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What It Is

AIRPAC Aviation Files is a set of mailing-list, research, and software services offered by AIRPAC, Inc. for the aviation industry. Its core value is not as a general-purpose CRM, but as a curated aviation data source built around U.S. FAA and related sources, covering aircraft owners, pilots, airports, dealers, reserved N-numbers, and more. Users can search, analyze, download, and build direct-mail lists through PlaneCD, the PlaneBase Windows software, and PlaneBase Online.

Core Features and Data Capabilities

The product focuses on niche aviation databases and list processing. The available text indicates roughly 300,000 U.S. aircraft owners and about 600,000 pilots, along with specialized lists such as airport managers, changes in pilot ratings, and pilots who own aircraft. AIRPAC highlights monthly updates, address standardization, removal of bad addresses, and deduplication of duplicate addresses. Lists can be filtered by aircraft type, year of manufacture, region, pilot rating, certificate, medical class, and other criteria. PlaneBase supports searching, sorting, saved filters, reports, mailing labels, MailMerge letters, and CSV/ASCII exports. It can also download databases, formatters, and search rules from the server.

Pricing and Delivery

Its subscription service is priced at $49.95 per month, with a two-month minimum. It includes free PlaneCD/DVD downloads, cloud access to the PlaneBase Windows program, and unlimited downloads via PlaneBase Online. A single-issue Plane CD download costs $79.95, while an annual download subscription is $574.95. Custom lists are priced by project: a $50 initial list setup fee, $20 for additional lists, $0.05 per name, and a monthly update service at $50/month including up to 1,000 names. Delivery options are relatively broad, including online downloads, CD, CSV, mailing labels, reports, and postcards.

Pros and Cons

The main advantages are its vertical aviation data, long historical accumulation, and suitability for aviation direct-mail lead generation and research. Its data cleaning, deduplication, and bad-address handling can directly reduce mailing costs, and its custom filtering options are fairly granular. The drawbacks are also clear: PlaneBase only supports Windows, and the available text mainly references Windows 8/10; modern SaaS capabilities such as team permissions, API access, SSO, audit logs, and security certifications are not disclosed; coverage is clearly skewed toward the U.S. aviation market, and the service still retains traditional delivery workflows such as CDs, phone, and fax.

Who It’s For and Access from China

AIRPAC is best suited to marketing teams, direct-mail agencies, and researchers selling products or services to U.S. aircraft owners, pilots, airports, or aviation companies. For Chinese users whose target market is not the U.S. aviation industry, its value is limited. The collected text does not provide information on accessibility from mainland China, RMB payments, or localization, so china_access can only be considered unknown. Possible alternatives include public FAA data, Dun & Bradstreet, ZoomInfo, and Data Axle. Chinese business-information platforms such as Qichacha and Tianyancha can only supplement company information and cannot replace AIRPAC’s aviation-specific lists.