316,685 U.S. aircraft · FAA registry

Every tail number has a name behind it.

Type the N-number painted on any U.S. aircraft and see who it's registered to, what it is, when it was built, and who owned it before.

The owner on record

The person, company, trust or agency the FAA has the aircraft registered to, with the city and state. Companies show their full registered address.

The aircraft

Make, model, year, serial number, engines, seats, weight class and its Mode S transponder code, from the FAA's own reference tables.

Its history

Earlier registrations of the same N-number, with the date each one was canceled, and the airframe's earlier tail numbers.

Recently registered to companies

Most common aircraft

Registered airplanes and helicopters by model. All makers.

Largest fleets

Owners with the most registered aircraft. Banks acting as owner trustees rank high.

Why "who owns this plane" isn't always a person

Many business jets are registered to a bank or trust company "as trustee" for an owner who isn't named in the public registry, or to a single-purpose LLC. The FAA record is still the legal owner of record. How owner trusts work.