Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server

io.github.cyanheads/faa-aircraft-registry-mcp-server

answering

Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. 99 installs a week from npm. It exposes 5 tools. Last commit 17 Jul 2026.

Offline, keyless lookup of the US civil aircraft registry — decode N-numbers, search records.

Installs per day peak 418 · avg 35 · -17% w/w

a month agotoday

Uptime history 40 hours of history · worst hour 75%

40 hours agonow

98.9%

Uptime 24h

90 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

370 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Installs / week

npm and PyPI

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add faa-aircraft-registry-mcp-server --transport http https://faa-aircraft-registry.caseyjhand.com/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faa-aircraft-registry-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://faa-aircraft-registry.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.faa-aircraft-registry-mcp-server]
url = "https://faa-aircraft-registry.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faa-aircraft-registry-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://faa-aircraft-registry.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faa-aircraft-registry-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://faa-aircraft-registry.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

faa

faa_get_aircraft_type

Decode a 7-character FAA manufacturer/model/series code to aircraft specifications from the reference table — manufacturer, model, aircraft category, aircraft type, engine type, number of engines, number of seats, weight class, cruise speed, and type-certificate data sheet/holder. Use faa_search_aircraft_types first to discover a code by manufacturer or model name.

faa_get_registration_status

Resolve registration and airworthiness status for a US civil aircraft N-number across all three status files — active (MASTER), deregistered (DEREG), and reserved (RESERVED) — in priority order, returning a definitive recordType. Use this (rather than faa_lookup_registration) when a number may be inactive: it returns "deregistered" or "reserved" for a known-but-inactive number instead of a not-found. A number that was never issued returns recordType "unknown" — a valid, informative answer, not an error. Accepts "N12345" or "12345".

faa_lookup_registration

Decode one US civil aircraft N-number to its full registration record — aircraft make/model, engine, year manufactured, airworthiness, registration status, Mode S (ICAO 24-bit) code, and registered owner (when owner-PII redaction is off). One call resolves the relational join and decodes every coded field. Accepts "N12345" or "12345" (the leading N is optional). Returns ownerRedacted: true when owner details were withheld. A number that is known but inactive (deregistered or reserved) is not found here — use faa_get_registration_status for the cross-file status answer.

faa_search_aircraft_types

Search the FAA aircraft reference table by manufacturer/model name (full-text), aircraft type code, or category code to discover 7-character manufacturer/model/series codes and browse specifications. Use this before faa_get_aircraft_type to find a code by name. At least one filter is required. Every response reports totalCount (all matches, not just this page); when more remain, it returns nextOffset — pass it back as offset to page forward.

faa_search_registrations

Search active US civil aircraft registrations by owner name, make/model, state, aircraft type, or Mode S (hex) code. Full-text search over the local registry index; returns decoded summaries with N-numbers to drill into via faa_lookup_registration. At least one filter is required. Owner-name search is unavailable when this deployment redacts owner PII — search by make/model, state, aircraft type, or Mode S code instead. Every response reports totalCount (all matches, not just this page); when more remain, it returns nextOffset — pass it back as offset to page forward.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://faa-aircraft-registry.caseyjhand.com/mcp	streamable-http	answering	839 ms	9 min ago

Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server do?

It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: faa_get_aircraft_type, faa_get_registration_status, faa_lookup_registration, faa_search_aircraft_types, faa_search_registrations. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 90 of 91 checks got a reply (98.9%), average response time 370 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server need an API key?

No. Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server?

It answers our handshake in 370 ms on average, which is faster than 37% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

How many people use Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server?

The npm package @cyanheads/faa-aircraft-registry-mcp-server was installed 99 times in the last week. Week over week that is -17%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Faa Aircraft Registry MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 1 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.