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FAA Aircraft Registry API - N-Number, Owner & Mode S Lookup

Look up US civil aircraft in the FAA registry by N-number, Mode S hex code, owner name, state, city, manufacturer or model. Returns owner and address, aircraft and engine make and model, year, seats, certificate and airworthiness dates.

$0.80 per 1,000 aircrafts

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What it returns

Every aircraft on the US civil aircraft register, from the FAA's daily Releasable Aircraft Database. Public domain.

Common uses

Aviation sales leads (owners of a given model), fleet research, flight-tracking enrichment from transponder codes, due diligence. Pay per aircraft.

Request

POST https://api.pushbuild.com/faa-aircraft-registry/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.

FieldTypeDescription
nNumberslist of stringsTail numbers, with or without the N.
modeSHexlist of strings24-bit ICAO transponder codes, e.g. A061D9.
ownerNamestringe.g. DELTA AIR LINES, NETJETS.
statestringTwo-letter owner state.
citystringOwner city.
manufacturerstringe.g. CIRRUS, BOEING, GULFSTREAM.
modelstringe.g. SR22, 737, G650.
maxItemsintegerMaximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/faa-aircraft-registry/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"nNumbers": ["N12345"], "maxItems": 20}'

Response

{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.80 per 1,000 aircrafts. No charge for errors or empty searches.

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