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🚁 Helicopter
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🚁 Emoji meaning
We're going on a helicopter tour! Altitude, view, rescue, surveillance.
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🚁 Meaning
We’re taking a sightseeing flight! I'm on the quickest way to you! Helicopters do not need a runway because they take off and land vertically. Used in emergency situations (e.g. by the police, fire brigade or hospitals) or to monitor road traffic.
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Commonly confused with
Same Shape
Helicopter vs airplane; both air travel vehicles, rotor vs wing detail may be tiny.
Emoji History
Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexiconFirst included
The emoji “Helicopter” was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 in 2015 and added to Emoji 1.0 .
In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.
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+ copter + roflcopter + travel
In the release of Emoji 5.0 and Unicode 10.0 in 2017 there was 1 change.
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+ helicopter
In the release of Emoji 3.0 and Unicode 9.0 in 2016 there was 1 change.
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+ vehicle
In the release of Emoji 2.0 and Unicode 8.0 in 2015 there was 1 change.
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- helicopter
