# OpenAirframes.org

OpenAirframes.org is an open-source, community-driven airframes database.

The data includes:
- Registration information from Civil Aviation Authorities (FAA)
- Airline data (e.g., Air France)
- Community contributions such as ownership details, military aircraft info, photos, and more

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## For Users

A daily release is created at **06:00 UTC** and includes:

- **openairframes_community.csv**  
  All community submissions

- **openairframes_adsb.csv**  
  Airframes dataset derived from ADSB.lol network data. For each UTC day, a row is created for every icao observed in that day’s ADS-B messages, using registration data from [tar1090-db](https://github.com/wiedehopf/tar1090-db) (ADSBExchange & Mictronics).
Example Usage:
```python
import pandas as pd
url = "https://github.com/PlaneQuery/OpenAirframes/releases/download/openairframes-2026-03-18-main/openairframes_adsb_2024-01-01_2026-03-17.csv.gz" # 1GB
df = pd.read_csv(url)
df
```
![](docs/images/df_adsb_example_0.png)
- **openairframes_registry.csv**  
  Every national registry in one table, one row per registration record, with a `source`
  column naming the registry it came from. Currently the FAA (United States) and Transport
  Canada. Identifier columns (`transponder_code_hex`, `registration_number`,
  `openairframes_id`) lead the table and are populated for every source.

- **openairframes_faa.csv**  
  All [FAA registration data](https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download) from 2023-08-16 to present (~275 MB).
  Superseded by `openairframes_registry.csv`; still published so existing consumers keep working.

- **openairframes_tc.csv**  
  The [Transport Canada Civil Aircraft Register](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/RchSimp.aspx),
  ~35k aircraft with full ICAO 24-bit hex coverage. Also folded into
  `openairframes_registry.csv`; published separately for the same reason as the FAA CSV.

- **ReleasableAircraft_{date}.zip**  
  A daily snapshot of the FAA database, which updates at **05:30 UTC**

- **basic-ac-db.json.gz**  
  [ADS-B Exchange](https://www.adsbexchange.com/) basic aircraft database, republished unmodified.

- **mictronics-db.zip**  
  [Mictronics](https://www.mictronics.de/aircraft-database/) aircraft database, republished
  unmodified. Best effort — the release ships without it when the source is unavailable.

Redistribution terms for the underlying sources travel with the release in **NOTICE**. Some
registries permit redistribution only on condition that specific notices reach you with the data.

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## For Contributors

Submit data via a [GitHub Issue](https://github.com/PlaneQuery/OpenAirframes/issues/new?template=community_submission.yaml) with your preferred attribution. Once approved, it will appear in the daily release. A leaderboard will be available in the future.
All data is valuable. Examples include:
- Celebrity ownership (with citations)
- Photos
- Internet capability
- Military aircraft information
- Unique facts (e.g., an airframe that crashed, performs aerobatics, etc.)

Please try to follow the submission formatting guidelines. If you are struggling with them, that is fine—submit your data anyway and it will be formatted for you.

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## For Developers
All code, compute (GitHub Actions), and storage (releases) are in this GitHub repository Improvements are welcome. Potential features include:
- Web UI for data
- Web UI for contributors
- Additional export formats in the daily release
- Data fusion from multiple sources in the daily release
- Automated airframe data connectors, including (but not limited to) civil aviation authorities and airline APIs