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FAA registry · updated October 5, 2026

Private jets in Texas

Business jets and turboprops registered in Texas, 2026

Texas has 1,570 business jets and 839 turboprops registered to an address in the state, #2 of 51 states and DC for business jets. The most common model is the Beechcraft King Air 90 series, with 139.

  • Business jets1,570#2 of 51
  • Turboprops8392,409 aircraft in all, #1
  • Registered to an LLC69%US: 56%
  • New certificates, 12 months402deliveries, imports and sales

TOP MODELS

The most common aircraft registered in Texas

Model families with five or more aircraft registered in Texas. Each links to its page with price, specs and the US fleet.

  1. Pilatus PC-12/47 exterior reference for the PC-12 family; other variants and modifications vary.PC-12/47 reference. Other variants differ.Single-engine turbopropPilatus PC-12 (all variants)122registered here8.5% of the 1,440 on the US register
  1. Cessna Citation V / Ultra / Encore illustrationLight jetCessna Citation V / Ultra / Encore121registered here20.3% of the 597 on the US register
  2. Beechcraft King Air 350i exterior reference for the 300 / 350 / 360 family; variants differ.King Air 350i reference. Other variants differ.Twin turbopropBeechcraft King Air 300 / 350 / 360102registered here11.2% of the 910 on the US register
  3. Cessna Citation Excel / XLS / XLS+ illustrationMidsize jetCessna Citation Excel / XLS / XLS+79registered here10.6% of the 744 on the US register
The other model families registered in TexasFamilies with five or more aircraft here, FAA file of October 5, 2026. Business jets in blue, turboprops in orange.

Source: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, file of October 5, 2026. Counted by Radar.

AGAINST THE US

What stands out in Texas

  • Texas holds 9.6% of the business jets and 9.4% of the turboprops registered to a US address.
  • 20% of all US-registered Cessna Citation V / Ultra / Encore aircraft are registered here (121 of 597), the highest share of any model in Texas.
  • LLCs hold 69% of the aircraft registered here, against 56% nationally.
  • Trusts are rare: 0.7% of aircraft here against 11% nationally, because trust-held aircraft are registered at the trustee's address, mostly in Utah and Delaware.
  • 148 aircraft (6.1%) are registered to a person in their own name, against 2.3% nationally.
  • The median aircraft registered here was built in 2004, older than the US median of 2008.

Who the aircraft are registered to

Share of Texas’s 2,409 aircraft by registrant type, against the US.

Owner typeAircraftTexasUS
LLC1,67369%56%
Corporation38916%22%
Trust or trustee171%11%
Co-owners or partnership1496%8%
Individual1486%2%
Government331%2%

By class

Median build year 2004, so half are 22 years old or more.

ClassAircraft
Very light jets119
Light jets556
Midsize jets378
Super-midsize jets174
Large-cabin jets213
Ultra-long-range jets130
Single-engine turboprops365
Twin turboprops474

RANKING

Texas ranks #2 for business jets

Texas is outlined on the map, shaded by business jets registered in each state. The states either side of it on the register are below. The full ranking, with every state’s owner mix, is on business jets by state.

Business jets by state of registered addressTexas outlined. FAA file of October 5, 2026.
  • Alaska: 37 business jets
  • Maine: 17 business jets
  • Vermont: 6 business jets
  • New Hampshire: 53 business jets
  • Washington: 150 business jets
  • Idaho: 106 business jets
  • Montana: 310 business jets
  • North Dakota: 46 business jets
  • Minnesota: 236 business jets
  • Illinois: 280 business jets
  • Wisconsin: 214 business jets
  • Michigan: 375 business jets
  • New York: 466 business jets
  • Rhode Island: 22 business jets
  • Massachusetts: 125 business jets
  • Oregon: 284 business jets
  • Nevada: 236 business jets
  • Wyoming: 180 business jets
  • South Dakota: 62 business jets
  • Iowa: 110 business jets
  • Indiana: 249 business jets
  • Ohio: 657 business jets
  • Pennsylvania: 247 business jets
  • New Jersey: 108 business jets
  • Connecticut: 111 business jets
  • California: 943 business jets
  • Utah: 1,650 business jets
  • Colorado: 249 business jets
  • Nebraska: 113 business jets
  • Missouri: 239 business jets
  • Kentucky: 100 business jets
  • West Virginia: 18 business jets
  • Virginia: 214 business jets
  • Maryland: 51 business jets
  • Delaware: 1,490 business jets
  • Arizona: 270 business jets
  • New Mexico: 99 business jets
  • Kansas: 446 business jets
  • Arkansas: 184 business jets
  • Tennessee: 385 business jets
  • North Carolina: 477 business jets
  • South Carolina: 109 business jets
  • District of Columbia: 10 business jets
  • Oklahoma: 402 business jets
  • Louisiana: 170 business jets
  • Mississippi: 118 business jets
  • Alabama: 193 business jets
  • Georgia: 614 business jets
  • Hawaii: 13 business jets
  • Texas: 1,570 business jets
  • Florida: 1,515 business jets
  • Puerto Rico: 0 business jets

METHOD

How this is counted

  • State. The mailing address on each FAA registration. It is where the owner, or the owner’s trustee or agent, receives mail, which is not always where the aircraft is based.
  • Small counts. Model families with fewer than five aircraft here are left out; class and owner-type counts under five show as “<5”.
  • Certificates. Registration certificates issued in the 12 months to October 5, 2026 to aircraft now registered in Texas.

Source: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, file of October 5, 2026, recounted with each site update. Aggregates and company names only: no N-number, serial number or person’s name. Counts of individually owned or co-owned aircraft under five are shown as “<5”. The full rules are in the ownership report’s method and on the open data page.