Find the appropriate FAA Equipment Suffix Code for your aircraft for flight on flight-sim networks like VATSIM.
For many reasons, ATC needs to know what your RVSM, Navigation and Transponder capabilities are. Thankfully we have a system that tells ATC all of that information with a simple code. That code is a suffix code. It is designated as a “Suffix Code” because that code is placed after your aircraft type code in the flight plan.
Example: B738/L = A Boeing 737-800 aircraft that is RVSM, GNSS capable and it has a Mode C transponder. The equipment suffix code is /L.
| Suffix Code | Transponder | Navigation | RVSM |
|---|---|---|---|
| /W | Mode C | No GNSS, No RNAV | YES |
| /Z | Mode C | RNAV, No GNSS | YES |
| /L | Mode C | GNSS | YES |
| /X | No Transponder | No DME | NO |
| /T | Transponder, No Mode C | No DME | NO |
| /U | Mode C | No DME | NO |
| /D | No Transponder | DME | NO |
| /B | Transponder, No Mode C | DME | NO |
| /A | Mode C | DME | NO |
| /M | No Transponder | TACAN | NO |
| /N | Transponder, No Mode C | TACAN | NO |
| /P | Mode C | TACAN | NO |
| /Y | No Transponder | RNAV, No GNSS | NO |
| /C | Transponder, No Mode C | RNAV, No GNSS | NO |
| /I | Mode C | RNAV, No GNSS | NO |
| /V | No Transponder | GNSS | NO |
| /S | Transponder, No Mode C | GNSS | NO |
| /G | Mode C | GNSS | NO |