The FAA Civil Aviation Registry publishes a complete daily snapshot of all US-registered civil aircraft. Aero Reg ingests the full MASTER.txt, DEREG.txt, and supplemental files each day, tracking field-level changes across every N-number.
Coverage
Aircraft registries we track
Daily updates from the FAA, Transport Canada's CCAR, Australia's CASA, and Switzerland's FOCA, plus monthly snapshots from Austria and the Bahamas.
Where we have data
Civil aircraft registries · 6 sources trackedActive registries
Daily ingestion from official government sourcesTransport Canada's Canadian Civil Aircraft Register covers all Canadian-registered civil aircraft. Aero Reg processes the daily pipe-delimited export, converting CP-1252 encoding and tracking owner changes, re-registrations, and mark lifecycle events.
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority publishes the Australian Civil Aircraft Register. Aero Reg ingests the daily CSV export, tracking additions, deletions, modifications, re-registrations, and owner changes across every VH- mark.
The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA / BAZL) publishes the Swiss civil aircraft register, covering Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Aero Reg ingests the daily register sweep, tracking additions, deletions, modifications, re-registrations, and owner changes across every HB- mark, plus a deregistration archive reaching back to 1926.
Austro Control publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 84% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Civil Aviation Authority Bahamas publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 80% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 89% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Department of Civil Aviation, Republic of Cyprus publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 30% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Hungarian Transport Authority (Közlekedési Hatóság) publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 61% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aerea (Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible) publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 30% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Civil Aviation Authority of Maldives publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 87% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Transport Malta - Civil Aviation Directorate publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 93% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Autoritatea Aeronautica Civila a Republicii Moldova publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 78% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 33% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Papua New Guinea publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 58% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Direction de l'Aviation Civile (Luxembourg) publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 86% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Luftfartstilsynet (Civil Aviation Authority of Norway) publishes a monthly snapshot register. Aero Reg diffs each release for additions, removals, and field changes (owner/operator, manufacturer, model, serial, MTOW). Mode S hex is added via curated enrichment where available (currently 100% of active aircraft) — not published by the registry itself.
Coverage roadmap
Public scheduleOur data methodology
Refreshed against the source — every day
We pull the official authority's published register on its native cadence, diff against our index, and write back any record-level changes. Our published lag is the delta between the source's "as of" timestamp and our index.
Field-level change tracking
Every modification is diffed field by field. Owner transfers, serial number corrections, and category changes are each individually flagged and timestamped — not just a "record changed" marker.
Provenance is a first-class field
Every record carries its source URL, retrieval timestamp, and the original field names. You can audit any value back to the upstream publication. Bulk exports include a JSON sidecar with the same metadata.