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FAA aircraft registry

US aircraft ownership, airframe details and recent lien and sale filings.The FAA's public record for one N-number: registered owner, make and model, serial, engine, airworthiness, certificate dates and Mode S codes, or the reservation if the number is only reserved. Also the FAA's document receipts from the last 180 days.
Look up by
An N-number, such as N172SP
Coverage
US-registered aircraft, updated each federal working day
Cost
From 2 credits a call; failed and empty calls are free
Endpoints
3 endpoints
  • Details

Endpoints

Example

FAA aircraft registration, with POST /v1/aircraft/registration. Set SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY to your key and run it; the full parameter list is in the API reference.

curl -X POST "https://api.scrapercompany.com/v1/aircraft/registration" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SCRAPERCOMPANY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "n_number": "N172SP"
  }'
200 response
{
  "search_parameters": {
    "engine": "aircraft_registration",
    "n_number": "N100HY"
  },
  "n_number": "N100HY",
  "number_status": "assigned",
  "status": "Valid",
  "serial_number": "2100",
  "manufacturer": "AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC",
  "model": "A-1B",
  "aircraft_type": "Fixed Wing Single-Engine",
  "engine_type": "Reciprocating",
  "certificate_issue_date": "10/15/2026",
  "expiration_date": "10/31/2033",
  "mode_s_octal": "50002572",
  "mode_s_hex": "A0057A",
  "type_registration": "LLC",
  "fractional_owner": "NO",
  "dealer": "No",
  "owner": {
    "name": "LAKE HOPPERS SEAPLANE ACADEMY LLC",
    "street": "2615 N NOKOMIS NE",
    "city": "ALEXANDRIA",
    "state": "MINNESOTA",
    "county": "DOUGLAS",
    "postal_code": "56308-8615",
    "country": "UNITED STATES",
    "other_names": [],
    "withheld": false
  },
  "airworthiness": {
    "classification": "Standard",
    "category": "Normal",
    "date": "07/24/2008",
    "engine_manufacturer": "LYCOMING",
    "engine_model": "O-360 SERIES",
    "type_certificate": "A-22CE",
    "type_certificate_holder": "AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC",
    "exception_code": "No"
  },
  "source_url": "https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberInquiry",
  "full_record_url": "https://aircraft.faa.gov/e.gov/nd/"
}

Try it on your key

Good to know

  • Document receipts cover the last 180 days only, so this is not a chain of title or a legal opinion. Each response links to the FAA page for ordering the full record.
  • An owner can ask the FAA to keep their details private. The owner fields are then empty and `withheld` is true.
  • A deregistered or unassigned number answers 404 and is free. An empty document window is free.

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