# aircraft.report FAA Registration Lookup

> aircraft.report FAA Registration Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from aircraft.report, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-31).

Returns current FAA registration details and change history for a single US aircraft identified by its N-number (tail number).

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://aircraft.report/v1/aircraft/:n?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-31
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/aircraft-report-faa-registration-lookup-c7e64f97
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_frqOyMkL8Vqz2yz4Hy7wx

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability aircraft-report-faa-registration-lookup-c7e64f97
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the FAA registration info for tail number N172SP — I want to know who owns it, what type of plane it is, and whether there's been any recent registration changes?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative FAA registration data for a specific US-registered civil aircraft by tail number. It is the right choice for ownership verification, regulatory compliance checks, aviation journalism research, or enriching flight-tracking data with registry details. Prefer it over general web search when you need structured, reliable FAA data rather than scraped or crowd-sourced information.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized N-number returns a 404 or empty result
- Aircraft deregistered or cancelled from FAA registry may return limited data
- N-numbers for military or experimental aircraft may not appear in civil FAA registry
- Transient network or payment errors (x402) may interrupt the call
- Leading 'N' prefix is optional but malformed numbers will fail lookup

## How this service works

What exactly is this aircraft? Decoded identity (type, engine, seats, certification, risk flags), FAA registration and change history for one US tail number.

## Output

Returns current FAA registration data for the queried aircraft including owner name and address, aircraft make and model, year, engine type, registration class, status, and a history of registration changes over time.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "pathParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "n"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "n": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Tail number, with or without the leading N, e.g. N100"
      }
     }
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/aircraft-report-faa-registration-lookup-c7e64f97/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from aircraft.report](https://www.zero.xyz/host/aircraft.report/llms.txt)