--- title: Donald Trump Jet Isn't Registered to Fly description: The registration on one of Donald Trump's jets expired in January but the GOP frontrunner still uses the plane to travel across the country canonical: https://time.com/4299416/donald-trump-jet-faa/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-19T17:41:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:39.022Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Jet Isn't Registered to Fly og:description: The registration on one of Donald Trump's jets expired in January but the GOP frontrunner still uses the plane to travel across the country og:url: https://time.com/4299416/donald-trump-jet-faa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf36a6abfbb7e5495/69888fba5f570f3b4bb208a8/trump-private-jet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump plans Turnberry 'tweaks' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Jet Isn't Registered to Fly twitter:description: The registration on one of Donald Trump's jets expired in January but the GOP frontrunner still uses the plane to travel across the country twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf36a6abfbb7e5495/69888fba5f570f3b4bb208a8/trump-private-jet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Jet Isn't Registered to Fly  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 19, 2016 5:41 PM UTC  Donald Trump onboard his private jet, as he arrives at Aberdeen Airport, on May 15, 2014. Donald Trump onboard his private jet, as he arrives at Aberdeen Airport, on May 15, 2014.Andrew Milligan—PA  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Apr 19, 2016 5:41 PM UTC The registration on one of Donald Trump’s jets expired in January but the GOP frontrunner still uses the plane to travel across the country for campaign stops, according to a [report](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/nyregion/donald-trumps-jet-a-regular-on-the-campaign-trail-is-not-registered-to-fly.html). The registration for the plane in question, a 1997 Cessna 750 Citation X, expired in January, according to the New York _Times_. The paper reports that a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that the plane’s registration was not in good standing and had not been renewed. The FAA warned Trump that the registration would soon expire in December, according to the _Times._ Trump also travels across the country in a [much larger Boeing 757](http://time.com/4199315/donald-trump-…) and has a variety of registered aircrafts and helicopters, but the eight-passenger Cessna has allowed him to land in smaller airports. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4299416/donald-trump-jet-faa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4299416/donald-trump-jet-faa/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Jet Isn't Registered to Fly","datePublished":"2016-04-19T17:41:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:39.022Z","description":"That hasn't stopped the GOP frontrunner from using it","url":"https://time.com/4299416/donald-trump-jet-faa/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf36a6abfbb7e5495/69888fba5f570f3b4bb208a8/trump-private-jet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf36a6abfbb7e5495/69888fba5f570f3b4bb208a8/trump-private-jet.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump plans Turnberry 'tweaks'","caption":"Trump plans Turnberry 'tweaks'","creditText":"Andrew Milligan—PA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4299416/donald-trump-jet-faa/","name":"Donald Trump's Jet Isn't Registered to Fly"}}]}] ```