Sell your N-number.
Short and distinctive tail numbers sell for thousands. If you hold one — reserved or on an aircraft — we bring the buyer, handle every FAA filing, and take a commission only when it sells. Renewing a number you no longer want is a $10-a-year habit; selling it is a payday.
- • Free valuation from comparable sales, within a business day.
- • Buyers already here — collectors and owners ask us for these numbers daily.
- • Paperwork handled — the FAA transfer is filed by people who do it every week.
- • No sale, no fee.
Selling questions
What is my N-number worth?+
Short numbers (three characters or fewer) regularly sell for $2,000 to $25,000+, with single- and two-character numbers at the top of that range. Initials, round numbers, and repeating digits carry premiums too. Send us the number and we'll give you an honest valuation from comparable sales — free, no obligation.
How does selling work?+
Three steps. We agree on a price and our commission. We market the number to our buyers — people come to us every day looking for exactly these numbers. When a buyer pays, we coordinate the transfer paperwork with the FAA so the number moves from your name to theirs, and you're paid when it completes.
What does it cost?+
Nothing up front, ever. We take a commission from the sale price only when your number actually sells. If it doesn't sell, you owe nothing.
My number is on my aircraft — can I still sell it?+
Yes. The FAA lets you change your aircraft to a different registration number and release the old one, and we handle that filing as part of the sale. You pick a replacement number (we'll help you find a good one — that part is on us).
My reservation is about to expire — is it worth anything?+
If you were about to let a desirable number lapse, that's exactly the moment to sell instead. Once it purges, it goes back to the open pool and you get nothing. Selling before the purge date turns a $10-a-year renewal into real money.
Is this affiliated with the FAA?+
No. We're an independent service. The FAA charges its own standard filing fees, which we handle as part of the transaction.
Curious how rare your number really is? See the live census — of 915,399 possible N-numbers, only a handful of short ones are ever open.