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The FAA is extending the duration of aircraft registration certificates from three to seven years, effective January 23, 2023.
The FAA Registry is now offering limited online aircraft registration services here. Individual aircraft owners can complete self-guided aircraft registration applications, upload legal and supplemental documents, receive auto-generated notification, request aircraft registration N- Numbers, use modernized online payment options, receive instant notification of payment, and digitally sign Aircraft Registration Applications. Services will be continuously improved.
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The Federal Aviation Administration accepts documents containing digital signatures by email. The documents may be submitted electronically as an attachment to an email at 9-avs-ar-electronic-submittals@faa.gov. Documents signed in ink must be submitted by U.S. Post Office or commercial delivery services. The link to Contact the Aircraft Registration Branch provides our contact information including our mailing and physical addresses. Any questions can be by email Aircraft Registration Branch, or you can call 1-866-762-9434, or 405-954-3116.
We are processing documents received on approximately August 23, 2023.
The Registry will no longer issue letters of extension, effective January 23, 2023. The FAA revised 14 CFR 47.31(c)(1) removing the time limit within which the FAA must either issue a letter extending the temporary authority to continue to operate or deny the application. The Aircraft Registration Application (Pink Copy) is valid until the applicant receives the aircraft registration certificate, application is denied by the FAA, or 12 months have elapsed during which the registration is pending on the aircraft.
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Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) Information
If your ELT information has changed or if you are purchasing, selling, buying or disposing of an aircraft with a 406 MHz ELT, now is the time to ensure your ELT registration information is up to date and correct at: https://beaconregistration.noaa.gov/RGDB/
Keeping your ELT information up to date is not only required, it could save your life and or the lives of your family and friends. When an ELT is activated, the registration data is automatically forwarded to the Rescue Coordination Centers providing critical data to aid search and rescue efforts, reducing unnecessary risk to the search and rescue response, and helping to reduce false alerts. Additionally, aircraft owners must update their information upon transfer of an ELT to another aircraft owner, or upon any other change in registration information.
Registering or updating your 406 MHz ELT is free, easy, and required. NOTE: The SARSAT system no longer monitors 121.5 Mhz.
For more information refer to:
᛫ ELT beacon information https://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/
᛫ ELT equipage requirements,14 CFR 91.207 Emergency locator transmitters
᛫ ELT registration requirements,47 CFR 87.199(f) Special requirements for
406.0‑406.1 MHz ELTs
Register or update your 406 MHz ELT information here: https://beaconregistration.noaa.gov/RGDB/