Direct final rule: Increase the Duration of Aircraft Registration
The FAA is increasing the three-year limit on airplane registration certificates to seven years. Seven years will pass after the initial certificate of aircraft registration is issued. The FAA is also applying this modification to all aircraft that are currently registered in accordance with its current rules on aircraft registration, which will give certificates of airworthiness a seven-year lifespan. Other minor changes to the rules governing internal FAA registration procedures are also made as part of this rulemaking.
“This is great news for everyone. This will decrease the workload of FAA employees and allow them to focus on new aircraft registrations instead of tedious renewals.”
The 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act-mandated policy modification offers two different sorts of relief to aircraft owners. First, the move to a seven-year registration period will significantly lower the number of ownership renewal applications pending FAA clearance at any given moment, reducing the agency's administrative workload and speeding up renewal approval. Second, the rule increases the amount of time that aircraft owners have to operate after the registration renewal date from 90 days to 12 months, which should be enough time to account for any renewal delays brought on by agency backlogs.
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