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Boeing 747-100 (747-123)

B747-20104Scrapped

RegistrationUSN9665

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

OperatorAmerican Airlines

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Boeing 747-100 (747-123) built in 1970 in Everett. Operated for American Airlines, Dominicana and United Air Lines. Scrapped.

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Old · 31 years · ≈ 124,000 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing

First flight1970

Built inEverett, Washington (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationEstados Unidos

MSN20104

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of FAA (United States) under its former registration N155UA · Oct 8, 2026

The model · Boeing 747

Figures for the 747-400 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 67% the length of a football pitch

Length70.7 m232 ft

Wingspan64.4 m211 ft

Height19.4 m64 ft

Range13,446 km7,260 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed903 km/h488 ktMach 0.85

Service ceiling13,700 m44,948 ftIt flies above Everest (1.5 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight396,893 kg874,998 lb

Maximum payload217,879 kg480,340 lbIts 416 passengers with baggage would weigh about 41.6 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity416 passengersUp to 660 in a high-density layout

Endurance14 h 53 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 13,446 km range, from Newark it could fly non-stop as far as:

HKGHong Kong12,960 km JNBJohannesburg12,865 km BOMMumbai12,546 km PVGShanghai (Pudong)11,860 kmDELNew Delhi11,765 km

Beyond its rangeBKKBangkok13,947 km

The type first flew in 1969 (57 years ago) · About 1,574 units built · Production ended in 2023

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1987–2001United Air Lines network of its widebody aircraft

Base

EWRNewark IADDulles SFOSan Francisco IAHHouston

Main destinations

FRAFrankfurt am Main ORDChicago BRUZaventem NRTNarita JFKNew York LAXLos Angeles HNLHonolulu, Oahu ZRHZurich

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

1970

Built

Assembled by Boeing in Everett, Washington (USA).

Sep 4, 1970

Delivered to The Boeing Company

Delivered to The Boeing Company as N9665.

Sep 18, 1970

Transferred to American Airlines

Transferred to American Airlines.

Jun 6, 1985

Transferred to Dominicana

Transferred to Dominicana.

Sep 1, 1987

Transferred to United Air Lines

Transferred to United Air Lines.

Sep 11, 2001

Grounded after 9/11

On September 11, 2001, the 747-123 aircraft (registration N9665), operated by American Airlines, was in the news. Source: the FAA (United States).

What happened

On 11 September 2001, after the attacks with hijacked aircraft on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon, the FAA ordered — for the first time in history — the complete closure of United States airspace (the SCATANA plan): all civil aviation was told to land immediately, and by midday the American sky was clear. Around 240 international flights bound for the United States were diverted to Canada — Operation Yellow Ribbon, with more than 30,000 passengers. Airspace reopened gradually from 13 September, by then under new security measures. Source: the FAA (United States).

Source: FAA

Operators

1970-09-04

The Boeing Company

Registration N9665

1970-09-18

American Airlines

Registration N9665

1984-05-01

American Airlines

Registration N9665

1985-06-06

Dominicana

Registration HI-472

1987-09-01

United Air Lines

Registration N155UA

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BibTeX

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