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Aircraft registered in Iowa.

4,492 aircraft with a Iowa registrant address, from the FAA's October 8, 2026 release.

4,492registered aircraft
180new certificates, 90 days
8expiring in 120 days
1977median year built

Iowa has 4,492 aircraft on the US registry, 1% of the national total. 61% are single-engine airplanes and 26% are rotorcraft. The median year built is 1977. 180 new registration certificates were issued in the last 90 days, and 8 registrations expire in the next 120.

By aircraft type

Single-engine airplanes2,743 (61%)
Helicopters and rotorcraft1,180 (26%)
Multi-engine airplanes263 (6%)
Balloons199 (4%)
Gliders37 (1%)
Hybrid lift (incl. drones)35 (1%)
Powered parachutes28 (1%)
Weight-shift trikes3 (0%)

By engine type

Piston2,525 (56%)
Electric1,111 (25%)
4-cycle231 (5%)
None224 (5%)
Turboprop170 (4%)
Turbofan111 (2%)
2-cycle72 (2%)
Turboshaft42 (1%)

Top cities

By registrant mailing address, which may differ from where an aircraft is based.

CityAircraft
Odebolt, IA150
Cedar Rapids, IA118
Des Moines, IA108
Iowa City, IA103
Ankeny, IA99
Indianola, IA79
Muscatine, IA74
Ottumwa, IA72

Who registers them

Individuals1,852 (41%)
LLCs1,584 (35%)
Corporations657 (15%)
Co-owners314 (7%)
Government51 (1%)
Partnerships33 (1%)
Non-citizen corporations1 (0%)

Latest registration certificates

Individual owners' names are not shown.

N-numberYearLocationRegistrantCertificate
N659KM–Sharpsburg, IAMiller Aerial Solutions LLCOct 8, 2026
N659LM–Sharpsburg, IAMiller Aerial Solutions LLCOct 8, 2026
N52355–Washington, IAIowa Sky LLCOct 7, 2026
N7271M–Pleasant Hill, IANot shown (individual)Oct 6, 2026
N9489V–Cedar Falls, IANot shown (individual)Oct 6, 2026
N378WH–Fayette, IAJellings Custom LLCOct 5, 2026
N812DP–Elma, IANot shown (individual)Oct 5, 2026
N1092U2006Clear Lake, IANot shown (individual)Oct 4, 2026
N475BE–Muscatine, IANot shown (individual)Oct 3, 2026
N3000D2001Bettendorf, IAHungy Air LLCOct 2, 2026

Source: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, release of October 8, 2026. Counts include aircraft on the US civil registry and exclude reserved or unassigned N-numbers. Not an official FAA record. Not affiliated with the FAA. How we count.

Registry changes in Iowa

New registrations, ownership changes and exports, updated daily.