🚡
🚡 aerial tramway Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste
Quick info
- Unicode
- U+1F6A1
- Shortcode
:aerial-tramway:- Category
- Travel & Places
- Subcategory
- air transportation
- Added in
- Unicode 1.0
- Also known as
- cable car emoji, ropeway emoji, sky tram
What Does the aerial tramway Emoji 🚡 Mean?
A larger cable car shuttling between two stations on a wire — bigger and boxier than the small gondola. Unicode 6.0 (2010) included this alongside other cable transit. Travelers post it for rides over the Hudson (Roosevelt Island Tramway in NYC), up to Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio, or the Palm Springs aerial tram.
Ski-area accounts use it for tram-served resorts like Jackson Hole or Snowbird. Disneyland's Skyliner and various airport people-movers also fit. It's often used interchangeably with the mountain cableway, though purists distinguish — this one is the bigger, more bus-sized cabin.
Pair it with city, mountain, or sun emojis to set context. Vintage aerial tram photos are a Pinterest favorite; this glyph nails that retro-futurist vibe. Quietly elegant and instantly recognizable.
The simple visual reads clearly at any size, from a thumbnail in a notification preview to a giant banner across a feed — a glyph that does its job without fuss.
How to Use 🚡 aerial tramway Emoji
“🚡 over the Hudson — best NYC sunset view.”
“🚡 to the summit was worth the climb.”
Technical Details
| Unicode | U+1F6A1 |
| HTML Entity | 🚡 |
| CSS Code | \1F6A1 |
| Shortcode | :aerial-tramway: |
| Keywords | aerial, cable, car, gondola, ropeway, tramway |
| Unicode Version | 1.0 |
Frequently Asked Questions
What does 🚡 mean?
It depicts an aerial tramway, a large cable car suspended on wires, used for ski resorts, city trams, and scenic mountain rides.
