U+1F6EA "🛪" Northeast-Pointing Airplane Unicode Character

U+1F6EA "🛪" Northeast-Pointing Airplane is a transport symbol representing an aircraft oriented diagonally towards the northeast direction, commonly used to indicate northeastward flight paths, airport signage, or navigation related to air travel. It was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Transport and Map Symbols block in Unicode 7.0, released in 2014, and serves as a directional variant of the generic airplane emoji, offering more precise geographic orientation for maps, travel itineraries, or digital interfaces. Despite its specific name and utility, the character is less commonly used than the standard airplane emoji, and its appearance and support can vary significantly across different platforms and devices, with some systems displaying it as a simple silhouette or outline rather than a detailed graphic.