Look up aircraft by tail number
lookup_aircraftCanonical registry + distilled aircraft profile for a registration. Accepts a US N-number OR an international mark (C-GKUH, VH-ABC, PH-XYZ, 9V-BLL — 17 registers). Returns structured aircraft data plus make_model_id and avionics_ids — the IDs needed downstream for valuation and reference lookups. The first step in any "value this tail" workflow. For a non-US aircraft the response carries a registration_authority block naming the state of registry, and the faa_ads / faa_stcs lists carry a jurisdiction note: those documents are FAA-issued and apply to the TYPE, not to that registration — the aircraft's own authority issues its directives.
Tool call template
Replace each placeholder with a value matching the input schema. Only required parameters are included; add optional parameters as needed.
{
"id": 1,
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"arguments": {
"registration": "<registration>"
},
"name": "lookup_aircraft"
}
}Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| registration | Yes | Registration mark — "N12345" (US) or an international mark like "C-GKUH". Hyphens and spaces are tolerated. |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| data | Yes | Registry record plus distilled aircraft profile for the tail. | |
| meta | Yes |