Sky DutyGrumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger): US Fleet Statistics
As of the FAA registry snapshot on July 11, 2026, there are 1,579 Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) aircraft with a valid US registration — ranking it #30 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 Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) aircraft are registered in the United States?
The FAA aircraft registry lists 1,579 Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) aircraft with a valid registration as of July 11, 2026. The Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) is a single-engine airplane, and this family groups every registered variant of the Grumman American AA5 together. It ranks #30 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.
Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) registrations by state
Texas has the most registered Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) aircraft, with 186. The table below shows the ten states with the most Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) registrations by the owner address on file with the FAA.
| Rank | State | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas (TX) | 186 | 11.8% |
| 2 | California (CA) | 172 | 10.9% |
| 3 | Florida (FL) | 144 | 9.1% |
| 4 | Georgia (GA) | 58 | 3.7% |
| 5 | North Carolina (NC) | 53 | 3.4% |
| 6 | Ohio (OH) | 47 | 3.0% |
| 7 | Indiana (IN) | 45 | 2.8% |
| 8 | Tennessee (TN) | 42 | 2.7% |
| 9 | Michigan (MI) | 40 | 2.5% |
| 10 | Virginia (VA) | 40 | 2.5% |
Share is of all 1,579 registered Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) aircraft. Based on FAA registered-owner state; not all aircraft are based where they are registered.
How old are registered Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) aircraft?
The median registered Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) was manufactured in 1977. Most were built between 1974 and 1979, and manufacture years across the registered fleet span roughly 1972 to 1979. A manufacture year is on file for 1,336 of the 1,579 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.
Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) engine, seats, and aircraft class
The typical registered Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) is a single-engine airplane with a single piston engine, configured with 4 seats. The values below are the most common across all registered Grumman AA-5 (Cheetah/Tiger) aircraft in the FAA data; individual airframes vary by variant and configuration.
- Aircraft class
- Fixed Wing Single-Engine
- Engines
- 1 × Piston
- Typical seats
- 4
- Manufacturer
- Grumman American
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 Grumman American AA5 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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