Alt Code Shortcuts for Transportation Emoji Symbols

Unicode has more than 3600 emoji symbols under different categories. In our earlier article, we have published alt code shortcuts for 1000+ emoji symbols. But it is difficult to cover each category in detail within a single page. So, we have dedicated alt key shortcuts pages for hearts, zodiac, currency and arrow symbols. In continuation, here is a complete list of alt key shortcuts for transport signs and vehicles. You can see these transport signs on the road, airport and while traveling. You can use different methods depending on the platform to insert transport emoji symbols in your documents.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Transport Emoji Symbols

Transport emoji are categorized under four groups and available under “Travel & Places” and “Symbols” sections:

• Ground transport symbols
• Air transport symbols
• Water transport symbols
• General transport signs

Below is the list of keyboard shortcuts for all these emoji symbols.

Remember the basics, hexadecimal code with “Alt + X” combination as in the second column of the above table will work only on Microsoft Word. While “Alt + Keys” shortcuts in the first column will work on all Microsoft documents like Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Insert Transportation Symbols in Windows

Windows operating system allows you to insert symbols in different ways.

• Alt + Numbers Shortcuts Method – Press one of the alt keys and then enter the numbers one by one using numeric pad on your keyboard. For example, pressing Alt and then 128690 keys on the numeric pad will produce the bicycle symbol 🚲.
• Keys + Alt + X Method – As mentioned, this method works only on Word documents. Type the numbers one by one using regular number keys and then press one of the alt keys and X. For example, pressing 1f6ad keys and then press Alt with X keys will produce the no smoking symbol 🚭
• Emoji Keyboard – Press “Win + ;” or “Win + .” keys to open emoji keyboard in Windows 11. You can either use the search box to filter transpost emoji symbols or click on the smiley icon and then the “Car” icon to open all “Transportation and places” emoji category. Choose the symbol to insert on your document.

Inserting Transportation Symbols in Mac

On Mac documents like Pages and Keynote, press “Control + Command + Space bar” to open Character Viewer app. Navigate to “Emoji > Travel & Places” category to find all transportation related symbols like below.

Symbol Variations

Most of the transport emoji are colorful in Microsoft 365 Office apps, Mac applications, browser display and on applications like Facebook or Twitter. Hence, you can have limited customization like changing font size and background. Below are some of the examples:

However, you will see a grey scale pictograms in old Word versions and other documents. In this case, you can customize these emoji symbols to apply various text effects like changing the color and applying shadow or glow effect.

Transport Emoji Shortcuts Image

If you want to refer the shortcuts offline, download the image reference for alt code shortcuts for transport emoji symbols. Below are some of frequently used transport symbol images that you can use if needed.