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Who Owns This Plane?

N538AV

2012 Airbus A320-214

Fixed-wing, multi-engine · serial 5398

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Dec 31, 2028.

Registered owner

Wilmington Trust Co Trustee

Owner type: Corporation
Address: Attn: Corporate Trust Admin 1100 N Market St, Wilmington, DE 19890
Fleet: 625 aircraft registered to this owner

Registered to a trustee: the bank or trust company holds title for a beneficial owner who isn't named in the public registry. How owner trusts work.

Aircraft

Make and model: Airbus A320-214
Year built: 2012
Serial number: 5398
Type: Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Land
Engines: 2 × Turbofan · CFM Intl CFM56-5B4/3 · 27,000 lb thrust
Seats: 182
Weight class: 20,000 lb and over
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Dec 15, 2012)
Mode S code: A6CE39 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Dec 13, 2012 · last FAA action Jul 1, 2023

What a Airbus A320 family looks likePhoto of a Airbus A320 family, not this aircraft: Pedro Aragão, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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This page mirrors the FAA's public registry file dated Oct 30, 2026. The FAA's own N-number inquiry is the official record, with the full owner address and documents.

Where is it now?

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