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How would ATC inform you by radio that the wind is easterly, 14 knots gusting to 22 knots?

  • A

    ‘Wind east, wun fower knots gusting too too’

  • B

    'Wind from the east, fourteen knots gusting twenty two'

  • C

    'Wind niner zero, wun fower gusting too too'

  • D

    'Wind zero niner zero, wun fower gusting too too'

The wind is easterly, 14 knots gusting to 22 knots = 'Wind zero niner zero, wun fower gusting too too'...

  • 0 = Zero
  • 9 = Niner
  • 0 = Zero
  • 1 = Wun
  • 4 = Fower
  • Gusting
  • 2 = Too
  • 2 = Too

Using individual numbers allows for clarity and better understanding over the radio.

ICAO Annex 10 Volume 2: 5.2.1.4.3.1

When the language used for communication is English, numbers shall be transmitted using the following pronunciation:

Numeral or numeral element Pronunciation

  • 0 = ZE-RO
  • 1 = WUN
  • 2 = TOO
  • 3 = TREE
  • 4 = FOW-er
  • 5 = FIFE
  • 6 = SIX
  • 7 = SEV-en
  • 8 = AIT
  • 9 = NIN-er
  • Decimal = DAY-SEE-MAL
  • Hundred = HUN-dred
  • Thousand = TOU-SAND

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