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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F

DC10-46921Scrapped

RegistrationCAC-GKFA

KEOperatorKelowna Flightcraft Air Charter

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F built in 1975. Operated for British Caledonian Airways, British Airways and Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter. Scrapped.

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Old · 33 years · ≈ 92,400 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas

First flight1975

Country of registrationCanadá

MSN46921

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · McDonnell Douglas DC-10

Figures for the DC-10-30 variant, the most representative of the family · it is 53% the length of a football pitch

Length55.4 m182 ft

Wingspan50.4 m165 ft

Height17.6 m58 ft

Range9,630 km5,200 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed871 km/h470 ktMach 0.82

Service ceiling12,800 m41,995 ftIt flies above Everest (1.4 times its height)

Maximum take-off weight267,619 kg589,998 lb

Maximum payload146,877 kg323,808 lbIts 255 passengers with baggage would weigh about 25.5 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity255 passengersUp to 380 in a high-density layout

Endurance11 h 03 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

With its 9,630 km range, from Miami it could fly non-stop as far as:

ISTIstanbul9,583 km LOSLagos9,052 km FRAFrankfurt am Main7,763 km AMSAmsterdam7,443 km CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)7,372 km

Beyond its rangeCAICairo10,451 km

The type first flew in 1970 (56 years ago) · About 446 units built · Production ended in 1989

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

1999–2003Gemini Air Cargo airline base

Base

MIAMiami

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1975

Built

Assembled by McDonnell Douglas.

Jul 10, 1975

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation as N8704Q.

Feb 23, 1977

Transferred to British Caledonian Airways

Transferred to British Caledonian Airways.

Apr 1, 1988

Transferred to British Airways

Transferred to British Airways.

Jul 1, 1999

Transferred to Gemini Air Cargo

Transferred to Gemini Air Cargo.

Dec 1, 2003

Transferred to DAS Air Cargo

Transferred to DAS Air Cargo.

Sep 10, 2008

Transferred to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter

Transferred to Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter.

Operators

1975-07-10

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Registration N8704Q

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McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Registration N54640

1977-02-23

British Caledonian Airways

Registration G-BEBM

1988-04-01

British Airways

Registration G-BEBM

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Caribbean Airways

Registration G-BEBM · Lessor: British Caledonian Airways

1999-07-01

Gemini Air Cargo

Registration N608GC · Lessor: FINOVA

2003-12-01

DAS Air Cargo

Registration 5X-BON

2008-09-10

Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter

Registration C-GKFA

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30F · C-GKFA · Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-15},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/DC10-46921},
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  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
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