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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF

DC10-47819Scrapped

RegistrationUSN1859U

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

OperatorUnited Airlines

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF built in 1980 in Long Beach. Operated for Air Florida, World Airways and Arrow Air. Scrapped.

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Aging · 25 years · ≈ 70,000 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas

First flight1980

Built inLong Beach, California (EE. UU.)

Country of registrationEstados Unidos

MSN47819

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of ANAC Brazil (Brazil) under its former registration PRBME · Oct 9, 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 Newark it could fly non-stop as far as:

CAICairo9,042 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)8,548 kmLOSLagos8,478 km SCLSantiago8,245 km ISTIstanbul8,047 km

Beyond its rangeDOHDoha10,790 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

1986–2002United Air Lines network of its widebody aircraft

Base

EWRNewark IADDulles SFOSan Francisco IAHHouston

Main destinations

FRAFrankfurt am Main ORDChicago BRUZaventem NRTNarita JFKNew York LAXLos Angeles HNLHonolulu, Oahu ZRHZurich

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

1980

Built

Assembled by McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, California (USA).

Jan 17, 1980

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation as N109WA.

Mar 1, 1983

Transferred to Air Florida

Transferred to Air Florida.

Sep 1, 1985

Transferred to World Airways

Transferred to World Airways.

Apr 10, 1986

Transferred to United Airlines

Transferred to United Airlines.

Apr 10, 1986

Transferred to United Air Lines

Transferred to United Air Lines.

Sep 11, 2001

Grounded after 9/11

On September 11, 2001, the DC10-30CF aircraft (registration N1859U), operated by United Airlines, was in the news. Source: the FAA (United States).

What happened

On 11 September 2001, after the attacks with hijacked aircraft on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon, the FAA ordered — for the first time in history — the complete closure of United States airspace (the SCATANA plan): all civil aviation was told to land immediately, and by midday the American sky was clear. Around 240 international flights bound for the United States were diverted to Canada — Operation Yellow Ribbon, with more than 30,000 passengers. Airspace reopened gradually from 13 September, by then under new security measures. Source: the FAA (United States).

Source: FAA

Sep 5, 2002

Transferred to BrasMex Cargo

Transferred to BrasMex Cargo.

Feb 19, 2005

Transferred to Arrow Air

Transferred to Arrow Air.

Operators

1980-01-17

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Registration N109WA

1983-03-01

Air Florida

Registration N109WA

1985-09-01

World Airways

Registration N109WA

1986-04-10

United Airlines

Registration N1859U

1986-04-10

United Air Lines

Registration N1859U

2002-09-05

BrasMex Cargo

Registration PR-BME · Lessor: CIT Leasing

2005-02-19

Arrow Air

Registration N478CT · Lessor: dba Arrow Cargo

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BibTeX

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