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Who can register a .aero domain?

Registration starts at $44.99 and renewal at $44.99 a year.

Who may register

Restricted to the aviation community; a registrant needs an aviation ID issued by the registry.

What it costs

Registration$44.99 / year
Renewal$44.99 / year
Transfer$44.99
Smallest possible first bill$44.99

Standard price from Dynadot. Premium and reserved names return the same registry answer as an ordinary free one, so every quote here is a floor rather than a price.

Source

Read from the registry's own policy page: https://www.information.aero/registration/policy. Read on 2026-07-29.

Is a .aero name free?

Availability comes from the registry itself over RDAP, with a WHOIS fallback where a registry publishes no RDAP service. A throttled or unreachable registry is reported as unconfirmed rather than available. It is the one wrong answer that costs somebody money.

You can check from a terminal or from an assistant instead:

curl https://dotsweep.com/check/yourname.aero

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