Annual registration fee
Annual registration fee across every register we track for aircraft.
What is meant by annual registration fee?
What the authority charges every year to keep an aircraft on the register, separate from the one-off charge for entering it.
Why does annual registration fee matter when choosing a register?
An owner pays the recurring half of a fee schedule for as long as the aircraft is flown on the flag, so a low entry charge beside a high standing one can be the dearer register over an ownership period.
Every register for aircraft, side by side
Where a register has not published an answer, none is shown, and where the only figure available is an estimate, it is labeled as one.
| Register | Answer |
|---|---|
| ArubaThe Registry of Aruba | 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 FRetrieved 2026-08-29Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| BermudaBermuda Aircraft Registry | No annual registration fee; a private aircraft pays $100 per 500 kg for its 12-month airworthiness certificate, and a grounded aircraft pays an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 a year.Air Navigation (Fees for Certificates and Services) Regulations 2022, BR 36 / 2022 (Bermuda), made by the Governor under article 4(3) of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013 as applied to Bermuda, operative date 1 May 2022, the BCAA's published PDFwww.bcaa.bm · Schedule, Part 2(b)Retrieved 2026-09-01Effective 2022-05-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| Cayman IslandsCayman Islands Aircraft Registry | There is no annual registration fee; the recurring charge is the Certificate of Airworthiness renewal, from CI$1,000 a year.The Air Navigation (Fees) Regulations, 2010 (Cayman Islands), made under the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2007, S.I. 2007 No. 3468, Supplement No. 17 published with Gazette No. 22 dated 25 October 2010, CAACI's published copywww.caacayman.com · reg. 11(1)Retrieved 2026-08-29Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| GuernseyGuernsey Aircraft Registry | There is no annual registration fee; the recurring charge is the Certificate of Airworthiness renewal at £200 or £65 per 500 kg.2-REG (Guernsey Aircraft Registry), Fee schedule v10.1, 13 August 2024www.2-reg.com · Fee schedule v10.1, section 4 'Continuing Airworthiness', items 4.2.1 and 4.2.3Retrieved 2026-09-12Effective 2024-08-13Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| Isle of ManIsle of Man Aircraft Registry | There is no annual registration fee; the Certificate of Airworthiness is charged per year, at £75 per 500 kg of MTOM above 2,730 kg or a flat £120 at or below it.Isle of Man Aircraft Registry, 'Charges', standard fees under the Civil Aviation (Charges) Scheme 2026 (SD No. 2026/0001)www.iomaircraftregistry.comRetrieved 2026-08-29Effective 2026-04-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| MaltaMalta Aircraft Register | Malta charges no annual registration fee; the recurring cost is the yearly Certificate of Airworthiness continuance, scaled by aircraft mass.Transport Malta, Civil Aviation Directorate, Regulatory Instrument No. 001/2024, 'Schedule of Fees', Version 02, date of entry into force 1st January 2024, issued in terms of Article 5 of the Air Navigation Act (Cap. 641, Laws of Malta)www.transport.gov.mt · p. 2Retrieved 2026-08-29Effective 2024-01-01Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
| San MarinoSan Marino Aircraft Registry | Airworthiness is billed annually at €157.00 per 500 kg above 5,700 kg, plus a €570.00 yearly safety oversight fee.San Marino Aircraft Registry, 'Scheme of Fees', with the CAA's separate schedules for piston-engine and turbine-engine aircraft below 5,700 kgwww.smar.aeroRetrieved 2026-08-29Open sourceInformational only, not legal, tax or financial advice. Contact a qualified professional for current information. |
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