FAA Registry Update
June 10, 2026 to July 10, 2026
Covering 4 weeks of registry activity · light aircraft under 12,500 lbs, drones excluded
Between June 10, 2026 and July 10, 2026, the FAA registry added 496 light aircraft and removed 285. The registered fleet grew by 211 to 268,381 aircraft. That works out to about 17 new registrations a day, with the fleet gaining about 7 aircraft daily.
More than one in 4 new registrations (27%) were amateur-built aircraft.
Cessna saw more removals (56) than registrations (40) — a net loss of 16.
Beech saw more removals (19) than registrations (11) — a net loss of 8.
Fixed wing single engine aircraft account for 73% of all new registrations.
Anatomy of the additions
79 years old and back on the books.
Representative image, not the actual aircraft. Photo: U.S. Army / Harry S. Truman Library (public domain)
New to the registry
Type-certificated model designations appearing for the first time
What's being registered
When they were built
Manufacture decade of the 60 additions with year on record
Who's registering
New registrations by manufacturer
- 1 Cirrus Design Corp 68
- 2 Piper 51
- 3 Cessna 40
- 4 Cessna/Beech (Textron) 34
- 5 Pilatus Aircraft Ltd 16
Most-registered models
- 1 Cirrus Design Corp SR22T 31
- 2 Cirrus Design Corp SR20 22
- 3 Piper PA-28-181 14
- 4 Cessna/Beech (Textron) 172S 13
- 5 Pilatus Aircraft Ltd PC-12/47G 9
Where they're landing
- 1. Florida 73
- 2. Minnesota 59
- 3. Texas 28
- 4. Kansas 26
- 5. California 24
Fleet churn
285 aircraft left the registry this period. Leaving is not the same as leaving the sky — many return after paperwork catches up. The chart below shows registrations vs. removals for the most-active manufacturers.
Methodology
Comparison of FAA Releasable Aircraft Database snapshots dated June 10, 2026 and July 10, 2026, filtered to Class 1 light aircraft (under 12,500 lbs, drones excluded). An added N-number is a new registration, not necessarily a new airframe. The FAA records changes with a paperwork lag. Manufacturer logos are trademarks of their respective owners, shown for identification; image sources and licenses are listed in the logo manifest.