N-Number Lookup Search any US aircraft by its tail number
Try: N1CH, N1H, N1KD, N1MG, N1BX, N15YS
Every current FAA aircraft registration, all 316,059 of them, from the FAA file of October 2026: who it is registered to, what it is, and its registration history. Free, no account. Unlike the FAA's own inquiry, each result is a page of its own, and business jets and turboprops add the type's published specs and an estimated value.
WHAT A LOOKUP SHOWS
What the FAA record tells you about an aircraft.
Each aircraft page starts from the FAA’s releasable aircraft database, the same records the FAA’s own inquiry form searches, and adds what Radar knows about the type.
- Registered owner
The owner of record and its city and state when it is a company, trust or other entity. Individuals are shown as privately registered, with their state only.
- The aircraft
Manufacturer and model, serial number, year built, number of seats and engines, and the engine make and model.
- Registration status
When the certificate of registration was issued and when it expires, the latest FAA action on the record, and whether the registration is current.
- Airworthiness
The airworthiness certificate’s class (standard, experimental, light-sport and others) and the date it was issued.
- Mode S code
The aircraft’s 24-bit transponder address, in hex: the code ADS-B receivers see.
- History
Earlier registrations of the same airframe and earlier uses of the number, from the FAA’s deregistered aircraft records.
- Specs and value
For business jets and turboprops Radar knows, the published specs, the model’s price and value by year, and a link to the model page.
- Records, when it’s yours
The registry is not the logbooks. Owners and operators keep the aircraft’s maintenance records in Radar.
BY MODEL
Or look up aircraft by model
Every aircraft of the type by tail number, with the model’s price, specs, range and cabin.
- Pilatus PC-12 1,440
- Cessna Caravan 1,021
- Beechcraft King Air 350 784
- Cirrus Vision Jet 761
- Embraer Phenom 300 series 671
- Cessna Citation CJ3 601
- Cessna Citation XLS 435
- Cessna Citation CJ4 series 415
- Gulfstream G550 410
- Cessna Citation Latitude 400
- Bombardier Challenger 300 386
- Cessna Citation II 380
- Bombardier Challenger 350 340
- Bombardier BD-700-1A10 series 324
- Cessna Citation Sovereign 294
- Gulfstream G280 294
QUESTIONS
N-number lookup questions
Radar does not publish the names of individual owners. Owners and operators can ask for a correction or removal. The FAA’s own aircraft inquiry holds the official record.
What is an N-number?
An N-number is the registration mark of an aircraft on the US civil register: the letter N, the nationality mark for the United States, followed by one to five characters. It is painted on the aircraft, usually on the tail or the rear fuselage, which is why it is also called a tail number.
How do I look up an N-number?
Type the registration into the box above, with or without the N (N123AB or 123AB). Radar takes you to that aircraft's page: the FAA registration as of October 2026, the type, and, where Radar has them, the specs, value and history.
Can you see who owns an aircraft by its tail number?
The FAA register is public and lists a registered owner for each aircraft. Many aircraft are registered to a company, a trust or a management firm rather than to the person who flies on them. Radar shows the owner of record when it is a company, trust or other entity, and shows individuals only as privately registered, with their state.
Is there a fee to look up a tail number?
No. The FAA register is free to search, and so is Radar. Ordering certified copies of an aircraft's registration records from the FAA is a separate, paid request.
Can two aircraft have the same N-number?
Not at the same time. Each US registration belongs to one aircraft. When an aircraft is exported, destroyed or re-registered, its number can later be assigned to another aircraft, so an N-number can have an earlier history on a different airframe. Radar's aircraft pages note earlier uses of the number where the FAA records show them.
Why can't I find an N-number?
Radar has a page for every current registration in the FAA file. A number that is reserved but not yet assigned to an aircraft, one whose registration was cancelled, or one that has never been issued has no current record, so its page is not found. A foreign aircraft carries its own country's prefix (C- for Canada, G- for the UK) and is not on the US register.
What do the letters and numbers in an N-number mean?
After the N come one to five characters: digits, or digits followed by one or two letters (N12345, N1234A, N123AB). The first digit is never zero, and the letters I and O are not used, so they cannot be confused with 1 and 0. Owners can reserve a specific number, which is why companies often pick numbers that spell initials.
Can I track a flight by its tail number?
Radar is not a live flight tracker. Its aircraft pages are built from the registry and other public records. Some owners also ask the FAA to limit the display of their aircraft's flights, and Radar does not show flight history for privately registered aircraft.
Keep the aircraft's records, not just its registration.
Radar reads every logbook page, typed or handwritten, and builds one searchable record per tail: times, inspections, ADs and components, each tied to the page it came from.