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Piston singles in California

17,713 on the U.S. register with owners in California (all states). The backbone of general aviation: single-engine piston airplanes from trainers and touring aircraft to kit-built experimentals. Two in three registered aircraft are in this group.

Makers top 15

Makers, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna	5,448
Piper	2,714
Beech	1,243
Cirrus Design Corp	731
Mooney	553
Bellanca	231
Aeronca	228
Grumman American Avn. Corp.	178
North American	164
Luscombe	148
Boeing	147
Stinson	135
Diamond Aircraft	118
Champion	111
Taylorcraft	101

Models top 15

Models, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna 172N	367
Cirrus Design Corp SR22T	347
Piper PA-28-140	331
Cessna 172M	291
Piper PA-28-180	274
Cirrus Design Corp SR22	256
Cessna 182P	244
Cessna 152	231
Cessna 172S	212
Piper PA-28-181	211
Beech A36	198
Piper J3C-65	191
Cessna 182Q	158
Cessna 140	150
Piper PA-24-250	150

Registrations by year latest certificate held

Registrations by year, as a table

	aircraft
2015	510
2016	539
2017	762
2018	705
2019	866
2020	887
2021	1,144
2022	1,103
2023	1,725
2024	1,338
2025	1,275
2026	923

Who owns them

Individual9,685 (55%)Co-owned2,726 (15%)LLC2,508 (14%)Corporation2,223 (13%)Partnership312 (2%)Non-citizen corporation151 (0.9%)Government106 (0.6%)Non-citizen co-owned2 (0.0%)

By owner type, as a table

	aircraft	share
Individual	9,685	55%
Co-owned	2,726	15%
LLC	2,508	14%
Corporation	2,223	13%
Partnership	312	2%
Non-citizen corporation	151	0.9%
Government	106	0.6%
Non-citizen co-owned	2	0.0%

Largest fleets companies, LLCs, trusts and government bodies

Largest fleets, as a table

	aircraft
Airplane Factory INC	50
Planes of Fame Air Museum	48
Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC	36
Jet & Rotor Aviation LLC	24
Iasco Flight Training INC	23
Coast Flight Training and Management INC	22
Aviation Financial CORP	22
Sorbi Aviation INC	21
California In Nice INC	20
Amelia Reid Aviation LLC	20
Icon Aircraft INC	18
California Baptist University	17

Owner names as the FAA publishes them. Individuals are not listed at this time. All piston singles fleets

Aircraft newest registrations first · 17,713 in all

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N137HP	Gippsaero Pty Ltd GA8 TC-320	California Highway Patrol Sacramento, California	Standard	2016-03-08	Valid
N3603Q	Beech A23-24	Wray Development INC Menifee, California	Standard	2016-03-07	Valid
N761WQ	Cessna T210M	Tower Aircraft Associates INC Ventura, California	Standard	2016-03-07	Valid
N7671R	Beech B23	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-03-07	Valid
N81983	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-03-07	Valid
N925GB	Lloyd Thomas W TWLRV8SP	Individual owner California	Experimental	2016-03-07	Valid
N1876X	Cessna 182H	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-03-05	Valid
N1870V	Cessna 172M	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-03-02	Valid
N1988V	Cessna 120	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-29	Valid
N3231C	Beech E35	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-29	Valid
N67KB	Briegleb Kenneth B RV-4	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2016-02-29	Valid
N4350U	Piper PA-28-236	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-25	Valid
N4543B	Cessna 180	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-25	Valid
N86450	Cessna 182P	Butte Flying Club INC Chico, California	Standard	2016-02-25	Valid
N9721M	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-25	Valid
N210BX	Cessna 210L	Nova Aircraft Holdings INC San Diego, California	Standard	2016-02-24	Valid
N222BG	Cirrus Design Corp SR22	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-24	Valid
N80239	Cessna 172M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-02-24	Valid
N673CB	Cessna 150L	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-02-23	Valid
N75WR	Ingram William R VARI EZE	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2016-02-23	Valid
N8013F	Piper PA-28-151	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-23	Valid
N1082E	Aeronca 7AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-22	Valid
N53440	Cessna 172S	Air Spacers INC Santa Monica, California	Standard	2016-02-22	Valid
N36VU	Raytheon Aircraft Company A36	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-19	Valid
N7036F	Piper PA-28-151	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-19	Valid
N877HL	Beech A36	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-02-19	Valid
N15457	Northwestern PORTERFIELD 35-70	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-17	Valid
N45805	Luscombe 8A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-02-17	Valid
N869BR	Diamond Aircraft DA20-C1	Eva Flight Training Academy Mather, California	Standard	2016-02-12	Valid
N234BM	Rhodes Mike Andrew LONG-EZ	Individual owner California	Experimental	2016-02-11	Valid
N8883G	Cessna 150F	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-11	Valid
N5860J	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-10	Valid
N60941	Cessna 150J	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-10	Valid
N9386R	Cessna TR182	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-10	Valid
N38517	Piper PA-28-181	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-09	Valid
N41LW	Piper PA-32R-301T	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-02-09	Valid
N7691X	Cessna 172B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-02-08	Valid
N551H	North American F-51-H-5-NA	Individual owner California	Experimental	2016-02-04	Valid
N6317K	Republic RC-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-04	Valid
N6485K	Republic RC-3	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-04	Valid
N88WX	Raytheon Aircraft Company G36	Co-owned owner California	None on file	2016-02-04	Valid
N97344	Universal Stinson 108	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-03	Valid
N7483E	Cessna 210	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-02	Valid
N85981	Aeronca 11AC	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-02-02	Valid
N1159V	Cessna R172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-29	Valid
N6756E	Cessna 175A	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-27	Valid
N81135	Mcclish FUNK B85C	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-27	Valid
N111TZ	Dugger D A/Dugger L L ZENITH 601XL	Individual owner California	Experimental	2016-01-26	Valid
N110PT	Canadian Light Acft Sales &Svc BUSH CADDY LSA R80	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2016-01-22	Valid
N737VX	Cessna TR182	L&G Aviation LLC Fresno, California	Standard	2016-01-22	Valid
N289CF	Formano Louis A HARMON ROCKET II	Individual owner California	Experimental	2016-01-21	Valid
N41296	Piper PA-28-235	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-21	Valid
N172SF	Cessna 172RG	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-20	Valid
N2524K	Cessna 180K	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-20	Valid
N57557	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-20	Valid
N821HC	Cessna T206H	Axel Farms LLC Colusa, California	Standard	2016-01-19	Valid
N89844	Cessna 140	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-19	Valid
N26722	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5A	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-14	Valid
N8310P	Piper PA-24-250	Premiere Aviation INC Concord, California	Standard	2016-01-14	Valid
N642TS	Luscombe 8A	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-12	Valid
N7612M	Cessna 175	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-12	Valid
N7978C	Piper PA-28-235	Halo Aviation LLC Agoura Hills, California	Standard	2016-01-11	Valid
N8251P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-11	Valid
N629AH	Cessna 172S	Suburban Air CORP Castro Valley, California	Standard	2016-01-08	Valid
N877RD	Piper PA-28R-201T	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2016-01-08	Valid
N1822D	Giffin Oakley M RV-6	Individual owner California	None on file	2016-01-06	Valid
N906CC	Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-01-06	Valid
N3684T	Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-31	Valid
N24AV	Evektor - Aerotechnik A S SPORTSTAR MAX	Avsport LLC Albany, California	Light sport	2015-12-29	Valid
N3788R	Cessna 172H	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-29	Valid
N5693K	Beech S35	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-28	Valid
N204RD	Diamond Aircraft DA20-A1	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-24	Valid
N8882E	Randall Christopher RED DEVIL	Individual owner California	Experimental	2015-12-24	Valid
N39109	Presten Eric BLERIOT XI	Individual owner California	Experimental	2015-12-23	Valid
N5875H	Piper PA-16	Individual owner California	Restricted	2015-12-23	Valid
N1484S	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-21	Valid
N19FA	Cessna 182E	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N261JM	Mooney M20R	Hundal Medical CORP Malibu, California	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N5248Z	Piper PA-22-108	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N94805	Ercoupe 415-E	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-19	Valid
N6404J	Piper PA-28-180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2015-12-17	Valid
N146SD	Delatorre Samuel VANS RV-7A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2015-12-16	Valid
N3031F	Cessna 182J	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-16	Valid
N6776U	Mooney M20C	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-16	Valid
N7541J	Fisher Flying Products FP-202	Individual owner California	None on file	2015-12-16	Valid
N8041K	Stinson 108-2	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-16	Valid
N5424V	Cessna 172RG	Sorbi Aviation INC El Cajon, California	Standard	2015-12-15	Valid
N29467	Cessna 177	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-14	Valid
N722PA	Diamond Aircraft DA 40	Spoelstra Air LLC Encinitas, California	Standard	2015-12-14	Valid
N3752W	Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B	Individual owner California	None on file	2015-12-12	Valid
N3955F	Cessna 172	Springfield Flying Service LLC Columbia, California	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N4293N	Cessna 140	Springfield Flying Service LLC Columbia, California	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N45512	Cessna 150M	Caponio & Sons INC San Francisco, California	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N6555K	Grumman Acft Eng Cor-Schweizer G-164C	Jones Flying Service Biggs, California	Restricted	2015-12-12	Valid
N70EF	Piper PA-28R-200	720 Degrees INC Santa Monica, California	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N736BF	Cessna R172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N8712C	Piper PA-22	Individual owner California	Standard	2015-12-12	Valid
N3243C	Beech B36TC	Orthopaedic Surgery Institute of California Mc Newport Beach, California	Standard	2015-12-11	Valid
N662DM	Unrue D K/Norquist G B GLASTAR	Individual owner California	Experimental	2015-12-11	Valid
N77942	Luscombe 8A	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2015-12-11	Valid