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Boeing CH-47

Boeing CH-47
H47
Photo via Wikipedia: Boeing CH-47 Chinook
Year
Owner
Last seen
MTOW
Range
Seats
CH-47
Boeing · CH-47
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
578
Active
578
Origin
United States
Certifying authorities
FAA
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
CH-47D
CH-47D
D
Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS R00115SE

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS R00115SE), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

Read the TCDS (PDF) →
Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.

Boeing CH-47 market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Boeing CH-47 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

34 yearsmedian age

Of the 22 registered Boeing CH-47 with a known build year (4% of the 578 we track), the median age is 34 years.

Registration activity

2changed registration in 12 months

2 of the 578 registered Boeing CH-47 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (0% of the fleet), across 2 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
58
Tracked flights
262
Tracked flight hours
335
Share of fleet flying
10%

58 Boeing CH-47 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (10% of the registered fleet), across 262 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.