Research VIN API look up

Recommended site for VIN decode service is vPIC by the US Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). See vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/decoder/ for sample decoding service. See vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/ for API.

If interested in aircraft validation, one rule we may consider applying is that aircraft registered in Canada should begin with either C or CF. These are Canada's national marks. The remainder is the registration number. For example, C-xxxx or CF-xxx (the hyphen is a typical part of the number, but it may or may not appear). To get more advanced checks on Canadian registered aircraft, see https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/935cf4d3-7e8d-4e9b-8dfd-c02643d4f782.