The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
What changed · FAA files of October 16, 2026 and October 19, 2026

October 16, 2026 to October 19, 2026

Every aircraft that joined the register, left it, or changed hands between two copies of the FAA file. Rebuilt every morning against the day before.

84
aircraft joined the register
50 drones · 0 electric or sustainable · 34 other
42
left the register
8 of them exported abroad
52
changed owner
0 of them drones
244
tail numbers newly reserved
held for aircraft still to come

Where the new aircraft went by the owner's state

AKMEVTNHWA26IDMTNDMN3WIMI1NY1MA1RIORNVWYSD1IAILIN1OH1PA1NJCTCA16UT1CONEMOKYWVVA1MDDE1AZNMKS5ARTNNCSCDCOKLA1MSALGAHITX3FL1PR
nonemore

Washington led with 26, then California (16) and Kansas (5).

Joining and leaving, day by day last 60 days

0501001491991621008-2909-0509-1209-1909-2610-0310-1010-1710-27
Joined the registerLeft the register

Joined: aircraft by the date the FAA issued the registration certificate. Left: aircraft by the date the FAA cancelled the registration. Weekends and holidays show as dips because the FAA processes on working days.

What joined

By kind of aircraft

Drones50 (60%)Conventional aircraft34 (40%)

Most-registered models

Amazon Prime Air MK3026Zipline P2 ZIP20Textron Aviation Inc 172S5Diamond Aircraft DA 42 NG2Bell Textron Canada Ltd 5052Cirrus Design Corp SR22T1Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B1Iai Ltd GULFSTREAM G2801Sowers Ronald Eugene ZENITH CH750 CRUZER1Cirrus Design Corp SR201

New drones by maker

Amazon Prime Air26Zipline20Maglev Aero Inc1XAG1DJI1Pyka1

Companies adding the most drones

Amazon.Com Services LLC · WA26Zipline International INC · CA14Maglev Aero INC · MA1Marlatt Fertilizer Aerial Services LLC · IN1Pyka INC · CA1

Companies, LLCs and government bodies only. Individuals are not listed at this time.

What left

Exported to deregistered aircraft with an export country

Algeria2Guatemala2Somalia1Brazil1Nigeria1Tanzania1

33 of the 42 that left already appear in the FAA's deregistered file; the rest are in transition and show up there in the following days.

Where they left from

AKMEVTNHWA1IDMTNDMN1WIMI1NYMARIORNV1WYSDIA1ILIN1OHPANJCTCA3UT3CONEMO2KYWVVAMDDEAZ1NMKS3ARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGA3HITX3FL1PR
nonemore

Electric and sustainable aircraft that left

N247PF Skydweller Aero SOLAR IMPULSE SI2Valid registration

What changed hands

Ownership changes by maker

Cessna16Piper5Socata3Cirrus Design Corp3Beech3Bombardier Inc2Bellanca2Velocity Inc1Luscombe1Mooney Aircraft Corp.1

A change of the registered owner's name between the two files. Sales, transfers into an LLC, and corrections all count.

Electric and sustainable aircraft with a new owner

None in this period

The last seven days from the current file, by certificate date

Aircraft registered826
of which drones226
of which electric or sustainable3
Zipline58Amazon Prime Air47Shield AI45DJI28Hylio16EAVision12Talos Drones8XAG6Vector Agr3Freefly Systems1