Sky DutyBell 206 JetRanger: US Fleet Statistics
As of the FAA registry snapshot on July 11, 2026, there are 1,445 Bell 206 JetRanger aircraft with a valid US registration — ranking it #32 among all US civil aircraft model families by registration count. Every figure on this page is computed directly from the public FAA aircraft registry.
How many Bell 206 JetRangers are registered in the United States?
The FAA aircraft registry lists 1,445 Bell 206 JetRanger aircraft with a valid registration as of July 11, 2026. The Bell 206 JetRanger is a rotorcraft, and this family groups every registered variant of the Bell 206 together. It ranks #32 by registration count among the model families tracked in this dataset.
These counts come from the FAA MASTER file and reflect aircraft with an active “valid” registration status. To pull up the current owner, based state, and registration dates for a specific airframe, use the free FAA tail number lookup. To browse every model in this dataset, see the US aircraft fleet statistics index.
Bell 206 JetRanger registrations by state
Missouri has the most registered Bell 206 JetRanger aircraft, with 128. The table below shows the ten states with the most Bell 206 JetRanger registrations by the owner address on file with the FAA. Delaware frequently over-indexes because many aircraft are registered to Delaware LLCs and owner trusts rather than flown there.
| Rank | State | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri (MO) | 128 | 8.9% |
| 2 | Delaware (DE) | 114 | 7.9% |
| 3 | Florida (FL) | 113 | 7.8% |
| 4 | California (CA) | 97 | 6.7% |
| 5 | Louisiana (LA) | 95 | 6.6% |
| 6 | Texas (TX) | 92 | 6.4% |
| 7 | Oregon (OR) | 55 | 3.8% |
| 8 | Montana (MT) | 54 | 3.7% |
| 9 | Utah (UT) | 52 | 3.6% |
| 10 | Illinois (IL) | 43 | 3.0% |
Share is of all 1,445 registered Bell 206 JetRanger aircraft. Based on FAA registered-owner state; not all aircraft are based where they are registered.
How old are registered Bell 206 JetRangers?
The median registered Bell 206 JetRanger was manufactured in 1983. Most were built between 1974 and 2005, and manufacture years across the registered fleet span roughly 1968 to 2016. A manufacture year is on file for 1,211 of the 1,445 registered aircraft.
Model year is one of the fields Sky Duty tracks on every tail alongside Hobbs and tach times. See how the app handles aircraft and fleet records.
Bell 206 JetRanger engine, seats, and aircraft class
The typical registered Bell 206 JetRanger is a rotorcraft with a single turboshaft engine, configured with 5 seats. The values below are the most common across all registered Bell 206 JetRanger aircraft in the FAA data; individual airframes vary by variant and configuration.
- Aircraft class
- Rotorcraft
- Engines
- 1 × Turboshaft
- Typical seats
- 5
- Manufacturer
- Bell
Data: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database (registry.faa.gov), snapshot 2026-07-11. Counts reflect US civil aircraft with a valid FAA registration (status codes V, M, and T). Variants of the Bell 206 are grouped into a single model family. Manufacture-year bounds use the 1st and 99th percentiles to exclude data-entry outliers in the FAA year field. Figures update when the registry is re-imported.
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