Aruba aircraft registration

How much does Aruba aircraft registration cost?Link to this section#

The registration fee is the statutory charge Aruba's Department of Civil Aviation levies under its aviation fee decree, alongside The Registry of Aruba's weight-based service fees: Aruba's statutory registration fee is Afl. 1,000 (about US$ 559) for a foreign-based aircraft; the registry's own service fees are quoted on weight.?Retributie- en legesbesluit Directie Luchtvaart 2005 (Landsbesluit, houdende algemene maatregelen, van 17 oktober 2005, regelende de heffing en inning van retributies en leges door de Directie Luchtvaart, AB 2005 no. 65), Centraal Wettenregister consolidated text of 21 October 2013, published by the Government of Aruba via gobierno.aw (index page https://www.gobierno.aw/nl/0418-retributies-en-leges), articles 1 to 3, read together with The Registry of Aruba, 'FAQ | Aircraft Registration in Aruba' (Documents / Registration / FAQ), question 3, 'What is the cost to register an aircraft in Aruba?'cuatro.sim-cdn.nl · art. 2, onder F×Retrieved 2026-08-29Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Aruba levies no annual charge on a registered aircraft under the same decree: There is no annual fee: Afl. 1,000 (about US$ 559) falls due only when a foreign-based aircraft's certificate is renewed, at most every three years.?Retributie- en legesbesluit Directie Luchtvaart 2005 (Landsbesluit, houdende algemene maatregelen, van 17 oktober 2005, regelende de heffing en inning van retributies en leges door de Directie Luchtvaart, AB 2005 no. 65), Centraal Wettenregister consolidated text of 21 October 2013, published by the Government of Aruba via gobierno.aw (index page https://www.gobierno.aw/nl/0418-retributies-en-leges), article 2, under F, read together with Regeling inschrijving en inschrijvingskenmerk (ministeriele regeling ter uitvoering van artikel 6 van de Luchtvaartverordening, AB 1991 no. GT 36), Centraal Wettenregister consolidated text of 4 October 2024, incorporating AB 1993 no. 47, AB 1997 nos. 9 and 10, AB 2014 no. 15, AB 2018 no. 28, AB 2019 no. 33, AB 2021 no. 142 and AB 2023 no. 53, published by the Government of Aruba via gobierno.aw (index page https://www.gobierno.aw/nl/0907-luchtvaart), article 5cuatro.sim-cdn.nl · art. 2, onder F×Retrieved 2026-08-29Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Continuing airworthiness rests on the operator, with an approved CAMO optional for private aircraft: Continuing airworthiness rests on the operator; contracting an approved CAMO is optional for private aircraft.?The Registry of Aruba, 'Continuing Airworthiness (CAMO)' (Documents / Airworthiness / Continuing Airworthiness)theregistryofaruba.com×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. WhichFlagToFly lists each line with its source and check date in the Aruba fee rows.

Is Aruba an EASA register?Link to this section#

No. Aruba is not an EASA member and not an EU Member State; it is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and The Registry of Aruba accepts named foreign type certificates: Aruba is not an EASA member; the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) accepts FAA, Transport Canada, EASA and Brazilian type certificates.?The Registry of Aruba, 'Type Certificate (TC)' (Documents / Airworthiness / Type Certificate)theregistryofaruba.com×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. Article 83bis agreements are a core part of the Aruba offering, and the registry publishes the agreements it holds: Article 83 bis agreements let a foreign air operator certificate (AOC) holder operate an Aruban-registered aircraft commercially.?The Registry of Aruba, 'ICAO 83bis Agreement' (Documents / Flight OPS / ICAO 83bis Agreement)theregistryofaruba.com×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba EASA row carries the treaty reference.

How fast is registration in Aruba?Link to this section#

Registration time on The Registry of Aruba is a published turnaround in the registry's FAQ, conditional on a complete file and a satisfactory inspection of the aircraft: Registration takes 24 to 48 hours once documents are complete and the inspection is satisfactory.?The Registry of Aruba, 'FAQ | Aircraft Registration in Aruba' (Documents / Registration / FAQ), question 2, 'What is the timeline for the aircraft to be registered in Aruba?'theregistryofaruba.com×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba registration mark is chosen by the owner under the Regeling inschrijving en inschrijvingskenmerk rather than allocated in sequence: Marks are P4 plus three to five letters or digits chosen by the owner, out of sequence, and the register lists them as free of charge.?Regeling inschrijving en inschrijvingskenmerk (ministeriele regeling ter uitvoering van artikel 6 van de Luchtvaartverordening, AB 1991 no. GT 36), Centraal Wettenregister consolidated text of 4 October 2024, incorporating AB 1993 no. 47, AB 1997 nos. 9 and 10, AB 2014 no. 15, AB 2018 no. 28, AB 2019 no. 33, AB 2021 no. 142 and AB 2023 no. 53, published by the Government of Aruba via gobierno.aw (index page https://www.gobierno.aw/nl/0907-luchtvaart), articles 8 to 11b, read together with Aruba Department of Civil Aviation, AMC 052 'Aircraft Registration Marks' (Acceptable Means of Compliance), January 2024, published by The Registry of Aruba and The Registry of Aruba, 'FAQ | Aircraft Registration in Aruba' (Documents / Registration / FAQ), question 1cuatro.sim-cdn.nl · art. 8, eerste en tweede lid×Retrieved 2026-08-29Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba timeline row carries the FAQ wording.

Can commercial operators use the Aruba register?Link to this section#

Yes. The Registry of Aruba splits the register on the operating rule the aircraft flies under, with private aircraft under the AUA-OPS general aviation rules and commercial work needing an Aruba AOC or an Article 83 bis agreement: Private aircraft fly under AUA-OPS 2; commercial work needs an Aruba AOC or an Article 83 bis agreement.?The Registry of Aruba, 'Registration Framework' (Documents / Registration / Registration Framework)theregistryofaruba.com×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The registry's weight thresholds and build-date practice sit alongside: Aruba takes aircraft from 5,700 kg and helicopters from 1,000 kg, and in practice will not register an airframe built before 1 January 1980.?The Registry of Aruba, 'Registration of Aircraft' (Documents / Registration / Registration of Aircraft) for the weight thresholds, read together with AIC JETS Corp., 'P4 Aruba Aircraft Registration' (https://www.aicjetscorp.com/offshore/aruba-aircraft-registration), which reproduces the Department of Civil Aviation's aircraft acceptance policy for the build date and the exclusionstheregistryofaruba.com×Retrieved 2026-09-01Corroborating source, not the register's own publicationOpen source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba operations row quotes the Registration Framework.

What does a financed aircraft need on the Aruba register?Link to this section#

The Cape Town Convention applies to Aruba through the Kingdom of the Netherlands' accession recorded by UNIDROIT, and the IDERA machinery is live with the Department of Civil Aviation: The Cape Town Convention applies to Aruba, and a filed IDERA obliges the DCA to deregister within five working days.?UNIDROIT, 'States Parties' status chart for the Cape Town Convention (Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment), Netherlands entry and footnote 3www.unidroit.org · Convention status chart, footnote 3×Retrieved 2026-08-27Effective 2010-09-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. An Aruban law mortgage is a civil-law hypotheek in a separate title register under the Civil Code of Aruba, not in the nationality register: Aircraft mortgages sit in a separate court-supervised title register, ranking behind execution and salvage claims.?Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba, Book 8 (Landsverordening bevattende de tekst van boek 8 voor een nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek van Aruba, AB 2001 no. 87), Title 15 'Het luchtvaartuig', Centraal Wettenregister consolidated text of 14 January 2014, published by the Government of Aruba via gobierno.aw (index page https://www.gobierno.aw/nl/1501-burgerlijk-wetboek)cuatro.sim-cdn.nl · Boek 8, art. 1302×Retrieved 2026-08-27Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba Cape Town row carries the depositary reference.

Can a non-resident own an aircraft registered in Aruba?Link to this section#

The Department of Civil Aviation decides who may be entered as owner of a P4 aircraft, and that test is drawn by nationality and place of incorporation rather than by residence. The rule the Department applies: Aruba residents, Aruban companies, or companies of the EU, EEA, Switzerland, Canada, the UK, the USA or a listed state may register; no Aruban company needed.?Regeling inschrijving en inschrijvingskenmerk (ministeriele regeling ter uitvoering van artikel 6 van de Luchtvaartverordening, AB 1991 no. GT 36), Centraal Wettenregister consolidated text of 4 October 2024, incorporating AB 1993 no. 47, AB 1997 nos. 9 and 10, AB 2014 no. 15, AB 2018 no. 28, AB 2019 no. 33, AB 2021 no. 142 and AB 2023 no. 53, published by the Government of Aruba via gobierno.aw (index page https://www.gobierno.aw/nl/0907-luchtvaart), articles 2 to 3d, read together with The Registry of Aruba, 'Registration Framework' (Documents / Registration / Registration Framework) on registration by domicile and with The Registry of Aruba, circular DOM 01 'Aruba Enacts New Aircraft Registration Legislation', Rev. 3 | 2022, Annex 1, for the annexed list of qualifying statescuatro.sim-cdn.nl · art. 2, eerste lid×Retrieved 2026-08-29Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba eligibility row carries the framework reference.

How do I transfer an aircraft to the Aruba register?Link to this section#

Transferring a register means one authority striking the aircraft off and returning its marks while another enters it, so the exit rules matter as much as the entry ones. What the Department of Civil Aviation requires to deregister: The holder files form INS-4.069, returns the paper certificate and strips the marks; a recorded IDERA gives the creditor a five working day exit instead.?Regeling inschrijving en inschrijvingskenmerk (ministeriele regeling ter uitvoering van artikel 6 van de Luchtvaartverordening, AB 1991 no. GT 36), Centraal Wettenregister consolidated text of 4 October 2024, incorporating AB 1993 no. 47, AB 1997 nos. 9 and 10, AB 2014 no. 15, AB 2018 no. 28, AB 2019 no. 33, AB 2021 no. 142 and AB 2023 no. 53, published by the Government of Aruba via gobierno.aw (index page https://www.gobierno.aw/nl/0907-luchtvaart), articles 7, 7a and 7b, read together with The Registry of Aruba, 'De-Registration' (Documents / Registration / De-Registration) (https://theregistryofaruba.com/documents/registration/de-registration/), The Registry of Aruba, 'IDERA' (https://theregistryofaruba.com/documents/registration/idera/) and 'Export Certificate of Airworthiness' (https://theregistryofaruba.com/documents/airworthiness/export-certificate-of-airworthiness/); the cost and elapsed time are estimates and rest on AIC JETS Corp. (https://www.aicjetscorp.com/offshore/aruba-aircraft-registration) and on VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne, 'Aruban registers' and 'Deregistration from the Aruba Register of Registered Aircraft', Guide to doing business in Aruba (doingbusinessdutchcaribbean.com) for the separate title registercuatro.sim-cdn.nl · art. 7, eerste lid×Retrieved 2026-08-29Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba deregistration row carries the form. The two charges that bracket a transfer:

Does Aruba charge import duty on an aircraft?Link to this section#

Import charges follow the territory an aircraft is brought into rather than the register it flies under, and Aruba levies a turnover tax where other jurisdictions levy value added tax. What applies on import there: Aruba has no VAT; a combined 7 percent turnover tax applies at import, and the registry states that registered aircraft are exempt from import duty.?Departamento di Impuesto (Tax Department of Aruba), 'BBO na frontera' (Zakelijk / Overzicht zakelijke belastingen / BBO / BBO na frontera), published in Papiamentowww.impuesto.aw×Retrieved 2026-08-27Effective 2023-08-01Open source ↗!Informational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. The Aruba import row carries the registry's statement.

How should an owner choose whether to register an aircraft in Aruba?Link to this section#

Three inputs decide whether The Registry of Aruba fits an aircraft: how it will fly, private under the general aviation rules or commercially through an Aruba AOC or an Article 83bis agreement; where it will be based and imported, which sets the import tax exposure; and how the lender's security will be recorded. An owner takes those to a professional with the Department of Civil Aviation's positions.