US Helicopter Registry

Schweizer300/Hughes269

446 Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 helicopters hold a valid FAA registration, 3 percent of the US fleet and the number 11 type by count. It is a piston single helicopter, built by Schweizer. 1 of them fly on a Part 135 certificate.

446
Registered in the US
1
On a Part 135 certificate
1990
Median year built
3
Seats (FAA reference)

Variants the FAA lists

The FAA lists it under 11 model strings, folded together here. The strings are the manufacturer's own designations as typed on the registration, so a suffix marks a sub-model, an engine option, or sometimes only a different clerk.

Model as registeredRegistered
269C187
269A95
269C-185
269B30
TH-5513
269D12
TH-55A7
TH55A/269A6
269A-15
HUGHES 269C4
300C2

Where the Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 is registered

By the registrant's state. A trust or leasing company can put a whole fleet at one address, so a state's count is about paperwork as much as flying.

When they were built

  • 1950s 10%
  • 1960s 9221%
  • 1970s 429%
  • 1980s 297%
  • 1990s 5813%
  • 2000s 9922%
  • 2010s 41%
  • 2020s 41%

The register runs from 1952 to 2025, with 2008 the busiest year at 19 airframes. 117 records carry no year of manufacture.

Who registers them

  • Individual 17038%
  • LLC 12428%
  • Corporation 11826%
  • Co-owned 204%
  • Government 61%
  • Partnership 61%
  • Non-citizen corporation 20%

The organisations with the most Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 helicopters registered. Private individuals are counted above but never named.

RegistrantHelicopters
SCHWEIZER RSG LLC9
US AVIATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS7
US AVIATION TRAINING SOLUTIONS INC5
DEL RIO AVIATION INC4
GULF COAST HELICOPTERS INC4
TOMLINSON AVIATION INC4
A AND J AVIATION SERVICES LLC3
JONES AIRCRAFT CO LLC3

Engine and certification

13 are recorded as turbine powered and 433 as piston. The engines the FAA lists most often: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (197), LYCOMING HO-360 (45), LYCOMING I0360 SER (40), LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A (38), LYCOMING HIO-360-G1A (36).

  • Standard 35279%
  • Multiple 307%
  • Restricted 225%
  • Experimental 61%

Standard is the airworthiness class a passenger-carrying aircraft holds. Restricted covers agricultural, external-load and other special-purpose work, and experimental covers research, exhibition and amateur-built aircraft; neither carries paying passengers.

Common questions

How many Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 helicopters are there in the United States?

446 hold a valid FAA registration in the file dated 14 September 2026, 3 percent of all registered helicopters, which ranks the Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 number 11 among model families. The FAA lists it under 11 model strings, folded together here.

Where are most Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 helicopters registered?

Texas leads with 76, then Florida with 54. The state is the registrant's address rather than where the aircraft flies.

Is the Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 used for charter?

1 of the 446 registered, 0 percent, sit on an FAA Part 135 certificate, the authority needed to fly passengers or cargo for hire. For a piston type that is mostly training and light utility work rather than passenger charter.

How old are the Schweizer 300 / Hughes 269 helicopters on the register?

The median was built in 1990; the register runs from 1952 to 2025, with 2008 the busiest year at 19. 117 records carry no year.

Source: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, file dated 14 September 2026; Part 135 workbook dated 9 August 2026. Look up any airframe by tail number on the registry hub.

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