawbury Conspicuity/ops
7430–7437 RAF Shawbury
7437 RNAS Yeovilton Conspicuity
7440–7477 Transit (ORCAM) France
7500 Special Purpose — Hijacking
7501–7507 Assigned by CCAMS
7510–7535 Transit (ORCAM) Switzerland
7536–7537 Assigned by CCAMS
7540–7547 Transit (ORCAM) Germany
7550–7567 Transit (ORCAM) Paris
7570–7577 Assigned by CCAMS
7600 Special Purpose — Radio Failure
7601–7617 Allocated to NATS as CCAMS Redundancy (Prestwick Upper)
7620–7677 Assigned by CCAMS
7700 Special Purpose — General Emergency
7701–7775 Assigned by CCAMS
7776–7777 SSR Monitors

Source: richdavies.com, compiled directly from CAA AIP ENR 1.6, correct as of 22/02/2025. The authoritative source is the NATS eAIP which is updated monthly.

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