API For FAA Aircraft Database

[easik]

Happy Easter everybody!
I'm working on an app to search and verify aircraft in the US within seconds.
The FAA have their aircraft reg db public, but I'm wondering if there's an API already created to connect to the database. Please advise. Thanks.

 

[nauga]

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/

Nauga,
accustomed

 

[easik]

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/

Nauga,
accustomed

Thanks but I need an independent API I can use for my app.

 

[Salty]

Thanks but I need an independent API I can use for my app.

You can download the entire database from that site, so there’s no need for an api

 

[flyingron]

Yep, the database is just not that big. Every year right before Oshkosh I download both the US and Canadian registries to be used by our "Bellringer" app that allows us to look up the manufacture date of the aircraft (to see if you can get into Vintage, it also holds our list of "specials," past grand champions and the like). Both are (different for each country) fixed field size files. If you want some C++ code that will read either one, I'd be glad to mail it to you.

 

[Salty]

You can also easily automate a daily download refresh of the data.

 

[smv]

Is an API necessary? The URLs are pretty simple.

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=XXXXX (replace Xs with N-Number)

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Serial_Results.aspx?serialtxt=XXXXX (replace Xs with Ser No)

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Name_Results.aspx?Nametxt=XXXXX (replace Xs with Name)

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=XXXXXX&Modeltxt=YYYYYY (replace Xs with Make and Ys with Model)

etc etc.

 

[Tantalum]

^I would set up a daily download.. probably path of least resistance. I can't imagine there are that many intraday changes that would impact adversely the integrity of the app

 

[mcdewey]

This might help. https://www.beliefmedia.com.au/faa-aircraft-api. Of course, being from a third party, it could go away at any time. But if you're going short term or proof-of-concept, it saves you having the scrape the FAA's html.

 

[Salty]

Heck, I'll slap an API for that together in a couple days if you're willing to pay me

 

[easik]

This might help. https://www.beliefmedia.com.au/faa-aircraft-api. Of course, being from a third party, it could go away at any time. But if you're going short term or proof-of-concept, it saves you having the scrape the FAA's html.

Thanks. I've tried reaching out to https://www.beliefmedia.com.au/faa-aircraft-api dead end so far.

 

[mix_master_mike]

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=XXXXX (replace Xs with N-Number)

If anyone like myself landed on this link via a Google search looking to find an FAA API for looking up aircraft information using the N-Number, I don't think there is. However, I wanted to share an update to a URL from above. I can't paste the entire URL as my account is new but take the domain, `registry.faa.gov`, and add it to `/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=XXXX`. Replace `XXXX` with the N-Number without the prefixed `N`. The above example no longer is valid.

 

[flyingron]

I have source code for a program that reads the registration database that we use at Oshkosh every year to look up manufacture date to find out if people are old enough for Vintage.