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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

DC10-47815Scrapped

RegistrationFRF-GKMY

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

AIOperatorAirLib

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 built in 1979. Operated for Laker Airways, LAN Airlines and AirLib. Scrapped.

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Aging · 22 years · ≈ 61,600 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas

First flight1979

Country of registrationFrancia

MSN47815

Hex / ICAO 24-bit392998

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of Transportstyrelsen (Sweden) under its former registration SE-DFF · Oct 11, 2026

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 Paris (Orly, Val-de-Marne) it could fly non-stop as far as:

HKGHong Kong9,618 km BKKBangkok9,470 km GRUSão Paulo9,372 km PVGShanghai (Pudong)9,298 kmMEXMexico City9,197 km

Beyond its rangeNRTNarita9,744 km

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

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Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

1992–2001AOM French Airlines airline base

Base

ORYParis (Orly, Val-de-Marne)

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

1979

Built

Assembled by McDonnell Douglas.

Dec 7, 1979

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation as G-BGXI.

Jun 24, 1980

Transferred to Laker Airways

Transferred to Laker Airways.

Dec 17, 1980

Transferred to LAN Airlines

Transferred to LAN Airlines.

Jan 18, 1981

Transferred to Laker Airways

Transferred to Laker Airways.

Apr 30, 1982

Transferred to McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Transferred to McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

Sep 1, 1984

Transferred to SAS Scandinavian Airlines System

Transferred to SAS Scandinavian Airlines System.

Aug 8, 1985

Re-registered

Changed from N5464M to SE-DFF (still with SAS Scandinavian Airlines System).

Feb 14, 1991

Transferred to Minerve

Transferred to Minerve.

Mar 1, 1992

Transferred to AOM French Airlines

Transferred to AOM French Airlines.

Oct 1, 2001

Transferred to AirLib

Transferred to AirLib.

Operators

1979-12-07

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Registration G-BGXI

1980-06-24

Laker Airways

Registration G-BGXI

1980-12-17

LAN Airlines

Registration G-BGXI · Lessor: Laker Airways

1981-01-18

Laker Airways

Registration G-BGXI

1982-04-30

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Registration N5464M

1984-09-01

SAS Scandinavian Airlines System

Registration N5464M

1985-08-08

SAS Scandinavian Airlines System

Registration SE-DFF

1991-02-14

Minerve

Registration F-GKMY

1992-03-01

AOM French Airlines

Registration F-GKMY

2001-10-01

AirLib

Registration F-GKMY

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