U.S.: Removing Aircraft/Personal Data

U.S.: Removing Aircraft/Personal Data

The FAA is seeking comments on the impacts of removing certain aircraft registration data from public display on agency websites, including through current search functions and published reports. The removal of this data is intended to satisfy a part of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, requiring the removal of private aircraft owner or operator personally identifiable information from broad dissemination or display by the agency, including on publicly available FAA websites. As part of its ongoing evaluation, the agency is considering whether to automatically withhold personally identifiable information from the public aircraft registry by default while providing owners with a means to access their data when necessary. Comments are due by May 5, 2025.