What is the connection between BasedAircraft.com data and the Form 5010-1 report?
The entire purpose of BasedAircraft.com is to feed validated counts to the FAA Airport Safety Data Program’s Airport Master Record Form 5010-1 report. Ultimately, the Form 5010-1 report based aircraft counts for single-engine, multi-engine, jets, and helicopters should match the validated counts in BasedAircraft.com. The Form 5010-1 report based aircraft counts are updated from the BasedAircraft.com website in one of three ways: a. The ‘Confirm’ button in BasedAircraft.com is used to Confirm the counts: BasedAircraft.com sends the validated based aircraft counts to the Airport Safety Data Program automatically whenever the aircraft counts are confirmed. (See FAQ on ‘What does ‘confirm the aircraft counts’ or ‘confirmed counts’ mean?’.) This automatic update allows the airport to update the FAA Form 5010-1 report counts without the inspector’s involvement. NOTE: Based aircraft counts must be confirmed in BasedAircraft.com in order for the update of Form 5010-1 report counts to take plac
