# 🧑🏻‍✈️ Pilot emoji: light skin tone

🧑🏻‍✈️ is the pilot emoji (🧑‍✈️) with light skin tone. It's 🧑‍✈️ followed by a skin tone modifier, and was added in Emoji 12.1 in 2019.

- Emoji: 🧑🏻‍✈️
- Unicode name: pilot: light skin tone
- Code points: U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- Category: People & body, Jobs and roles
- Added: Emoji 12.1 (2019)
- Base emoji: [🧑‍✈️ Pilot](https://emojichart.com/pilot-emoji.md)
- Page: https://emojichart.com/pilot-light-skin-tone-emoji

## What it means

Depicts a person in a pilot's uniform and cap, representing flying. It works well for airline and other pilots, aviation, and posts about flights, air travel and heading off on a trip.

## Other skin tones

- 🧑‍✈️ [Pilot](https://emojichart.com/pilot-emoji.md)
- 🧑🏼‍✈️ [Medium-light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-medium-light-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FC U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- 🧑🏽‍✈️ [Medium skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-medium-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FD U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- 🧑🏾‍✈️ [Medium-dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-medium-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FE U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F
- 🧑🏿‍✈️ [Dark skin tone](https://emojichart.com/pilot-dark-skin-tone-emoji.md): U+1F9D1 U+1F3FF U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F

## What it's made of

🧑🏻‍✈️ is 5 code points that phones draw as one emoji:

1. 🧑 [Person](https://emojichart.com/person-emoji.md) (U+1F9D1)
2. 🏻 [Light skin tone](https://emojichart.com/light-skin-tone-emoji.md) (U+1F3FB)
3. Zero width joiner, which joins the pieces into one emoji (U+200D)
4. ✈️ [Airplane](https://emojichart.com/airplane-emoji.md) (U+2708 U+FE0F)
5. Variation selector-16, which asks for the colorful emoji style (U+FE0F)

## How to type 🧑🏻‍✈️

- iPhone and iPad: Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “pilot”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Android: In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “pilot”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Mac: Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “pilot”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone.
- Windows: Press Windows + . (period) and type “pilot”, then pick light skin tone with the skin tone button at the top of the panel.

## In other languages

| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español (es) | piloto: tono de piel claro | avión, capitán, piloto, tono de piel claro, vuelo |
| Français (fr) | pilote : peau claire | avion, peau claire, pilote |
| Deutsch (de) | Pilot(in): helle Hautfarbe | Flugzeug, helle Hautfarbe, Pilot(in) |
| Italiano (it) | pilota: carnagione chiara | aereo, carnagione chiara, pilota |
| Português (pt) | piloto: pele clara | avião, pele clara, piloto |
| Nederlands (nl) | piloot: lichte huidskleur | lichte huidskleur, piloot, vliegtuig |
| Svenska (sv) | pilot: ljus hy | flygkapten, ljus hy, pilot |
| Polski (pl) | pilot: karnacja jasna | karnacja jasna, pilot, pilotować, samolot |
| Türkçe (tr) | pilot: açık cilt tonu | açık cilt tonu, pilot, uçak |
| Русский (ru) | пилот: очень светлый тон кожи | летчик, очень светлый тон кожи, пилот, самолет |
| Українська (uk) | авіапілот: світлий тон шкіри | авіапілот, літак, пілот, світлий тон шкіри |
| Ελληνικά (el) | πιλότος: ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος | αεροπλάνο, ανοιχτόχρωμος τόνος δέρματος, πιλότος |
| العربية (ar) | ربان طائرة: بشرة بلون فاتح | بشرة بلون فاتح, ربان, طائرة, طيار |
| עברית (he) | טייס/ת: גוון עור בהיר | גוון עור בהיר, טייס, טייס/ת, טייסת, טיסה, מטוס |
| فارسی (fa) | خلبان: پوست سفید | پوست سفید, خلبان, هواپیما |
| हिन्दी (hi) | पायलट: गोरी त्वचा | गोरी त्वचा, पायलट, प्लेन |
| বাংলা (bn) | পাইলট: হালকা ত্বকের রঙ | পাইলট, প্লেন, হালকা ত্বকের রঙ |
| Bahasa Indonesia (id) | pilot: warna kulit cerah | pesawat, pilot, warna kulit cerah |
| Tiếng Việt (vi) | phi công: màu da sáng | màu da sáng, máy bay, phi công |
| ไทย (th) | นักบิน: โทนผิวสีขาว | เครื่องบิน, โทนผิวสีขาว, นักบิน |
| 日本語 (ja) | パイロット: 薄い肌色 | パイロット, 操縦士, 機長, 薄い肌色 |
| 한국어 (ko) | 기장: 하얀 피부 | 기장, 비행, 파일럿, 하얀 피부 |
| 中文（简体） (zh) | 飞行员: 较浅肤色 | 较浅肤色, 飞机, 飞行员 |
| 中文（繁體） (zh-Hant) | 機長：白皮膚 | 機長, 白皮膚, 飛機 |

More languages:

- Afrikaans (af): vlieënier: ligte velkleur
- Akan (ak): Pailɔt: wedeε ani a εda so
- Albanian (sq): person pilot: nuancë lëkure e çelët
- Amharic (am): ፓይለት: የቆዳ ዓይነት-1-2
- Armenian (hy): օդաչու․ բաց գույնի մաշկ
- Assamese (as): পাইলট: পাতল ছালৰ ৰং
- Azerbaijani (az): pilot: açıq dəri tonu
- Bashkir (ba): пилот: аҡһыл тән төҫө
- Basque (eu): pilotua: 1–2. mota
- Belarusian (be): пілот: светлы тон скуры
- Bosnian (bs): pilot: svijetla boja kože
- Bulgarian (bg): пилот: светла кожа
- Burmese (my): လေယာဉ်မှူး − အသားဖြူရောင်
- Canadian French (fr-CA): pilote : peau claire
- Cantonese (yue): 飛機師: 淺膚色
- Cantonese (Simplified) (yue-Hans): 飞机师: 浅肤色
- Catalan (ca): pilot: pell molt clara
- Cherokee (chr): ᏥᏳ ᎠᎲᎵᏙᎯ: ᎤᏗᏴᎳᏘ ᎤᏁᎦᎵ ᏄᏍᏛᎢ
- Chuvash (cv): пилот: сӑран ҫутӑ тӗсӗ
- Croatian (hr): pilot zrakoplova: svijetla boja kože
- Czech (cs): pilot/pilotka: světlý odstín pleti
- Danish (da): pilot: lys teint
- Estonian (et): piloot: hele nahatoon
- European Portuguese (pt-PT): piloto: tipo de pele 1–2
- Faroese (fo): flogskipari: ljósur húðarlitur
- Filipino (fil): piloto: light na kulay ng balat
- Finnish (fi): pilotti: vaalea iho
- Galician (gl): piloto: ton de pel moi claro
- Georgian (ka): პილოტი: კანის ღია ტონალობა
- Gujarati (gu): વિમાન ચાલક: ચામડીનો આછો રંગ
- Hausa (ha): mai tuka jirgi: launin fata mai haske
- Hindi (Latin) (hi-Latn): pilot: Fair skin
- Hungarian (hu): pilóta / pilótanő: világos bőrtónus
- Icelandic (is): flugstjóri: ljós húðlitur
- Igbo (ig): ọkwọ ugbọelu: ọtanjele ahụ maka ọcha
- Irish (ga): píolóta: ton cnis geal
- Javanese (jv): pilot: kulit putih
- Kannada (kn): ಪೈಲಟ್: ತಿಳಿ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಚರ್ಮ
- Kazakh (kk): пилот: 1–2 тері түсі
- Kazakh (Arabic) (kk-Arab): ۇشاق: 1–2 تەرى ءتۇسى
- Khmer (km): អ្នកបើកយន្តហោះ: សម្បុរស
- Konkani (kok): पायलट: उजळ कातीचो रंग
- Kyrgyz (ky): пилот: акжуумал
- Lao (lo): ນັກບິນ: ສີຜິວໂທນຂາວ
- Latvian (lv): vīrietis pilots: gaišs ādas tonis
- Ligurian (lij): pilòtto: carnaxon ciæa
- Lithuanian (lt): pilotuojantis žmogus: šviesios odos
- Lower Sorbian (dsb): pilot(owka): swětła barwa kóže
- Macedonian (mk): пилот: тип на кожа 1–2
- Malay (ms): juruterbang: ton kulit cerah
- Malayalam (ml): വൈമാനികൻ: തെളിഞ്ഞ ചർമ്മ നിറം
- Marathi (mr): वैमानिक: उजळ त्वचा
- Mongolian (mn): нисгэгч: цайвар
- Nepali (ne): विमान चालक: छालाको प्रकार-१-२
- Nigerian Pidgin (pcm): Paílọt: Laít Skín Ton
- Norwegian (no): pilot: hudtype 1–2
- Odia (or): ବିମାନଚାଳକ: ହାଲକା ଚର୍ମ ରଙ୍ଗ
- Oromo (om): paayileetii: toonii gogaa ifaa
- Pashto (ps): پيلوټ: د روڼ پوستکي ټون
- Punjabi (pa): ਹਵਾਈ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਚਾਲਕ: ਗੋਰਾ ਰੰਗ
- Quechua (qu): piloto: chuya qara niraq
- Romanian (ro): pilot: ton deschis al pielii
- Scottish Gaelic (gd): paidhleat: tòna soilleir a’ chraicinn
- Serbian (sr): пилот/киња: светла кожа
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Cyrl-BA): пилот(киња): свијетла кожа
- Serbian (Latin) (sr-Latn): pilot/kinja: svetla koža
- Serbian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina) (sr-Latn-BA): pilot(kinja): svijetla koža
- Shan (shn): ၵူၼ်းႁေႃႈႁိူဝ်းမိၼ်: သီၽိဝ်ၼိူဝ်ႉၶၢဝ်
- Sindhi (sd): پائيليٽ: گوري رنگت
- Sinhala (si): ගුවන් නියමුවා: සමෙහි වර්ගය-1-2
- Slovak (sk): pilot: svetlý tón pleti
- Slovenian (sl): pilot letala: svetel ten kože
- Somali (so): darawal dayuurad: jidh fudud
- Swahili (sw): rubani: ngozi nyeupe
- Tamil (ta): விமான ஓட்டி: வகை 1–2
- Telugu (te): పైలట్: లేత చర్మపు రంగు
- Tigrinya (ti): አብራሪ፦ ፍኹስ ዝበለ ቆርበት
- Tongan (to): pailate: kili hinehina
- Turkmen (tk): uçarman: açyk deri reňki
- Upper Sorbian (hsb): pilot/ka: swětła barba kože
- Urdu (ur): پائیلٹ: جلد کی ہلکی رنگت
- Uzbek (uz): uchuvchi: 1–2-teri turi
- Welsh (cy): peilot: arlliw croen golau
- Yoruba (yo): atukọ̀-òfurufú: amọ́lára
- Yoruba (Benin) (yo-BJ): atukɔ̀-òfurufú: amɔ́lára
- Zulu (zu): umshayeli webhanoyi: uhlobo-1-2

## Codes

| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| Code points | `U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F` |
| HTML | `&#x1F9D1;&#x1F3FB;&#x200D;&#x2708;&#xFE0F;` |
| CSS | `\1F9D1\1F3FB\200D\2708\FE0F` |
| JavaScript, Rust, Swift | `\u{1F9D1}\u{1F3FB}\u{200D}\u{2708}\u{FE0F}` |
| Python | `\U0001F9D1\U0001F3FB\u200D\u2708\uFE0F` |
| UTF-8 bytes | `F0 9F A7 91 F0 9F 8F BB E2 80 8D E2 9C 88 EF B8 8F` |
| UTF-16 | `D83E DDD1 D83C DFFB 200D 2708 FE0F` |
| URL encoded | `%F0%9F%A7%91%F0%9F%8F%BB%E2%80%8D%E2%9C%88%EF%B8%8F` |

## Questions

### What does 🧑🏻‍✈️ mean?

Depicts a person in a pilot's uniform and cap, representing flying. It works well for airline and other pilots, aviation, and posts about flights, air travel and heading off on a trip. 🧑🏻‍✈️ shows it with light skin tone; the meaning is the same.

### What is the difference between 🧑🏻‍✈️ and 🧑‍✈️?

🧑🏻‍✈️ is the 🧑‍✈️ pilot emoji with light skin tone. It's 🧑‍✈️ followed by a skin tone modifier, so it is 5 code points long: U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F.

### How do I type 🧑🏻‍✈️?

Find 🧑‍✈️ in your emoji keyboard by searching “pilot”, then press and hold it and choose light skin tone. On Windows, pick the tone with the skin tone button in the emoji panel. You can also copy it from this page.

### What is the Unicode for 🧑🏻‍✈️?

U+1F9D1 U+1F3FB U+200D U+2708 U+FE0F. In HTML you can write &#x1F9D1;&#x1F3FB;&#x200D;&#x2708;&#xFE0F;

### When was 🧑🏻‍✈️ added?

It was added in Emoji 12.1, released in 2019.

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Source: Unicode Emoji 18.0 and Unicode CLDR 49.0.0. Emoji Chart · https://emojichart.com/pilot-light-skin-tone-emoji
