# FAA Aircraft Registry — New Registrations & Ownership Changes (`jobito/faa-aircraft-registry-feed`) Actor

Feed of newly issued FAA aircraft registration certificates — new registrations and ownership changes — with owner name and address, make/model, year and key dates. Refreshed daily by the FAA, deduped across runs. For aircraft brokers, aviation insurers, FBOs and MROs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/jobito/faa-aircraft-registry-feed.md
- **Developed by:** [Joseph Ellis](https://apify.com/jobito) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 aircraft record delivereds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## FAA Aircraft Registry — New Registrations & Ownership Changes

A feed of **newly issued FAA aircraft registration certificates**: every aircraft
that was just registered for the first time **or changed owners**, with the new
owner's name and mailing address, aircraft make/model/year, and key dates.

Existing FAA registry tools are lookup utilities — give a tail number, get a record.
This actor answers the question the sales side actually asks: **"who bought an
aircraft this week?"**

- **Aircraft brokers** — every ownership change is a future listing; every new owner
  a future seller or upgrader.
- **Aviation insurers & agents** — new owners need hull and liability coverage now.
- **FBOs, flight schools, MROs, avionics shops** — new local owners need hangars,
  training, maintenance, upgrades.
- **Lenders** — track collateral and refinance prospects.

### How it works

The FAA refreshes the [Releasable Aircraft Registration Database](https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download)
nightly. The MASTER file's **certificate issue date** is set when the FAA issues a
Certificate of Aircraft Registration (AC Form 8050-3) — on first registration and on
re-registration to a new owner. Registration **renewals and address changes do not
reset it**, so "certificate issued in the last N days" is precisely new registrations
plus ownership changes (~100–220 per day nationwide).

Delivered aircraft are remembered (keyed on N-number + certificate issue date) in a
named key-value store, so a **scheduled run delivers each certificate once** — an
alert feed, not a snapshot dump. Make, model, seat count and weight class are joined
from the FAA's aircraft reference file.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `lookbackDays` | Deliver certificates issued within this many days (default 30). |
| `onlyNew` | Dedupe across runs (default true). |
| `states` | Two-letter owner state codes. Empty = all. |
| `registrantTypes` | `1` Individual, `3` Corporation, `7` LLC, ... Empty = all. |
| `aircraftTypes` | `4` fixed-wing single, `5` multi, `6` rotorcraft, ... Empty = all. |
| `makeContains` | Substrings matched against make/model (e.g. `CIRRUS`). |
| `maxRecords` | Cap output (0 = unlimited). |
| `downloadUrl` | Optional direct zip URL override. |

### Output example

```json
{
  "n_number": "N10000",
  "serial_number": "10000",
  "make": "CESSNA", "model": "T206H", "year_mfr": "2024",
  "seats": "6", "engines": "1", "weight_class": "CLASS 1",
  "aircraft_type": "4", "aircraft_type_label": "Fixed wing single engine",
  "registrant_type": "7", "registrant_type_label": "LLC",
  "registrant_name": "9AT LLC",
  "street": "511 WEDGEWOOD AVE",
  "city": "NASHVILLE", "state": "TN", "zip_code": "372035521", "country": "US",
  "cert_issue_date": "2024-08-23",
  "last_action_date": "2024-08-23",
  "expiration_date": "2031-08-31",
  "status_code": "V",
  "mode_s_code_hex": "A016C3"
}
```

### Data source & legality

Data comes directly from the FAA's public Releasable Aircraft Registration Database,
refreshed daily at 11:30 pm Central. It contains only records the FAA is legally
permitted to release. This actor redistributes public government data as-is and adds
the change-detection, joining and filtering.

# Actor input Schema

## `lookbackDays` (type: `integer`):

Include aircraft whose registration certificate was issued within this many days. A certificate is issued on first registration and re-issued when ownership changes; renewals and address changes do not count.

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Remember (N-number, certificate issue date) pairs already delivered in previous runs and push only ones not seen before. Makes a scheduled run behave like an alert feed.

## `states` (type: `array`):

Two-letter US state codes of the registrant's address. Empty = all.

## `registrantTypes` (type: `array`):

1 = Individual, 2 = Partnership, 3 = Corporation, 4 = Co-owned, 5 = Government, 7 = LLC, 8 = Non-citizen corporation. Empty = all.

## `aircraftTypes` (type: `array`):

4 = Fixed wing single engine, 5 = Fixed wing multi engine, 6 = Rotorcraft, 1 = Glider, 2 = Balloon, 9 = Gyroplane. Empty = all.

## `makeContains` (type: `array`):

Case-insensitive substrings matched against the manufacturer or model (e.g. CESSNA, CIRRUS, GULFSTREAM). Empty = all.

## `maxRecords` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many records. 0 = unlimited.

## `downloadUrl` (type: `string`):

Optional direct URL of the FAA ReleasableAircraft zip. If empty, the standard FAA location is used.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "lookbackDays": 30,
  "onlyNew": true,
  "maxRecords": 0
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("jobito/faa-aircraft-registry-feed").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("jobito/faa-aircraft-registry-feed").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call jobito/faa-aircraft-registry-feed --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,jobito/faa-aircraft-registry-feed"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fSeYzu15LTGr8WDCR/builds/PNo54CvdKm4Oaj3K0/openapi.json