On May 1, 2025, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extended the deadline for responses to its Request for Comment to Withhold Certain Aircraft Registration Information from Public Dissemination (RFC) until June 4, 2025. The context of this action is that the FAA recently announced a process by which private aircraft owners and operators may electronically request that the FAA withhold their aircraft registration information from public view. The RFC seeks public input on the potential impact of removing such information from public display on the FAA’s website, including through current search functions and published reports. (See our prior report on this subject here).1
The FAA decided to extend the comment period in response to a joint request from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), the International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA), the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), the National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA), the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and the Aircraft Title Lawyer & Title Company Coalition (ATLTCC). In doing so, the FAA states that it “recognizes the importance of the request for comment and that an extension would help commenters craft complete and thoughtful responses.”2
Public comments submitted in response to the RFC may be submitted via regulations.gov in docket FAA-2025-0638. The FAA states that it will not grant any additional requests to further extend the comment period for this RFC.3
1 See Request for Comment to Withhold Certain Aircraft Registration Information from Public Dissemination; Extension of Comment Period, 90 Fed. Reg. 18632 (May 1, 2025).
2 Id.
3 See id.
