emperor-mew/faa-aircraft

FAA Aircraft Registry (312k+ US-registered civil aircraft)

Every US-registered civil aircraft from the FAA Aircraft Registry. 312,733 aircraft with N-number, manufacturer, model, year, owner name + city + state, type (Fixed Wing Single-Engine 221k / Multi-Engine 49k / Rotorcraft 27k / Balloon 5k / Glider 5k / Hybrid Lift 2k / Powered Parachute 2k / Gyroplane 401 / Blimp 49), engine type, seats, Mode-S transponder hex code, registration status, certificate dates. Each canonical page links to FAA Aircraft Inquiry + ADS-B Exchange live tracking (when Mode-S code present). Source: registry.faa.gov/database/ReleasableAircraft.zip (weekly refresh, no auth).

Live API

This dataset is served via a live REST API at api.ai-analytics.org. The card you're reading exists so HuggingFace's index can route AI agents + researchers to the canonical source.

• API endpoint: https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/faa/aircraft/recent
• Dataset landing page: https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/faa-aircraft
• DataCatalog (JSON-LD): https://api.ai-analytics.org/.well-known/dataset.json
• DCAT-US (data.gov-compatible): https://api.ai-analytics.org/data.json

Quick start

# Recent records (JSON)
curl 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/faa/aircraft/recent?limit=10'

# Browse on the web
open 'https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/faa-aircraft'

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

This dataset is also accessible via MCP at https://api.ai-analytics.org/mcp — Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP-compatible agents can call it directly.

Source

• Agency: US Federal Aviation Administration
• Primary source: https://registry.faa.gov/
• License: CC0 1.0 Universal (derived data). Underlying federal works are US public domain under 5 USC 105 / 17 USC 105.
• Update cadence: Per agency (most refresh daily via Cloudflare Cron Trigger)

Keywords

FAA Aircraft Registry, N-number, tail number, civil aircraft, Mode S, ADS-B, aircraft owner, aircraft manufacturer, Cessna, Boeing, Robinson, private jet

Citation

@misc{ai_analytics_faa_aircraft_2026,
  title  = {{name}},
  author = {AI Analytics},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://api.ai-analytics.org/datasets/faa-aircraft},
  note   = {Derived from US Federal Aviation Administration. License: CC0 1.0.}
}

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