Piston singles in California
17,711 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
Models top 15
Registrations by year latest certificate held
Registrations by year, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 510 |
| 2016 | 540 |
| 2017 | 762 |
| 2018 | 705 |
| 2019 | 868 |
| 2020 | 887 |
| 2021 | 1,144 |
| 2022 | 1,103 |
| 2023 | 1,726 |
| 2024 | 1,338 |
| 2025 | 1,276 |
| 2026 | 918 |
Who owns them
Individual9,682 (55%)Co-owned2,725 (15%)LLC2,509 (14%)Corporation2,224 (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 | 9,682 | 55% |
| Co-owned | 2,725 | 15% |
| LLC | 2,509 | 14% |
| Corporation | 2,224 | 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
Airplane Factory INC50Planes of Fame Air Museum48Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC36Jet & Rotor Aviation LLC24Iasco Flight Training INC23Coast Flight Training and Management INC22Aviation Financial CORP22Sorbi Aviation INC21California In Nice INC20Amelia Reid Aviation LLC20Icon Aircraft INC18California Baptist University17
Largest fleets, as a table
Owner names as the FAA publishes them. Individuals are not listed at this time. All piston singles fleets
Aircraft newest registrations first · 17,711 in all
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N422DS | Cirrus Design Corp SR22T |
Ds Aero Industries LLC Fresno, California |
Standard | 2025-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5027N | Bellanca 7GCBC |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6339K | Nanchang China CJ-6 |
Ftxder LLC Boulder Creek, California |
Experimental | 2025-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N74323 | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N628SE | Raytheon Aircraft Company B36TC |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N728CB | Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P-MENTOR |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7894G | Cessna 172L |
Ar Aero Services LLC Sacramento, California |
Standard | 2025-05-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N755DK | Jorgen Skovbjerg LONGEZ-JS |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2032D | Beech C35 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34935 | Cessna 177B |
Individual owner California |
None on file | 2025-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N31LT | Troy Zawlacki RANS S-21 |
Individual owner California |
None on file | 2025-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N668J | Jabiru Usa Sport Aircraft Llc J250-SP |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N704BM | Cessna 150M |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7335Q | Cessna 182P |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1166D | Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K |
Qba LLC Poway, California |
Standard | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N15DY | American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB |
Charlie Golf Aviation LLC Moorpark, California |
Standard | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2789W | Mooney M20E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N397EA | Pipistrel ALPHA TRAINER |
Socal Pilot Center La Quinta, California |
Light sport | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5068C | Beech B35 |
Imagine Help Oxnard, California |
Standard | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N638TB | Socata TB 30 EPSILON |
Epsilon Tb-30 INC Arroyo Grande, California |
Experimental | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N646DG | Hulse David C GLASTAR |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8756C | Piper PA-28-151 |
Dt Aviation LLC Ontario, California |
Standard | 2025-05-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N185TT | Cessna A185F |
Lucky Irishman LLC Pebble Beach, California |
Standard | 2025-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N219EL | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N739YE | Cessna 172N |
Sundance Air Services INC Alameda, California |
Standard | 2025-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N134DB | Cessna 182S |
Blue Skies27 LLC Los Angeles, California |
Standard | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N157JW | Lemmond CASSUTT 111M |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N38204 | Piper PA-28-235 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N452KP | Casson Kevin Paul HORNET |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N488EA | Piper Aircraft Inc PA46R-350T |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51XM | Mooney International Corp M20TN |
T Bone Flight Services LLC Santa Monica, California |
Standard | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N810HP | Pattenaude Harold RV-6 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8970H | North American NAVION |
Navion West INC Northridge, California |
Standard | 2025-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N715ML | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
M & M Family Holdings LLC San Francisco, California |
Standard | 2025-05-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1307Y | Cessna 172C |
Orange County Flight Center INC Santa Ana, California |
Standard | 2025-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3100 | Pitts Special S-1C |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3431R | Cessna 182L |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N42148 | Cessna 182L |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N76213 | Cessna 140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N151BH | American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N199E | Cirrus Design Corp SR22T |
C4Af Management LLC Huntington Beach, California |
Standard | 2025-05-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N205MG | Mooney M20J |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4346J | Piper PA-28-140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2759J | Cessna A150M |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N416RB | Starduster Too SA300 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52MK | Cirrus Design Corp SR22T |
Osment Grading and Excavating INC Lake Elsinore, California |
Standard | 2025-05-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N920DM | Piper PA-28RT-201T |
Cain Financial INC Fresno, California |
Standard | 2025-05-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N235FS | Maule M-7-235 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27RF | Fergus Robert H KITFOX 4-1200 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N42982 | Piper PA-28-181 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5504T | Cessna 172E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N721JD | Piper PA-28-181 |
Brand Technicians LLC Encino, California |
Standard | 2025-05-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N293MS | Smith George Michael RV-4 |
Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8240T | Beech F33A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6DH | Beech F33A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7144H | Yakovlev/Schmidle YAK 50 |
Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N885US | Diamond Aircraft DA 40 |
Pacific Gold Aviation Association INC Roseville, California |
Standard | 2025-05-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2065 | Damschroder STITS SA7D |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N85290 | Aeronca 7AC |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N111GM | Beech V35B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N168C | Stinson 108-2 |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N229LB | Buchanan Lee RV8A |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3580 | North American/Aero Classics P-51D |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N401SA | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4621R | Piper PA-28-140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5224U | Cessna 206 |
Neil Anthony Foster Holdings LLC Santa Rosa, California |
Standard | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N812DK | Piper PA-32R-301T |
Transcendent Enterprises INC DBA Pine Grove, California |
Standard | 2025-05-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3475E | Cessna 172N |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N42811 | Piper PA-28-151 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N654TR | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
Fraomi Services LLC Murphys, California |
Standard | 2025-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N759ET | Cessna 182Q |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N78679 | Piper PA-11 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2310Q | Beech 23 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N191DY | Remos Aircraft Gmbh REMOS G-3/600 |
Individual owner California |
Light sport | 2025-04-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N42477 | Piper PA-28-151 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1226C | Piper PA-22 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N197 | Wilkinson CASSUTT III |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2305Z | Bucker-Jungmann E3B |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2803C | Cessna 170B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4417S | Beech D17S |
Planes of Fame Air Museum Chino, California |
Standard | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4664E | Tainter John CHRISTAVIA MK1 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N46751 | Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR |
Aerospace Museum of California Foundation Mcclellan, California |
Standard | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N707LT | Mooney M20J |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N722JS | Sharp Jack D CHALLENGER II |
Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N886TW | Pipistrel VIRUS SW |
Boson Aviation LLC Pleasanton, California |
Light sport | 2025-04-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N707TE | Tyler V Elliff MEYERFLYER |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-04-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N85FZ | Pitts S-1T |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N576TL | Luce Thomas R SONEX |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-04-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N320TS | Cirrus Design Corp SR22 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2298D | Cessna 170B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5428T | Cessna 172E |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7656X | Cessna 172B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4900L | Cessna 152 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8784U | Cessna 150M |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4138S | Snyder Jeffery T STOL CH701 |
Individual owner California |
None on file | 2025-04-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2887E | Cessna 172N |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2025-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8008Z | Hicks Douglas W TEAM EROS |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2025-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9430W | Piper PA-28-235 |
3Zero Whiskey LLC Newport Beach, California |
Standard | 2025-04-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7257T | Cessna 172R |
Jet & Rotor Aviation LLC Sacramento, California |
Standard | 2025-04-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7670F | Piper PA-28-181 |
Akaya LLC Sherman Oaks, California |
Standard | 2025-04-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
