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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

DC10-46958Unknown

RegistrationIEEI-DLA

COOperatorContinental Airlines

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. Has operated for Philippine Airlines, Nigeria Airways, Leisure Air and Continental Airlines.

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas

Country of registrationIrlanda

MSN46958

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 Houston it could fly non-stop as far as:

FRAFrankfurt am Main8,402 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)8,173 kmGIGRio De Janeiro8,088 km CDGParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise)8,072 kmAMSAmsterdam8,049 km

Beyond its rangeISTIstanbul10,231 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

1996–2026Continental Airlines airline network

Base

IAHHouston

Main destinations

EWRNewark HNLHonolulu, Oahu

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

Oct 22, 1976

Delivered to Philippine Airlines

Delivered to Philippine Airlines as RP-C2003.

Jun 1, 1981

Transferred to Nigeria Airways

Transferred to Nigeria Airways.

Jul 1, 1994

Transferred to Leisure Air

Transferred to Leisure Air.

Jul 1, 1996

Transferred to Continental Airlines

Transferred to Continental Airlines.

Operators

1976-10-22

Philippine Airlines

Registration RP-C2003

1981-06-01

Nigeria Airways

Registration RP-C2003

1994-07-01

Leisure Air

Registration EI-DLA

1996-07-01

Continental Airlines

Registration EI-DLA

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Vuelopedia (2026) McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 · EI-DLA · Continental Airlines. Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/DC10-46958 (Accessed: 16 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title        = {{McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 · EI-DLA · Continental Airlines}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-10},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/DC10-46958},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/DC10-46958}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-16},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-16}
}

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