1,071 Learjets are currently on the FAA registry — the aircraft that defined the business-jet category in 1963 and still flies today across the mid-size Learjet 45 (439) and Learjet 60 (234), the light Learjet 31A (104), and older Gates-era models including the 35A (159 combined across production runs) and 55 (58 combined).
Why an older fleet makes ownership history harder to trust
Many Learjets on the registry today are 20, 30, even 50 years old, and have passed through charter operators, fractional programs, and several private owners along the way. A jet with that much history is exactly where a current-tail-only search falls short: the FAA reissues a cancelled N-number to a different airframe after five years (14 CFR 47.15/47.17), so an accident belonging to a PRIOR aircraft can end up attributed to the jet wearing that tail today — or, just as easily, a real accident on the jet you're buying can be hiding under a tail number it no longer wears. Only a serial-number cross-match tells the two apart.
What a $79 report adds
Current FAA registration status, prior registrants, recent FAA filings (bills of sale, security agreements/liens), full NTSB accident and incident history, and the serial-number cross-match that catches an accident hiding under a prior tail number.
Check a specific tail number
Use our free tail-number lookup to check registration status and a summary of what a full report would show, or see our jet aircraft pre-purchase checklist for what to budget alongside a history check.