(Ekim) wrote in message . com...
Go to http://registry.faa.gov/airmen.asp
and click on "Interactive Airmen Inquiry Web Site".

How current is the airmen database?
If the FAA issues a new certificate sometime today, Does the website
show it immediately? The next day? Within a week?

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Ekim.

It states on the page approximately what issue date they are working on.
Every time I have applied for a new certificate or rating (I am currently
waiting for the permanent on number seven), it shows up within a week
or so of when that "working on" date gets to the date I submitted
the 8710. I have then usually received my permanent certificate in the
about a week after that. The actual time from when you submit your 8710
to when it shows up in the registry depends on backlog at the FAA which
you can determine from how far back the "working on" date is. For changes
other than a new certificate or rating such as an address change, it seems
to be much faster. When I moved, the address was update on the web site
and I had permanent certificate with the new address in two weeks.

Jeff H.