FAA Airworthiness Directives (AD) Tracker: AD Numbers by Manufacturer

FAA Airworthiness Directives Tracker returns a clean, structured feed of FAA airworthiness directives (ADs) and proposed ADs (NPRMs) from the official Federal Register API: AD number, document type, the manufacturer or product line named in the title, publication, effective and comment-close dates, amendment, docket and project identifiers, Federal Register citation, the full abstract and a link to the full text. No API key or login. Export JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule it daily or weekly to monitor new directives.

Input

All fields are optional. This example lists the last 60 days of final and proposed ADs mentioning Boeing 737:

{
  "daysBack": 60,
  "includeFinal": true,
  "includeProposed": true,
  "search": "Boeing 737",
  "maxItems": 300
}

• daysBack: only documents published in the last N days (default 60). Ignored if startDate is set.
• startDate, endDate: publication date range, YYYY-MM-DD.
• includeFinal: return final-rule ADs (default true).
• includeProposed: also return proposed ADs open for comment (default true).
• search: extra keywords such as a manufacturer or model (Cessna, Boeing 737, engine).
• maxItems: maximum rows (default 300, capped at 9000).

Output

One row per directive, newest first. Real example row (abstract shortened here):

{
  "adNumber": "2026-20-09",
  "documentType": "Final AD",
  "manufacturer": "Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes",
  "title": "Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier, Inc., Airplanes",
  "publicationDate": "2026-10-14",
  "effectiveDate": "2026-11-18",
  "commentsCloseDate": null,
  "amendment": "39-23482",
  "projectIdentifier": "MCAI-2025-01592-T",
  "docketNumber": "FAA-2026-2289",
  "federalRegisterCitation": "91 FR 65100",
  "documentNumber": "2026-21010",
  "abstract": "The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-700-2A12 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of low clearance in the right wing ...",
  "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/14/2026-21010/airworthiness-directives-bombardier-inc-airplanes"
}

Proposed ADs have documentType "Proposed AD (NPRM)" and usually a commentsCloseDate.

Use cases

Search phrases this actor is built for:

• "FAA airworthiness directives by manufacturer": put a maker or model in search to see its latest ADs.
• "Airworthiness directive AD numbers": read adNumber, effectiveDate and abstract for each new directive.
• "Proposed airworthiness directives": set includeFinal to false to follow NPRMs open for comment.

Typical users are aircraft maintenance shops, A&Ps and inspectors, aviation insurers, lessors and fleet managers, and aviation-data or compliance software teams. It also works as a tool for AI agents through the Apify MCP server.

Pricing

Pay per result: each directive row returned is one billable result, listed at $0.002 per row ($2 per 1,000). Set a maximum charge on the run for a hard ceiling.

Limits

• Data is Federal Register documents published by the FAA that match "airworthiness directives". It is not the FAA's own AD database, and it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA.
• Keyword search matches the Federal Register text, so the manufacturer field is parsed from the document title and may be null if the title is unusual.
• Always read the full AD text before acting on compliance. This is a data feed, not airworthiness advice.
• maxItems is capped at 9,000 per run.

FAQ

Does it need an API key? No. It uses the public Federal Register API.

Does it include proposed ADs? Yes, unless you set includeProposed to false.

How fresh is it? Documents appear when they are published in the Federal Register; schedule the actor daily to catch new ones.