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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
N23676	Cessna 182S	A&E Flying Club of Los Angeles INC Hawthorne, California	Standard	2011-10-13	Valid
N2558J	Cessna 150E	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-12	Valid
N80622	Globe GC-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-12	Valid
N85186	Champion 7BCM	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-10-07	Valid
N9095W	Weatherly 201C	Individual owner California	Restricted	2011-10-07	Valid
N652TC	Cravy Marie A ZODIAC 601XL	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-10-06	Valid
N129CF	Fisher Gregory GLASAIR SUPER IIG	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-10-05	Valid
N195AF	Cessna 195	Carlsbad Raceway CORP Hemet, California	None on file	2011-10-04	Valid
N231NH	Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-10-04	Valid
N694ED	Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA-300	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-10-04	Valid
N126SD	Stephen Denmark RV-9A	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-10-03	Valid
N662ES	Interplane SKYBOY	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-10-03	Valid
N78248	Temco GC-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-10-03	Valid
N5269N	Cessna 172S	High Maintenance INC San Luis Obispo, California	Standard	2011-09-30	Valid
N3182D	Cessna 180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-09-29	Valid
N756YL	Cessna TR182	Two Ten LLC Joshua Tree, California	Standard	2011-09-29	Valid
N1444F	Cessna 172H	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-09-28	Valid
N9948V	Cessna R172K	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-09-28	Valid
N5800C	Cessna 172	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-27	Valid
N382SJ	Merriam PITTS SPECIAL	Aerospace Museum of California Mcclellan, California	Experimental	2011-09-26	Valid
N622RF	Cessna 152	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-26	Valid
N6817V	Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20F	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-23	Valid
N131JM	Aviat Aircraft Inc A-1B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-22	Valid
N74643	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-22	Valid
N391KF	France Ken A RV-6	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-09-21	Valid
N7993B	Cessna 172	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-09-21	Valid
N8571N	Piper PA-28-235	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-21	Valid
N9038H	Cessna 172M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-09-21	Valid
N6978U	Mooney M20E	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-19	Valid
N2429T	Piper PA-28-181	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-15	Valid
N3377A	Piper PA-22-135	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-14	Valid
N1313B	Bellanca 14-19-2	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-13	Valid
N296DD	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	None on file	2011-09-12	Valid
N699WW	Cessna 210J	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N8413S	Cessna 182H	Flying Condors INC Templeton, California	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N9408N	Piper PA-28R-200	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N507EF	Ernst Freitag VANS RV-10	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-09-07	Valid
N5506W	Piper PA-28-160	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-07	Valid
N739HD	Cessna 172N	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-09-07	Valid
N9425Q	Beech G33	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-07	Valid
N75179	Piper PA-28-181	K4-S Flight Training LLC Santa Rosa, California	Standard	2011-09-01	Valid
N17951	Karevoll John Richard ODYSSEY	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-08-31	Valid
N25817	Piper J3C-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-31	Valid
N8786W	Piper PA-28-235	Phoenix Eengineering LLC Valley Center, California	Standard	2011-08-31	Valid
N916K	Kurth Paul Cameron KURTH RV9A	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2011-08-31	Valid
N7017W	Piper PA-28-180	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-30	Valid
N48824	Aeronca L-3B	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-08-29	Valid
N7688M	Cessna 175	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-08-29	Valid
N78708	Piper PA-12	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-29	Valid
N117CP	American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC	C P Aviation INC Santa Paula, California	Standard	2011-08-24	Valid
N548MA	American Champion Aircraft 7GCAA	Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC Bakersfield, California	Standard	2011-08-24	Valid
N35032	Cessna 177B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-23	Valid
N59031	Boeing A75N1(PT17)	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-23	Valid
N2661T	Piper PA-28-180	Six One Tango LLC Pismo Beach, California	Standard	2011-08-22	Valid
N7045Q	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-22	Valid
N13854	Depaoli Mark J AMERICAN LEGEND AL3C	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-08-19	Valid
N21365	Aeronca 65-C	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-19	Valid
N75596	Cessna 172N	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-17	Valid
N15284	Piper PA-28-180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-08-16	Valid
N4806T	Piper PA-28-140	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-16	Valid
N7048N	Beech V35A	Bonanza Enterprises LLC Mill Valley, California	Standard	2011-08-15	Valid
N9499B	Bradley S Wyatt WYATT VANS RV-9	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2011-08-15	Valid
N408AB	Cessna Aircraft Co LC41-550FG	Rite A Way Services INC Riverside, California	Standard	2011-08-11	Valid
N7662F	Piper PA-28-151	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-11	Valid
N9034J	Piper PA-28-180	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-08-11	Valid
N186CS	Cessna 172S	Flying Rock Aero LLC Sunnyvale, California	Standard	2011-08-10	Valid
N9650E	Aeronca 11AC	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-08-10	Valid
N28780	Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-09	Valid
N4518S	Schosanski John H COZY MK IV R	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-08-05	Valid
N8472T	Cessna 182C	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-05	Valid
N1929L	Beech B24R	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-03	Valid
N84397	Cessna 172K	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-03	Valid
N88657	Piper J3C-65	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-08-03	Valid
N239SW	Mooney M20J	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-02	Valid
N250DJ	Bellanca Aircraft Corp. 51	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-02	Valid
N49YX	Teel Wayne D WAIEX	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-08-02	Valid
N732HR	Cessna TU206G	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-02	Valid
N223J	Lewis Jacob S RV-7	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-08-01	Valid
N2661U	Cessna 172D	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-01	Valid
N5233R	Aeronca 7AC	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-07-29	Valid
N36382	Bellanca 7KCAB	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-07-28	Valid
N5327P	Piper PA-24-250	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-28	Valid
N194JB	Berry Jerry L ANDERSON KINGFISHER	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-07-27	Valid
N20230	Cessna 172M	Cessna 20230 LLC Windsor, California	Standard	2011-07-27	Valid
N674CB	Beech 77	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-27	Valid
N7413C	North American AT-6C	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-27	Valid
N96639	Cessna 182Q	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-07-27	Valid
N6653K	Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-26	Valid
N76EV	Piper PA-18-150	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-07-25	Valid
N35C	Wind Racer RACER	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-07-23	Valid
N6621R	Beech C23	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-23	Valid
N121HP	Globe GC-1B	Pk Flyer LLC Lancaster, California	Standard	2011-07-22	Valid
N6059F	Denison William L HORNET	Individual owner California	Experimental	2011-07-21	Valid
N29846	Stinson L-5	Military Aircraft Restoration CORP Anaheim, California	Standard	2011-07-20	Valid
N29864	Taylorcraft BF12-65	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-20	Valid
N5504Q	Mooney M20E	Doll Electric CO INC Murphys, California	Standard	2011-07-20	Valid
N2076G	Cessna 182A	Individual owner California	Multiple	2011-07-19	Valid
N2642S	Cessna T210L	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-07-19	Valid
N747KT	Cessna 172R	Iasco Flight Training INC Redding, California	Standard	2011-07-19	Valid
N762CS	Cessna Aircraft Co LC41-550FG	Co-owned owner California	None on file	2011-07-19	Valid