Tracker · data as of October 7, 2026

Electric and sustainable aircraft on the U.S. register

Every aircraft the FAA codes as electric that carries people or comes from a maker on the watchlist: eVTOL air taxis, electric airplanes and trainers, self-launching gliders, hydrogen, solar and airship projects. Drones are tracked separately.

282

aircraft on the register today

104

eVTOL aircraft

Joby, Archer, Wisk, Pivotal, Kitty Hawk and others

162

on experimental certificates

none holds a standard certificate

123

based in California

then Vermont (17), Florida (13)

By group

eVTOL104 (37%)Electric glider66 (23%)Electric airplane56 (20%)Other electric aircraft with seats45 (16%)Hybrid-electric7 (2%)Hydrogen2 (0.7%)Solar1 (0.4%)Airship1 (0.4%)

By group, as a table

	aircraft	share
eVTOL	104	37%
Electric glider	66	23%
Electric airplane	56	20%
Other electric aircraft with seats	45	16%
Hybrid-electric	7	2%
Hydrogen	2	0.7%
Solar	1	0.4%
Airship	1	0.4%

New registrations by year certificate issue date

By year, as a table

	aircraft
2011	2
2013	2
2014	1
2015	1
2016	1
2017	3
2018	5
2019	10
2020	11
2021	49
2022	59
2023	24
2024	33
2025	40
2026	33

2026 runs through October 7, 2026. Older aircraft that changed hands show the year of their latest certificate.

By maker top 15

By maker, as a table

	aircraft
Kitty Hawk	39
Pipistrel	37
Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix)	31
Schempp-Hirth	21
Alisport	15
M&D Flugzeugbau	14
Beta Technologies	12
Joby Aviation	12
Jonker Sailplanes	12
Sportine Aviacija (LAK)	9
Alexander Schleicher	7
Archer Aviation	4
Air VEV	3
Douglas E Haynes	3
Elroy Air	3

By state top 12

California123Vermont17Florida13Colorado13Texas12Washington9Virginia7Tennessee7Kansas6Delaware6Utah5Oregon5

By state, as a table

	aircraft
California	123
Vermont	17
Florida	13
Colorado	13
Texas	12
Washington	9
Virginia	7
Tennessee	7
Kansas	6
Delaware	6
Utah	5
Oregon	5

Airworthiness certificate

Experimental162 (57%)None on file105 (37%)Light sport15 (5%)

By airworthiness certificate, as a table

	aircraft	share
Experimental	162	57%
None on file	105	37%
Light sport	15	5%

Electric aviation in the United States, in numbers answers refresh every morning

How many electric aircraft are registered in the United States?

As of October 7, 2026, the FAA aircraft register lists 282 electric and sustainable aircraft that carry people or come from a dedicated electric-aircraft maker: 104 eVTOL aircraft, 66 electric self-launching gliders, 56 electric airplanes and 56 others (hybrid-electric, hydrogen, solar and airship projects, and one-off experimental builds). A further 17,548 aircraft carry the FAA's electric engine code but are drones with no seats, counted separately. See every aircraft.

Which companies have the most electric aircraft on the U.S. register?

Kitty Hawk (39), Pipistrel (37), Pivotal (BlackFly / Helix) (31), Schempp-Hirth (21) and Alisport (15), as of October 7, 2026. Counts are registered airframes, including prototypes and test aircraft, not deliveries to customers.

Which state has the most electric aircraft?

California, with 123 of the 282, followed by Vermont (17) and Florida (13). The state is where the registered owner is based, which for a manufacturer is usually its headquarters or test site.

How many electric aircraft are certified for ordinary passenger flying?

None of the 282 yet hold a standard airworthiness certificate, the kind ordinary passenger-carrying aircraft need. 162 fly on experimental certificates, 15 as light-sport aircraft, and 105 have no airworthiness certificate on file yet, which usually means newly registered or not yet flying.

Where does this data come from, and how often is it updated?

From the FAA's Releasable Aircraft Database, the public copy of the U.S. civil aircraft register, which the FAA republishes every night at 11:30 pm Central. This page is rebuilt every morning from that file; the figures above come from the file dated October 7, 2026. Nothing is added from other sources. How the daily update works.

What counts as an electric or sustainable aircraft here?

An aircraft the FAA codes as electric that either has at least one seat or comes from a maker on eFlight's watchlist of electric, eVTOL, hydrogen, solar and airship developers, such as Joby, Archer, Beta, Wisk and Pipistrel. Drones with no seats are tracked on the drone pages instead.

The long version, rewritten every morning: The state of electric aviation in the United States.

All 282 aircraft

45 shown

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N931WA	Aeriane SWIFT 3	Glider	Whisper Aero INC Crossville, Tennessee	Experimental	2025-07-22	Valid
N16UW	Aeromarine Lsa ELECTROLITE/ZIGOLO	Fixed-wing, single engine	Board Of Regents Of University Of Wisonsin System Madison, Wisconsin	None on file	2021-07-14	Valid
N11314	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Fun Flying LLC Davenport, Florida	Experimental	2025-03-14	Valid
N265PN	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Colorado	None on file	2025-08-06	Valid
N268MB	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Jonker Sailplanes INC Tullahoma, Tennessee	None on file	2015-02-03	Valid
N278SE	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	2021-07-20	Valid
N288DR	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Co-owned owner Texas	Experimental	2017-05-12	Valid
N321AD	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2023-09-23	Valid
N39TM	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2023-03-07	Valid
N442MB	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2014-12-10	Valid
N555CJ	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2022-11-14	Valid
N64JG	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Minnesota	Experimental		Sale reported
N679SM	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Tennessee	None on file	2024-06-09	Valid
N854BE	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Tennessee	None on file	2017-03-08	Valid
N945RM	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2017-05-02	Valid
N94SE	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	2024-08-14	Valid
N98XC	Alisport SILENT 2 ELECTRO	Electric glider	Co-owned owner Connecticut	Experimental	2025-06-07	Valid
N893SD	Atlas South Dakota State Univ ALBATROSS	Rotorcraft	South Dakota Board Of Regents Pierre, South Dakota	None on file	2021-12-07	Valid
N904RW	Avia Stroitel AC-5M	Glider	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2025-09-15	Valid
N562CY	Avionic Sp Jawna B Kawik-L Mat SZD-56-3 DIANA-2 FES	Glider	Individual owner Oregon	Experimental	2023-07-28	Valid
N56ZJ	Avionic Sp Jawna B Kawik-L Mat SZD-56-3 DIANA-2 FES	Glider	Individual owner Wisconsin	Experimental	2019-10-31	Valid
N406EV	Bremerton Avn Ctr For Educ XENOS	Glider	Fly Electric LLC Port Orchard, Washington	Experimental	2026-01-21	Valid
N10QT	Brian Carpenter EMG6	Glider	Co-owned owner Missouri	Experimental	2013-08-22	Valid
N12PB	Buck Peter A CONDUCTIVE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	None on file	2019-01-17	Valid
N540EV	Devault Gabriel V SONEX XENOS	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Experimental		Sale reported
N711HH	Douglas E Haynes DEHAS DHDL 08	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Colorado	None on file	2022-08-03	Valid
N301GM	Douglas E Haynes DEHAS DHGM 12	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Colorado	None on file	2022-03-29	Valid
N771SJ	Douglas E Haynes DEHAS DHJS 07	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Colorado	None on file	2022-08-10	Valid
N205DA	Dragonair Aviation Inc AIRBOARD 2.5	Rotorcraft	Dragonair Aviation INC Panama City Beach, Florida	None on file	2020-01-30	Valid
N1245Z	Dukhovny/Petrov/Kisly/Markin ARMADA MODEL ZERO	Rotorcraft	Co-owned owner California	Experimental	2019-08-29	Valid
N488HR	Eric Scott Raymond SUNSEEKER DUO	Glider	Individual owner California	Experimental	2013-05-01	Valid
N810GF	Feuling Oil Pump Corp GFC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Feuling Oil Pump CORP Mojave, California	Experimental	2011-05-02	Valid
N23KW	Goldner Leslie M CUMULUS	Glider	Individual owner California	Experimental	2022-12-07	Valid
N22QE	Hallam Henry M QUICKLI	Glider	Individual owner California	Experimental	2021-11-30	Valid
N100JY	Jayu Llc JAYU RAY	Rotorcraft	Jayu LLC Malden, Massachusetts	None on file	2020-01-29	Valid
N902YL	Marcelo De Bastos Lavrador HDP03	Hybrid lift	Individual owner Florida	None on file	2021-03-30	Valid
N1863X	Martin Emde EMG-6	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Hawaii	Experimental	2025-06-25	Valid
N66EV	Paul F Dye / Louise D Hose XENOS	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nevada	Experimental	2022-04-18	Valid
N110VC	Pete Bitar ELEC JETBIKE VERTICY	Other	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2020-01-23	Valid
N330VC	Pete Bitar ELEC JETBIKE VERTICY	Other	Individual owner Indiana	None on file	2021-08-16	Valid
N3031S	Skycore Avionics Inc HOVER-TRIKE 1A	Hybrid lift	Skycore Avionics INC Gulfport, Florida	None on file	2024-08-31	Valid
N3512R	Starlett J Garner ULTRALIGHT HELICOPTR	Rotorcraft	Individual owner Pennsylvania	None on file	2024-03-15	Valid
N873JW	Thomas E Woodwaski DELTA RAY	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Arizona	None on file	2019-09-05	Valid
N246HP	Tom J Krajci HP-24	Glider	Individual owner New Mexico	None on file	2025-08-12	Valid
N400XW	Xiru Wang YUNEEC E-430	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2016-09-27	Expired

Owner names are shown for companies, LLCs and government bodies. Individual owners appear only as "Individual owner" in lists; the aircraft page shows the record as the FAA publishes it.