Last updated: October 20, 2026.
Public records we show
For aircraft we show the owner name only when the registrant is a corporation, LLC or government body. Names of individual owners, co-owners and partnerships are not stored in our database at all. Owners who asked the FAA to withhold their name and address under 49 U.S.C. 44114(b) arrive without them, and we do not fill them in from anywhere else. For both the FAA and FCC records we show city and state, never street addresses, ZIP codes, phone numbers, email addresses or FCC registration numbers (FRN).
Pilot and airman records
The pilot lookup uses the FAA Airmen Certification releasable file, which by law contains only airmen who did not ask the FAA to withhold their data. We show name, city, state, certificates, ratings and medical class and dates, never street addresses or ZIP codes. These pages are excluded from search engines. To have a record hidden, write to [email protected].
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Corrections and removal
Records change only when the FAA or FCC data changes. To ask us to hide a record, write to [email protected].