Point at any plane.
Know what it is.
Tail ID is the camera-first aviation identification app. Point your phone at any aircraft, tap once, and instantly see its registration, make, model, year, engine, performance, owner, and flight history.
Free. No ads. No login required to identify.
Built for the aviation curious
AI vision identification
Reads tail numbers even when they're small, angled, partially hidden, or your photo isn't perfect. Cross-references against millions of public aircraft records.
Full aircraft profile
Engine, horsepower, cruise speed, range, seats, weights, dimensions, owner where public, recent ADS-B activity, airport footprint, photo and video gallery.
Pro-grade camera
Pinch zoom + 0.6×/1×/2×/5× stops, video mode, image stabilization, HDR, accelerometer-driven target rotation that works even with screen orientation locked.
Personal logbook
Every aircraft you capture becomes part of your personal aviation log. Achievements for new makes, rare aircraft, first photos.
20 languages
Auto-detects your phone's language. Built-in support for English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Chinese (Simplified + Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian.
Part of the Tail family
Your captures enrich aircraft pages across TailPhotos, TailVideos, and TailExchange — the marketplace and media network for general aviation.
Download Tail ID
Free on the App Store and Google Play.
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