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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30

DC10-48282Scrapped

RegistrationUSN137WA

Verified aircraft dataagainst the official civil aviation register

WOOperatorWorld Airways

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 built in 1981. Operated for VARIG, Garuda Indonesia and ATA Airlines. Scrapped.

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Old · 26 years · ≈ 72,800 flight hours (approx.)

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Technical data

ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas

First flight1981

Country of registrationEstados Unidos

MSN48282

Hex / ICAO 24-bitA09727

VerificationIdentity verified against the official register of FAA (United States) · Oct 8, 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 Minneapolis it could fly non-stop as far as:

NRTNarita9,553 km EZEBuenos Aires (Ezeiza)9,527 kmGIGRio De Janeiro9,071 km SCLSantiago8,994 km GRUSão Paulo8,952 km

Beyond its rangeCAICairo9,971 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

1999–2007Northwest Airlines airline network

Base

MSPMinneapolis

Main destinations

DTWDetroit HNLHonolulu, Oahu ATLAtlanta SEASeattle

since 2007World Airways airline base

Base

OAKOakland

since 2007ATA Airlines network of its widebody aircraft

Base

SINSingapore

Main destinations

TPETaoyuan TAOQingdao (Jiaozhou)BKKBangkok HKGHong Kong ICNSeoul NKGNanjing NRTNarita OOLGold Coast PERPerth SHEShenyang SYDSydney (Mascot)

Flight logbook

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Aircraft chronology

1981

Built

Assembled by McDonnell Douglas.

Feb 27, 1981

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Delivered to McDonnell Douglas Corporation as PP-VMY.

Apr 30, 1981

Transferred to VARIG

Transferred to VARIG.

Apr 6, 1994

Transferred to Garuda Indonesia

Transferred to Garuda Indonesia.

Jun 16, 1999

Transferred to Northwest Airlines

Transferred to Northwest Airlines.

Feb 7, 2007

Transferred to World Airways

Transferred to World Airways.

Jul 19, 2007

Transferred to ATA Airlines

Transferred to ATA Airlines.

Operators

1981-02-27

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Registration PP-VMY

1981-04-30

VARIG

Registration PP-VMY

1994-04-06

Garuda Indonesia

Registration PP-VMY · Lessor: VARIG

1999-06-16

Northwest Airlines

Registration N241NW

2007-02-07

World Airways

Registration N137WA

2007-07-19

ATA Airlines

Registration N709TZ

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