Private Jet Owners Like Musk and Swift Can Now Hide Plane Data

Owners of private aircraft can now ask the Federal Aviation Administration to not publicly disclose their name, address and other data linking them to their planes.

Legislation enacted last year directed the agency to develop a process to accept the requests, a move that could make it more difficult for the public to determine who owns private aircraft and track their movements.

Social media accounts and other services that monitor private planes have become a cottage industry in recent years, offering a proxy for the movements of high-profile individuals or even clues on potential M&A deals.

They’ve also drawn the ...