Aerial Tramway

🚡 is the aerial tramway emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “cable”, “car”, “gondola”, and “ropeway”.

Where transport-air emoji usually appear

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Flights, airports, and travel plans

Technical details

Source: Unicode Consortium

Unicode name: AERIAL TRAMWAY
CLDR short name: aerial tramway
Codepoint: U+1F6A1
Hex: 1F6A1
Emoji version: 1.0
Unicode version: 8.0
First released: 2015
Unicode group: Travel & Places
Unicode subgroup: transport-air
Status: Recommended for General Interchange (RGI)

Data verified 2026-10-21 · Unicode Emoji 16.0 · How this data is built

GitHub shortcode

From GitHub's own emoji list (gemoji). Slack, Discord and other apps keep separate lists, so a code may differ there.

:aerial_tramway:

Keywords

Source: Unicode CLDR

aerial · cable · car · gondola · ropeway · tramway

How it looks

Aerial Tramway — Fluent Color — Fluent Color

Aerial Tramway — Fluent Flat — Fluent Flat

Your device

Rendered from open-licensed emoji sets. Your device shows its own design. Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT)

Download as image

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Microsoft Fluent UI Emoji — original artwork

Download Microsoft's official Fluent rendering of 🚡. SVG files are vector (scales to any size); the 3D PNG is 256×256.

Questions people ask

What does the 🚡 aerial tramway emoji mean?: 🚡 is the aerial tramway emoji, part of Unicode's Travel & Places group, added in Emoji 1.0 (2015). Unicode's keyword list links it with “cable”, “car”, “gondola”, and “ropeway”.
What is the Unicode codepoint for 🚡?: U+1F6A1, named AERIAL TRAMWAY in the Unicode Standard.
When was the 🚡 aerial tramway emoji released?: It was added in Emoji 1.0, published in 2015, alongside Unicode 8.0. Phones and computers show it once their system software supports that version; older devices may show an empty box instead.
How do I type 🚡 on my phone or computer?: On iPhone or Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for “aerial tramway”. On Windows, press Windows key + . (full stop); on a Mac, press Control + Command + Space, then search for the same word. You can also copy 🚡 from this page with one click.
What is the shortcode for 🚡?: On GitHub, type :aerial_tramway: and it turns into 🚡 — that code comes from GitHub's own emoji list. Slack, Discord and other apps keep their own shortcode lists; many codes match GitHub's, but check the app's emoji picker to be sure.