N43RF — Lockheed WP-3D Orion
Landed Kapolei, HI
Registered since 1976 · 78 trips since June 2025 · home field Lakeland.
History
- Kailua-Kona, HI → Kapolei, HI35m
- Cocoa Beach and back3 legs2h 17m flying
- Cocoa Beach, twice2 trips5h 00m flying
That's the last 7 days. The full record — 78 trips, registered since 1976, every registry change — is a Jump Seat · $15/month.
Where it goes
| Lakeland, FL — home field | 46 trips |
| Cocoa Beach, FL | 11 trips |
| Atlantic City, NJ | 3 trips |
| Tampa, FL | 2 trips |
| Waco, TX | 2 trips |
| Washington, DC | 2 trips |
The aircraft
Airframe
- Type
- Lockheed WP-3D Orion
- Make and model on the certificate
- LOCKHEED WP-3D
- Category and class
- Fixed wing, multi engine · 4 × turboprop
- Serial
- 5633
- Seats
- 21
Identity
- Registration
- N43RF
- Mode-S hex
- A52242
- Flies as
- NOAA43
- Last tracked
- Sep 20, 2026
Registration
- Registrant
- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
- Address of record
- LAKELAND, FL
- FAA status
- Valid
- Certificate issued
- Mar 17, 1976
- Registration expires
- Oct 31, 2029
- Registry
- United States
FAA Registry N43RF, snapshot Sep 24, 2026.
Title history
- N43RF assigned — first registration
- Registered to UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Owner history
| Years | Registered owner | Where | How it ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE | Lakeland, FL | Open — still the registered owner of record |
Every filing
No FAA registry change, filing, or document is on file for this airframe yet.
Attribution
RegistrantUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE · FAA record
Operated forNOAA WP-3D Orion Miss Piggy · travel pattern · registry confirmed
Attribution reflects public context; registration records show registrants, not passengers.
Built from JetSweep’s retained FAA registry snapshots, sourced from FAA Registry N43RF (snapshot Sep 24, 2026). Dates shown are FAA recording and snapshot dates — the day a filing was indexed or a difference was first observed, not necessarily the day the underlying transaction happened. Part 135 rows come from dated workbook retrievals and bound a listing, never date it. We track the aircraft, not who is aboard.
Registration records show registrants, not beneficial owners; FAA recording dates lag transactions. How we source this →