AIRCRAFT OWNERS, SPEAK UP FOR YOUR PRIVACY
AOPA urges members to support FAA withholding aircraft owner names, addresses
April 17, 2025
By Jim Moore
Aircraft owners who value their privacy and oppose ADS-B-based landing fees are encouraged to join AOPA in supporting the recent FAA update enabling aircraft owners to request that their name and contact information be withheld from public dissemination.
What's one important difference between the car's license plate and the aircraft registration number in this photo? A federal law passed in 1994 requires states to withhold personal information about vehicle owners from the public, but FAA aircraft registration records offered no such protection, until recently. Photo by Rebecca Boone.
What's one important difference between the car's license plate and the aircraft registration number in this photo? A federal law passed in 1994 requires states to withhold personal information about vehicle owners from the public, but FAA aircraft registration records offered no such protection, until recently. Photo by Rebecca Boone.
The recent change may solve more than one problem, though the FAA also may hear arguments in coming days against the new policy that Congress required (and AOPA advocated to include) in the 2024 FAA reauthorization.
The FAA’s March 28 announcement that the Civil Aviation Registry Electronic Services system now allows aircraft owners to request that their name and contact information be withheld from public access included an invitation to comment on the new policy by May 5. By April 15, 11 comments had been submitted to the public docket, all but two voicing strong support.
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