Short N-numbers for sale.
Name the tail number you want and we'll get it for you. Open at the FAA, held by someone else, or already in our collection — we handle every form, beginning to end.
Every reservation and transfer is filed with the FAA itself.
Registered to you — a person, an LLC, or a trust.
One point of contact, from first enquiry to confirmation.
A full refund if your order cannot be fulfilled.
Want a number? We'll get it for you.
Any tail number, any combination. Type the one you want below and request it. Whatever its status, we do the work to make it yours.
Tell us the number
Any combination: initials, a model, a year, a short number.
We secure it
We do whatever it takes to get it, including approaching the current holder on your behalf.
It's registered to you
In your name, your LLC or your trust, with every FAA form handled for you.
No payment now. You get a quote before anything is filed.
N-numbers for sale now
Reserved with the FAA today and ready to move into your name. Choose one and we will send a quote, usually within one business day.
Tell us what you're after.
Initials, a model, a year, a short number, or a few options. We'll find what can be had and come back with a quote, usually within one business day.
Short N-numbers: none open tonight
A short N-number, like N7K or N42, is the aviation version of a single-letter license plate. The format allows only 8,559 of them with three characters or fewer, and nearly all are held. When one comes open it is usually gone within days, so the list below changes often.
Numbers like N7K, N42, N5Q are all held tonight, but held numbers still change hands. Request the one you want and we'll go after it for you.
Every number above is available today. Want one that's taken? Look it up and we can approach the owner.
How many short N-numbers are there?
8,559 valid combinations have three characters or fewer after the N: 9 one-character numbers, 306 two-character numbers, and 8,244 three-character numbers. Almost all of them are assigned to aircraft or reserved.
How much does a short N-number cost?
Three-character numbers typically trade for $1,000 to $10,000, and two-character numbers for five figures when they trade at all. Request the one you want for an exact quote.
Why are only a few short numbers listed?
Because only a few are open on any given night. A number held by someone else won't appear here, but held numbers still change hands. Request it and we'll go after it for you.
Three steps, and the number is yours.
Choose your N-number
Browse the collection or tell us the exact combination you have in mind — initials, a year, a number with history.
We secure it for you
We acquire the number in your name and manage every detail of the paperwork on your behalf.
The FAA confirms it's yours
Your official confirmation arrives from the FAA by mail. The number is yours, renewable for as long as you wish.
More open numbers by type: initials, repeating digits, sequences — or check any number with the free N-number lookup.
Numbers, worn well.
Looking for something rarer?
Short numbers, family initials, a number with a story — tell us what you have in mind.
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