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Who Owns This Plane?

N551DL

1998 Pilatus PC-12/45

Fixed-wing, single engine · serial 204

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until May 31, 2032.

Registered owner

Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 2523 Stieglitz Ave Se, Albuquerque, NM 87106
Fleet: 287 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: Pilatus PC-12/45
Year built: 1998
Serial number: 204
Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Land
Engines: 1 × Turboprop · P&w Canada PT6A-67B · 1,200 hp
Seats: 12
Weight class: 12,500 to 19,999 lb
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Dec 11, 2024)
Mode S code: A70378 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: May 12, 2025 · last FAA action May 12, 2025

What a Pilatus PC-12 looks likePhoto of a Pilatus PC-12, not this aircraft: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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