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# aircraft address

EASA defines “aircraft address” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> ‘aircraft address’ means a unique combination of 24 bits available for assignment to an aircraft for the purpose of air-ground communications, navigation and surveillance;
>
> 19a. ‘aircraft identification’ means a group of letters, figures, or a combination of them, which is either identical, or the coded equivalent, to the aircraft call sign to be used in air-ground communications, and which is used to identify the aircraft in ground–ground air traffic services communications;

Article 2 · Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA) · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · Easy Access Rules, 26 Aug 2025 revision · [Read Article 2](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/cover-regulation/powers-and-recital#article-2)

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