Aircraft ownership in the US requires registration with the FAA. If the owner’s information on the insurance policy and FAA record don’t match, claim defense and payment for damages may be delayed.

Many aircraft are regularly operated in multiple jurisdictions and aircraft owners have multiple choices as to where they will register their aircraft. Once the pros and cons of each registry are ...

A web of secrecy at the Federal Aviation Administration could make it nearly impossible to identify a plane's real owner. For a new report, the Boston Globe's Spotlight team spent a year investigating ...

Is the registration certificate on your aircraft coming due soon? You may have more time—as in years to renew it. The FAA is slated to release a rule this month to extend the duration of aircraft ...

FAA emergency order impacts services, registrations, and medical certificates, potentially sparking interest in private pilot training.

For more than 40 years, aircraft owners have had the choice to register their aircraft in trusts based in the United States, either because they want a layer of privacy, or because they don’t meet the ...

US regulators are aiming to extend the duration of aircraft registrations to seven years, more than double the current three-year limit, in order to relieve administrative workloads. The proposal to ...

The Federal Aviation Administration's aircraft registry is missing key information on who owns one-third of the 357,000 private and commercial planes in the U.S. — a gap the agency fears could be ...

LANSING — Airplane registration fees in Michigan haven't increased since 1945, according to a new audit. That means it costs more each year to register a car in Michigan than it does an airplane. The ...