Releasable Aircraft Registration Database

Source and attribution

Publisher

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Civil Aviation Registry

License

Public domain

Commercial use

Yes

Attribution required

No

Modification allowed

See publisher

Redistribution allowed

See publisher

Share-alike

No

U.S. Government work (17 U.S.C. 105); public domain. The FAA Releasable Aircraft Database Download page (https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download, re-read 31 Oct 2026) states no licence or use restriction; it notes that owners may have certain personal information withheld from public display under 49 U.S.C. 44114(b). FAA's own site terms: the FAA Disclaimer Statement (https://www.faa.gov/web_policies/disclaimer, read 31 Oct 2026) is a system-use notice ("This information system ... is provided for U.S. Government-authorized use only. Unauthorized or improper use of this system is prohibited") about the website itself; it has no copyright, licence or data-reuse terms. The FAA Privacy and Website Policy (https://www.faa.gov/privacy) has no copyright or reuse terms either. With no FAA licence, the data are a U.S. Government work in the public domain (17 U.S.C. 105). DOT web-policy pages on transportation.gov returned 403 to automated reads.Copy attributionLicense text

Region

United StatesUS

Type

Vector

Time

2026–2026

Download

ReleasableAircraft.zip (CSV, 73.1 MB)Copyardata.pdf (file layout documentation, PDF, 0.24 MB)Copy

Extent

-179.217.6-64.571.4West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.