FAA Aircraft Registry Scraper

Extract aircraft registration data from the official FAA Aircraft Registry: owner name and address, N-Number (tail number), make, model, serial number, year of manufacture, engine, airworthiness and registration status.

Built for aviation research, aircraft sales lead generation, fleet analysis, insurance underwriting and due diligence.

Two ways to search

1. N-Number lookup - pass specific tail numbers (e.g. N172SP) and each aircraft is fetched live from the FAA inquiry page, including engine details, airworthiness classification and category.
2. Registry search - filter the FAA's full registry database (~290,000 aircraft, refreshed daily by the FAA) by make, model, owner, serial, state, county, year range and registration status. All filters combine.

Features

• Owner name, street address, city, state, ZIP and registrant type (Individual, LLC, Corporation, Government...)
• Make, model, year, serial number, seats and weight class
• Aircraft type (fixed wing, rotorcraft, balloon...) and engine type (reciprocating, turbo-fan...)
• Registration status, certificate issue date, expiration date, airworthiness date
• Mode S transponder code (hex)
• Pure HTTP + official FAA database export, fast and reliable

Input

Field	Type	Description
nNumbers	array	Tail numbers for live lookups. When set, the filters below are ignored.
aircraftMake	string	Manufacturer, partial match (e.g. "Cessna").
aircraftModel	string	Model, partial match (e.g. "172").
ownerName	string	Owner or company name, partial match.
serialNumber	string	Serial number, partial match.
state	string	Owner's US state, 2-letter code.
county	string	Owner's 3-digit FIPS county code.
yearFrom / yearTo	integer	Year-of-manufacture range.
registrationStatus	select	any, valid, or other.
maxItems	integer	Max aircraft to return. 0 = no limit. Default 100.

Example input

{
  "aircraftMake": "Cessna",
  "aircraftModel": "172",
  "state": "FL",
  "yearFrom": 2000,
  "registrationStatus": "valid",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Output

{
  "nNumber": "N105LU",
  "serialNumber": "172S9782",
  "make": "CESSNA",
  "model": "172S",
  "yearManufactured": "2005",
  "ownerName": "LYNN UNIVERSITY",
  "city": "BOCA RATON",
  "state": "FL",
  "registrantType": "Corporation",
  "typeAircraft": "Fixed Wing Single-Engine",
  "typeEngine": "Reciprocating",
  "status": "Valid",
  "seats": 4,
  "certIssueDate": "2005-06-14",
  "expirationDate": "2029-06-30",
  "registryUrl": "https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumbertxt=N105LU"
}

Common use cases

• Aircraft sales and MRO lead generation by owner, region or fleet age
• Verify ownership and registration status before buying an aircraft
• Fleet research: every aircraft registered to an operator
• Insurance and finance due diligence
• Aviation market analysis by make, model and year

Pricing

Pay per result: a small fee to start the run plus a per-aircraft fee. Errors and empty results are never charged.

FAQ

How fresh is the data? N-Number lookups hit the live FAA page. Registry searches use the FAA's official database export, which the FAA refreshes every day.

Is this legal? Yes. The FAA aircraft registry is public information published by the U.S. government.

Can I download the whole registry? Yes, set maxItems to 0 with no filters. Around 290,000 aircraft.

Is this affiliated with the FAA? No. This is an independent tool for extracting publicly available data.