P The State of U.S. Aircraft Maintenance
A free, openly licensed dataset of FAA-certificated Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) mechanics and Part 145 repair stations, cleaned and geocoded from public FAA records. Browse the numbers by state below, or download the full dataset.
Nationwide · 13 states
119,689
A&P Mechanics
7,464
IA Inspectors
2,120
Repair Stations
1,582
Airports
5,941
Cities
13
States
By State
A&P Mechanics & Repair Stations by State
| State | A&P Mechanics | IA % | Repair Stations | Airports | Cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 25,998 | 6.8% | 395 | 392 | 1,040 |
| Florida | 23,964 | 5.6% | 640 | 128 | 548 |
| California | 21,454 | 6% | 520 | 245 | 914 |
| Georgia | 13,035 | 4.6% | 122 | 105 | 471 |
| North Carolina | 6,867 | 5.5% | 75 | 107 | 492 |
| Alabama | 5,824 | 5.1% | 60 | 85 | 351 |
| Tennessee | 5,530 | 7.2% | 65 | 76 | 390 |
| Virginia | 4,224 | 7.1% | 51 | 64 | 404 |
| South Carolina | 3,391 | 6.6% | 47 | 67 | 233 |
| Kentucky | 2,740 | 7.4% | 47 | 60 | 304 |
| Louisiana | 2,589 | 9.5% | 35 | 72 | 272 |
| Arkansas | 2,171 | 11.8% | 39 | 101 | 297 |
| Mississippi | 1,902 | 8.4% | 24 | 80 | 225 |
Repair Station Capabilities
Part 145 Ratings, Nationwide
1,269
Airframe
755
Powerplant
119
Propeller
849
Radio
843
Instrument
973
Accessory
Repair stations may hold multiple ratings, so categories overlap.
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Free to use with attribution. Built from public-domain FAA records (17 U.S.C. § 105); the cleaning, geocoding, and consolidation are APNearMe's. Please cite as "APNearMe, apnearme.com/data."
Methodology
Sources & Definitions
Sources. FAA Airmen Certification Database (A&P mechanics and IA holders), FAA NASR (public-use airports), and the FAA Part 145 repair-station registry. All are public records; this site refreshes them monthly (data as of MAY 2026).
What's counted. "A&P Mechanics" counts all FAA-certificated Airframe & Powerplant certificate holders by state. Of the 119,689 nationwide, 119,689 have a public street address on file and are listed in this directory; the FAA withholds the address for the rest. "IA" is the subset additionally holding Inspection Authorization. "Repair Stations" are FAA-certified Part 145 facilities. Counts are supply-side; a per-registered-aircraft ratio will be added when FAA aircraft-registration data is joined.
License. The underlying FAA data is public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105). APNearMe's cleaned, geocoded, consolidated version is free to use with attribution.