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Boeing 747SP (747SP-27) · D6-OZX · Global Air Operations

Boeing 747SP (747SP-27) illustration in Global Air Operations livery Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

Boeing 747SP (747SP-27)

B747-22302Scrapped
RegistrationD6-OZX
OperatorGlobal Air Operations
3operators
0incidents
0accidents
0logbook years
0photos

Boeing 747SP (747SP-27) built in 1980. Operated for CAAC, Air China and Global Air Operations. Scrapped.

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Aging · 21 years · ≈ 84,000 flight hours (approx.)
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Technical data

ManufacturerBoeing
First flight1980
Country of registrationComoras
MSN22302
VerificationPending check against the official civil register

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 Beijing it could fly non-stop as far as:

CUNCancún12,797 kmHAVHavana12,731 kmMIAMiami12,484 kmMEXMexico City12,436 kmJNBJohannesburg11,709 km
Beyond its rangePTYTocumen14,308 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.

The full story of the Boeing 747 Compare this aircraft

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1988–2001Air China network of its widebody aircraft
Base
PEKBeijing
Main destinations
PVGShanghai (Pudong)CTUChengdu (Shuangliu)CANGuangzhou (Huadu)FRAFrankfurt am MainNRTNaritaSHAShanghai (Minhang)TPETaoyuanHGHHangzhouISTIstanbulMUCMunichTAOQingdao (Jiaozhou)

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1980
Built
Assembled by Boeing.
Dec 2, 1980
Delivered to The Boeing Company
Delivered to The Boeing Company as N1301E.
Dec 29, 1982
Transferred to CAAC
Transferred to CAAC.
Jul 1, 1988
Transferred to Air China
Transferred to Air China.
Jul 1, 2001
Transferred to Global Air Operations
Transferred to Global Air Operations.

Operators

1980-12-02
The Boeing Company
Registration N1301E
1982-12-29
CAAC
Registration N1301E
1988-07-01
Air China
Registration B-2454
2001-07-01
Global Air Operations
Registration D6-OZX

Memories coming soon

The register of memories is not open on this aircraft yet. We are enabling it gradually, record by record, as we consolidate each aircraft's information.

Before opening it we check the aircraft identity — its registration, its serial number and its model — against the civil register of the authority that registered it, so that every memory belongs to the exact aircraft that lived it. When that work reaches this record, the register will open here.

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Boeing 747SP (747SP-27) · D6-OZX · Global Air Operations}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-24},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-24}
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Wikipedia

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