Saying numbers the radio way

How pilots say numbers on the radio so nothing gets misheard: digit by digit, tree, fife and niner, heights in thousands and hundreds, and decimal for the dot in a frequency.

What you learn

• Say a runway or a pressure digit by digit
• Explain why pilots say tree, fife and niner
• Say a height like 2,500 ft the radio way
• Read out a frequency with the word decimal

In playlists

• Start here
• Radio calls and phraseology

Also on

• Video course: Aviation for beginners