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
Models top 15
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
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 · 17,713 in all
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N568YA | M-Squared Aircraft Inc BREESE 2 |
Individual owner California |
Light sport | 2024-01-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6452R | Piper PA-28-140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1972X | Piper PA 46-350P |
Ads Investment Firm LLC Pacifica, California |
Standard | 2024-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3545G | Luscombe 8F |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N43107 | Taylorcraft BC12-D |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9167P | Piper PA-24-260 |
Pegasus Unlimited LLC Arroyo Grande, California |
Standard | 2024-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1578S | Carlson Steven S KITFOX SERIES 5 |
Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2026D | Beech C35 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2699W | Mooney M20E |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N49LJ | Jensen Larry O LANCAIR LEGACY |
Lacoda LLC Costa Mesa, California |
Experimental | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N665M | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
Fair Haven Aviation LLC San Francisco, California |
Standard | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N878KA | Vestal Edward S CHRISTAVIA MK 1 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9329N | Piper PA-28R-200 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9838C | Cessna R182 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N447V | Dombroski VANS RV-10 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-01-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N547F | Fanning Patrick RANS S-14 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-01-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N719EC | Skalniak Edward M LIGHTNING LS-1 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-01-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N769GM | Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 |
N373Hp LLC Ladera Ranch, California |
Standard | 2024-01-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N78095 | Cessna 172K |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N99TM | Cessna 210M |
Magdabenja Holdings LLC Corona, California |
Standard | 2024-01-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N101GH | Cessna 182P |
San Diego Community College District San Diego, California |
Standard | 2024-01-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N225CB | Piper PA-28-181 |
California Baptist University Riverside, California |
Standard | 2024-01-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N249CB | Piper PA-28-181 |
California Baptist University Riverside, California |
Standard | 2024-01-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N288CB | Piper Aircraft Inc PA-28-181 |
California Baptist University Riverside, California |
Standard | 2024-01-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N15851 | Piper PA-28-140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1663P | Piper PA-22 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2662Z | Cessna 182S |
Bidcal INC Chico, California |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N55345 | Piper PA-28R-200 |
Arrow Flite LLC Chino Hills, California |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5652A | Cessna 172 |
Patriot Aviation Loomis, California |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7309K | Piper PA-20 |
Stanley Bryan D Paso Robles, California |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N96BM | Beech A36 |
Km Medico LLC Murrieta, California |
Standard | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9LX | Wimberly Phillip S VARIEZE RAF |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N279TX | Cirrus Design Corp SR22T |
Hester Air LLC Visalia, California |
Standard | 2024-01-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N81181 | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-01-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N146AG | Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA |
Rthalheimerllc San Rafael, California |
Light sport | 2024-01-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7032D | Cessna Aircraft Co 162 |
Fly America INC Palo Alto, California |
Light sport | 2024-01-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N155DJ | Cessna 182K |
Corder Farms Aviation LLC Mcarthur, California |
Standard | 2023-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1560V | Cessna 172M |
Avp Aviation LLC La Jolla, California |
Standard | 2023-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N711BK | Piper Aircraft Inc PA46R-350T |
Roebbelen Contracting INC El Dorado Hills, California |
Standard | 2023-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N874WV | Piper PA-28-235 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N21NK | Piper PA-22-135 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N484DB | Baker Daniel E VANS RV9A |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7118P | Piper PA-24-250 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N715RH | Beech P35 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8039T | Cessna 175A |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5615S | Beech 35-C33A |
Bradley A Eli Dental CORP Encinitas, California |
Standard | 2023-12-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1691G | Champion 7GCBC |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2685Q | Cessna 182K |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3772V | Smith Frank G SONEX |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3XS | Prill Charles CP-6 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N623JC | Charno Jon A RV7 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7553J | Piper PA-28R-180 |
Thunder Arrow CORP Santa Monica, California |
Standard | 2023-12-27 | Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. All codes |
| N1547T | Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna ASTORE |
Individual owner California |
Light sport | 2023-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N15NB | Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6282S | Cessna 150G |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6580V | Bellanca 17-31A |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7333F | Cessna 172N |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N76525 | Cessna 140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N185MC | Cessna A185F |
Individual owner California |
Multiple | 2023-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3119A | Cessna 170B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5348L | Piper PA-28-180 |
Pn4 Aviation Holdings LLC Bishop, California |
Standard | 2023-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N79VZ | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
Aviador LLC Sacramento, California |
Standard | 2023-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N82213 | Piper PA-18-150 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N853D | Temco GC-1B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9529T | Cessna 210 |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N21074 | Cessna 182P |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N747YV | Raytheon Aircraft Company B36TC |
Great Among the Nations INC Beverly Hills, California |
Standard | 2023-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1516Q | Cessna 150L |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1660E | Aeronca 7AC |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6858X | Cessna 172B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N751ZE | Dugger Doug A STOL CH 750 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N761FK | Cessna T210M |
Sunset Cattle CO LLC Los Banos, California |
Standard | 2023-12-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9975L | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N733ZK | Cessna 172N |
Stone Aviation LLC Sacramento, California |
Standard | 2023-12-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N156AE | Cessna 182F |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1813V | Cessna 120 |
Codingflyboy LLC Hayward, California |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N24904 | Piper J3C-65 |
Bob Hoover Academy Salinas, California |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N286DA | Cirrus Design Corp SR22T |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4645K | Cessna 182P |
Orange Air INC Harbor City, California |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. All codes |
| N627DY | Piper PA 46-350P |
Coltov LLC San Diego, California |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N671BA | Icon Aircraft Inc A5 |
Icon Aircraft INC Vacaville, California |
Light sport | 2023-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N81041 | Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-5B |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N230XH | Piper PA-28-140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3861Q | Cessna 172L |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6777T | Cessna 177 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8350R | Piper PA-28-140 |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8352S | Cessna 182H |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N202ZM | Pipistrel ALPHA TRAINER |
Apogee Air Venture LLC Carmel Valley, California |
Light sport | 2023-12-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N413WT | Cirrus Design Corp SR20 |
Flytek LLC Copperopolis, California |
Standard | 2023-12-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N102CT | Flight Design Gmbh CTSW |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1510V | Dehavilland GIPSY MOTH DH.60G |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N203MG | Schantz James CHALLENGER 2 |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N36587 | Aeronca 65-CA |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N819WB | Barker John C RV-8 |
Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N112FS | Cirrus Design Corp SR22T |
Fl Co-Owners #1 LLC Roseville, California |
Standard | 2023-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3515Y | Cessna 182E |
Inflyt LLC Carlsbad, California |
Standard | 2023-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N49455 | Cessna 152 |
Above All Aviation INC Goleta, California |
Standard | 2023-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N50BS | Globe GC-1B |
Individual owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5457A | Cessna P210R |
Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2023-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64WL | Berry Werner BERRY |
Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2023-12-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |