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Boeing 747-100 (747-132)

B747-20247Scrapped

RegistrationUSN709CK

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

OperatorKalitta Air

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Boeing 747-100 (747-132). Operated for Delta Air Lines, Flying Tigers and Kalitta Air. Scrapped.

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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing

Country of registrationEstados Unidos

MSN20247

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of FAA (United States) · 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

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

2000–2004Kalitta Air airline base

Base

EWRNewark

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

Nov 11, 1971

Delivered to Delta Air Lines

Delivered to Delta Air Lines as N9900.

Apr 26, 1977

Transferred to The Boeing Company

Transferred to The Boeing Company.

Aug 15, 1977

Transferred to Flying Tigers

Transferred to Flying Tigers.

Aug 7, 1989

Transferred to FedEx Express

Transferred to FedEx Express.

Feb 26, 1990

Re-registered

Changed from N805FT to N625FE (still with FedEx Express).

May 4, 1993

Transferred to Air Hong Kong

Transferred to Air Hong Kong.

Jun 8, 1994

Transferred to American International Airways

Transferred to American International Airways.

Jun 1, 1998

Re-registered

Changed from N625PL to N709CK (still with American International Airways).

Feb 3, 1999

Transferred to Kitty Hawk International

Transferred to Kitty Hawk International.

Dec 1, 2000

Transferred to Kalitta Air

Transferred to Kalitta Air.

Oct 20, 2004

Accident at Lake Michigan

On October 20, 2004, the Boeing 747-132 aircraft (registration N709CK), operated by Kalitta Air, was involved in an accident at Lake Michigan (United States). Source: the NTSB (United States).

Source: NTSB

Operators

1971-11-11

Delta Air Lines

Registration N9900

1977-04-26

The Boeing Company

Registration N9900

1977-08-15

Flying Tigers

Registration N805FT

1989-08-07

FedEx Express

Registration N805FT · Lessor: Polaris Aviation Leasing Corp.

1990-02-26

FedEx Express

Registration N625FE · Lessor: Polaris Aviation Leasing Corp.

1993-05-04

Air Hong Kong

Registration VR-HKC · Lessor: Polaris Aviation Leasing Corp.

1994-06-08

American International Airways

Registration N625PL

1998-06-01

American International Airways

Registration N709CK

1999-02-03

Kitty Hawk International

Registration N709CK

2000-12-01

Kalitta Air

Registration N709CK

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BibTeX

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