(({1))}-(({2))}
The Airreg template can be used to generate footnote references to entries in aviation authority registries for the desired aircraft registration; for example: ((Airreg|N|470A))
produces:
References
Only a limited number of national registries are supported (see below), i.e. those whose websites allow registration-based searches via URL parameters (HTTP GET requests).
Editors beware: formatting of code to make it "look nice" is likely to inadvertently introduce leading and trailing blank lines into the template output.
The template takes three positional parameters:
The prefix can be any of the ICAO country prefixes, although only for supported countries a footnote reference will be generated. For non-supported countries, the template simply outputs the registration in full, e.g. ((Airreg|TZ|AMK))
produces
TZ-AMK
Any punctuation that is required to be placed before the citation marker (per WP:PAIC) can be specified as third parameter, e.g. ((Airreg|N|470A|,))
produces:
References
_ C | CF _> Canada G United Kingdom (see note 1) HB Switzerland N United States (see note 2) OY Denmark PH Netherlands _ PP | PR | PS > Brazil PT | PU _| VH Australia ZK New Zealand
The Airreg template can be used to generate footnote references to entries in aviation authority registries for the desired aircraft registration.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Country prefix | 1 | The aircraft registration ICAO country prefixes
| Unknown | required |
Registration | 2 | Aircraft registration after the prefix | Unknown | required |
Trailing punctuation | 3 | Any punctuation that is required to be placed before the citation marker | Unknown | optional |