ADOT provides funding to public airports to design and construct aviation facilities, acquire land for airport purposes and conduct planning and environmental studies. ADOT will fund 90 percent of a project to qualified public airports and half an airport's local share of a federally funded airport-development grant.

ADOT does not fund private airport development.

Arizona has 83 airports in the State System Plan: 58 publicly owned airports, 14 Native American-owned airports and 11 privately owned airports.

The U.S. Department of Transportation oversees airline consumer issues such as denied boarding, lost baggage, overbooking, ticketing and statistics for on-time performance. This information, as well as information about shipping hazardous materials and other general travel-related questions, is addressed on the Aviation Consumer Protection website.

The FAA's Flight Standards District Office is the regulatory agency for flight safety. The Scottsdale office can be reached by phoning 480.419.0111 or by visiting their website.

There are more than 6,500 registered aircraft based in Arizona, and there are 17,986 licensed pilots.

If you have additional questions, please contact the Aircraft Registration Unit by calling 602.712.6995 or by emailing [email protected].

You may pay with a valid Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover card or eCheck.

Please Note: All transactions processed on weekends, holidays or after 4:30 p.m. PT will be posted on the next business day.

The penalty fee for late renewal is described in ARS 28-8329A:

If an aircraft required to be registered under this article is not registered within sixty days after its entry into this state and renewed annually on or before the last day of February, a penalty of twenty-five dollars for this first month and five dollars for each succeeding month of delinquency shall be added to the registration fee and collected unless an exemption for the aircraft is established pursuant to this article.

Your fees on online may be different from the amount printed on your aircraft renewal notice due to one or all of these reasons:

• A penalty fee is assessed when a payment is not received by the last day of February. The penalty fee is $25 for the first month and $5 for each succeeding month until fees are paid.
• If you are renewing the aircraft late and the next-year registration fees have been assessed, then the fees displayed online will be prior year, current year and any accrued penalty fees.