U.S. Large-Cabin Jet Exports Rise to 40 in Q3 2026, Up from 23 in Q3 2025, FAA Data Shows

U.S.-registered large-cabin business jet exports climbed to 40 in the third quarter of 2026, up from 23 in the same quarter a year earlier, according to the FAA Releasable Aircraft Database with cancellation dates through 30 September 2026. The FAA data identified Q3 2025 as the lowest quarter in the period covered. For the first nine months of 2026, exports totalled 109, compared with 89 in the same period of 2025 and 103 in 2024.

Of the 40 Q3 2026 exports, 20 were aircraft two or more years old at deregistration and 16 were new or nearly new, with many departing the U.S. at delivery; the year of manufacture was not recorded for the remaining four. Over the four quarters ending 30 September 2026, San Marino was the most common destination registry, accounting for 30 of 146 total exports, followed by Canada and the Cayman Islands with 11 each. The Gulfstream G700 and G800 family led all model groups with 34 exports over the same period, followed by the Bombardier Global series with 27.

The figures were published by MyVIP Aviation, an aircraft brokerage and charter advisory firm, in the first edition of its Large-Cabin Jet Export Tracker, a quarterly count of U.S.-registered large-cabin jets removed from the FAA register for export. The data source is the FAA Releasable Aircraft Database deregistered aircraft file, received 5 October 2026. Each aircraft is counted once, and an export is defined as a deregistration record carrying an export country; the tracker does not measure imports onto the U.S. register. Madison Wade, CEO of MyVIP Aviation, said: "Exports are only one signal, but they are one anyone can check against the FAA's own records. A jump after a quiet quarter is a reason to look closer at demand, not a conclusion on its own."

This tracker belongs to a broader category of market-watching built on public deregistration filings rather than transaction data: it counts a proxy for activity, not sales, prices, or buyer intent. That gap matters because a deregistration with an export country does not by itself confirm a completed sale, a delivery, or a change in operator — it confirms only that an aircraft left the U.S. register.

How destination registries cluster also says something about how large-cabin ownership structures work. San Marino's 30 of 146 exports over four quarters, well ahead of Canada and the Cayman Islands at 11 each, reflects where aircraft are commonly registered for operational or structuring reasons rather than necessarily where they are based or flown. Model mix point the same way: the Gulfstream G700 and G800 family's 34 exports and the Bombardier Global series' 27 track which large-cabin platforms are currently in heaviest delivery and resale flow.

Wade's own framing sets the terms for how the series should be read going forward: as a quarterly, checkable count that invites closer scrutiny of demand rather than a standalone verdict. The next edition, and whether the rise from 23 to 40 holds or reverses, will show whether Q3 2026 marks a turn or a single strong quarter against an unusually weak prior-year comparison.