Paper aircraft registration is now optional for the FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration will now issue aircraft registration and dealer certificates electronically. This means aircraft owners and dealers will get their certificates faster and the FAA will save money on printing and mailing.

For decades, every aircraft owner and dealer received a paper certificate in the mail. This small change means the FAA can process these documents much more efficiently. It is part of a broader, quiet shift across government agencies to digitize routine administrative tasks, reducing overhead and speeding up processes that used to be bottlenecks.