{
  "generated": "2026-09-09T03:15:59+00:00",
  "source": "FAA Releasable DB 2026-09-08",
  "aircraft": [
    {
      "n_number": "N518TS",
      "icao24": "a680e1",
      "registrant": "AEROLEASE LLC",
      "watchlist_entry": "fleet-additions.json (contract tail)",
      "operator_slug": "alberta-hail-suppression",
      "make_model": "BEECH C90A",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "Fargo",
      "state": "ND",
      "operates_for": "alberta-hail-suppression",
      "source": {
        "label": "FlightAware photo 'Cloud Seeding King Air' at CYBW (Springbank); activity log shows Aug-Sep 2026 flights Springbank/Olds-Didsbury, the Alberta hail project bases; registered at WMI's 3802 20th St N Fargo address",
        "url": "https://www.flightaware.com/photos/view/36-02f9cd6d65c6a4231a01b41282b41c9f872504e7"
      },
      "confidence": "probable"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N709EA",
      "icao24": "a97662",
      "registrant": "AEROLEASE LLC",
      "watchlist_entry": "fleet-additions.json (contract tail)",
      "operator_slug": "ndcmp",
      "make_model": "BEECH C90A",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "Fargo",
      "state": "ND",
      "operates_for": "ndcmp",
      "source": {
        "label": "NDCMP 2024 Final Operations Report (NDARB/WMI): 'Seed 7' King Air C90, N709EA, top-seeder based Watford City ND (Wayback copy; original dwr.nd.gov/arb/ndcmp/pdfs/finalreport.pdf now 404)",
        "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20250604074806/https://www.dwr.nd.gov/arb/ndcmp/pdfs/finalreport.pdf"
      },
      "confidence": "confirmed"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N904DK",
      "icao24": "ac7e5d",
      "registrant": "AEROLEASE LLC",
      "watchlist_entry": "fleet-additions.json (contract tail)",
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      "make_model": "BEECH C90A",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "Fargo",
      "state": "ND",
      "operates_for": "alberta-hail-suppression",
      "source": {
        "label": "FlightAware photo 'Cloud Seeding King Air' at CYBW (Springbank); PlaneLogger lists operator as Weather Modification Inc (King Air 65-C90A); registered at WMI's 3802 20th St N Fargo address",
        "url": "https://www.flightaware.com/photos/view/36-aecf6e30121c160f75337f5be6fd2a58e4f70d0e"
      },
      "confidence": "probable"
    },
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      "n_number": "N878X",
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      "registrant": "BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER",
      "watchlist_entry": "Desert Research Institute",
      "operator_slug": "desert-research-institute",
      "make_model": "FREEFLY SYSTEMS ALTA X",
      "type": "Rotorcraft",
      "city": "Reno",
      "state": "NV"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N178G",
      "icao24": "a1377b",
      "registrant": "PANHANDLE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT",
      "watchlist_entry": "Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District",
      "operator_slug": "panhandle-gcd",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-23-250",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "White Deer",
      "state": "TX"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N5359P",
      "icao24": "a6c6a1",
      "registrant": "PANHANDLE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT",
      "watchlist_entry": "Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District",
      "operator_slug": "panhandle-gcd",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-24-250",
      "type": "Fixed wing single engine",
      "city": "White Deer",
      "state": "TX"
    },
    {
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      "icao24": "a9f692",
      "registrant": "SEEDING OPERATIONS AND ATMOSPHERIC RES (SOAR) LLC",
      "watchlist_entry": "Seeding Operations & Atmospheric Research (SOAR)",
      "operator_slug": "soar",
      "make_model": "CESSNA 414",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "San Angelo",
      "state": "TX",
      "operates_for": "utah-state-program",
      "source": {
        "label": "Utah DWRe Northern Utah Aerial Program annual report 2023-24 (NAWC): Fig 3.1 photo of the dedicated Cessna C414 seeding aircraft, tail N741DF, based Logan-Cache (LGU)",
        "url": "https://water.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Northern-Utah-Aerial-Program-Report-2023-2024.pdf"
      },
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    },
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      "icao24": "a04531",
      "registrant": "SEEDING OPERATIONS AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEACH LLC",
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      "make_model": "PIPER PA-34-200T",
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      "state": "TX"
    },
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      "n_number": "N4125G",
      "icao24": "a4de9c",
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      "watchlist_entry": "Seeding Operations & Atmospheric Research (SOAR)",
      "operator_slug": "soar",
      "make_model": "CESSNA 340A",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "San Angelo",
      "state": "TX"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N178M",
      "icao24": "a137f8",
      "registrant": "SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOCIATION",
      "watchlist_entry": "South Texas Weather Modification Association",
      "operator_slug": "south-texas-wma",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-23-250",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "Pleasanton",
      "state": "TX"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N57AA",
      "icao24": "a74c11",
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      "watchlist_entry": "South Texas Weather Modification Association",
      "operator_slug": "south-texas-wma",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-24-250",
      "type": "Fixed wing single engine",
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    },
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      "n_number": "N8160P",
      "icao24": "ab220c",
      "registrant": "SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOCIATION",
      "watchlist_entry": "South Texas Weather Modification Association",
      "operator_slug": "south-texas-wma",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-24-250",
      "type": "Fixed wing single engine",
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      "state": "TX"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N8847P",
      "icao24": "ac300c",
      "registrant": "SOUTH TEXAS WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOCIATION",
      "watchlist_entry": "South Texas Weather Modification Association",
      "operator_slug": "south-texas-wma",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-24-260",
      "type": "Fixed wing single engine",
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      "state": "TX"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N121WA",
      "icao24": "a0595e",
      "registrant": "WEATHER MODIFICATION LLC",
      "watchlist_entry": "Weather Modification Inc. / Intl. (Fargo ND)",
      "operator_slug": "weather-modification-international",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-34-200T",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "Fargo",
      "state": "ND"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N13AG",
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      "make_model": "PIPER PA-34-200T",
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    },
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      "n_number": "N33144",
      "icao24": "a39c87",
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      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
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      "state": "ND"
    },
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      "n_number": "N39655",
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      "registrant": "WEATHER MODIFICATION LLC",
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      "operator_slug": "weather-modification-international",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-34-200T",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "Fargo",
      "state": "ND"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N555DS",
      "icao24": "a7125a",
      "registrant": "WEATHER MODIFICATION LLC",
      "watchlist_entry": "Weather Modification Inc. / Intl. (Fargo ND)",
      "operator_slug": "weather-modification-international",
      "make_model": "CESSNA 550",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
      "city": "Fargo",
      "state": "ND"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N8SS",
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    },
    {
      "n_number": "N9798C",
      "icao24": "ada887",
      "registrant": "WEATHER MODIFICATION LLC",
      "watchlist_entry": "Weather Modification Inc. / Intl. (Fargo ND)",
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      "make_model": "PIPER PA-34-200T",
      "type": "Fixed wing multi engine",
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      "state": "ND"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N5141P",
      "icao24": "a672d4",
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      "watchlist_entry": "West Texas Weather Modification Association",
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      "make_model": "PIPER PA-24-250",
      "type": "Fixed wing single engine",
      "city": "San Angelo",
      "state": "TX"
    },
    {
      "n_number": "N6909P",
      "icao24": "a92e57",
      "registrant": "WEST TEXAS WEATHER MODIFICATION ASSOCIATION",
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      "make_model": "PIPER PA-24-250",
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    },
    {
      "n_number": "N7924P",
      "icao24": "aac265",
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      "watchlist_entry": "West Texas Weather Modification Association",
      "operator_slug": "west-texas-wma",
      "make_model": "PIPER PA-24-250",
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    },
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      "n_number": "N8549P",
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    }
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}