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Old 31st Jan 2010, 16:08
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Suffix

Albert,

I believe this may be what you are after:

When providing aircraft type on a flight plan, pilots/operators are required to include information about the on-board, certified equipment using an identifier code as a suffix to the equipment type. For example, "B739/J" means a Boeing 737-900 with "Flight Management System (FMS) with DME/DME and IRU position updating and RVSM." ATC sometimes request confirmation of the eqiupment fit code.

A full list of codes is available here:

FlightAware > FAQs > Aircraft Equipment Suffixes
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