Today we're launching two features that fundamentally change what PlaneLists™ can do for aviation professionals: Aircraft 360™ and Airport Market Intelligence.
Both are live now. No waitlist, no beta code.
Enter any FAA N-number. You get back a single page with everything we know about that aircraft, organized into nine sections:
N-number, serial, Mode S code, certificate data. Straight from the FAA Civil Aviation Registry, refreshed daily.
Current registrant name and address, registrant type (individual, LLC, corporation, trust), and the full ownership chain over time. See every prior owner and when the aircraft changed hands.
Manufacturer, model, year, engine type and horsepower, number of seats, weight class, cruising speed. Decoded from FAA reference tables — no raw codes, no guessing.
Current status, certification type, expiration date, last activity. Color-coded: green for active, red for expired.
NTSB accident and incident history linked directly to the aircraft, plus direct links to FAA 337 major repair/alteration records. The FAA stores 337s as scanned documents — we link you straight to their system so you can pull them for any tail number.
A unified chronological view combining registration changes and NTSB events into one feed. Every event is labeled with its source and trust level.
Active listings for the same make, model, and year range from across the market. Tight model-family matching — we don't show you a Cessna 150 when you're looking at a Citation.
If we've run a valuation on this aircraft, you see the estimate with confidence score, range, and methodology. If not, you can get an instant market benchmark for $2.99.
This is the one nobody else has. We geocode the registrant's address, find the nearest airport, and plot it all on a live FAA VFR sectional chart. You see the registrant's location, the inferred home airport, and every nearby airport — all on actual aviation charts with a live radar overlay. Plus local fleet density: how many aircraft are registered in that city and what types they are.
Every section carries a trust label so you know the provenance of every data point. "Official Record" means it came directly from the FAA. "Estimate" means our algorithms derived it. "Inferred" means we calculated it from available data. No ambiguity.
Aviation data platforms have always treated airports as background — something you filter by, not something you explore. We think that's wrong. An airport is an entity with its own identity, its own ecosystem, and its own market dynamics.
Pick any of 19,445 U.S. airports and heliports. Here's what you get:
A live map with actual FAA VFR sectional tiles, the airport marked, and every nearby airport pinned with distances. Toggle between dark, street, and VFR base maps. Turn on a live radar overlay.
Live METAR and TAF from the National Weather Service. Decoded into a visual dashboard: wind direction arrow with speed, temperature in both °C and °F, visibility, altimeter, T/D spread, sea level pressure. Animated cloud layer profile showing FEW, SCT, BKN, and OVC at correct altitudes. AWOS/ASOS station type and phone number.
How many aircraft are registered in the area. Active, expired, and inactive counts. Fleet mix by category. Registration status breakdown. Top aircraft types by make and model — invaluable for mechanics, parts suppliers, and FBOs.
Every airport within 30nm with distances, tower status (Towered or Uncontrolled — not raw FAA codes), and fuel availability (100LL Avgas, Jet-A — not cryptic abbreviations).
Active aircraft listings in the area with prices, locations, and sources.
One button. Your browser finds your GPS location and shows every airport within 30nm, sorted by distance. One tap takes you to any airport's full intelligence page.
Buyers — Look up any aircraft and see its full history, market value, and where it lives before you make a call.
Dealers and brokers — See fleet density at any airport. Identify markets where aircraft are concentrated or underserved.
Lenders and insurers — Verify registration, check airworthiness, and request a signed valuation with a QR-verifiable report.
Mechanics — See what types of aircraft are based near any airport. Find where the work is.
Appraisers — Instant access to market comparables, ownership history, and specs. The research that used to take hours.
Aviation enthusiasts — Explore any tail number you spot on the ramp and learn everything about it.
PlaneLists™ processes:
All data carries trust labels. All sources are documented. Where data doesn't exist, we show a clean empty state — not a guess.
VFR sectional charts come from the FAA's ArcGIS tile servers, updated on the 28-day charting cycle. Radar from RainViewer. Weather from the NWS Aviation Weather Center. Everything is authoritative or transparently derived.
This is a private beta. We're building based on industry feedback. On the roadmap:
If you're in aviation and have opinions about what this platform should do, we want to hear from you. Reach out at support@planelists.com.
Search any aircraft. Explore any airport. Get a valuation.
Aircraft 360™ → Airport Intel → Get a Valuation →