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DC-9-83(MD-83) — The Boeing Company DC-9-83(MD-83)

The Boeing Company DC-9-83(MD-83)
DC9
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Year
Owner
The Boeing Company
Last seen
MTOW
72,500 kg
Range
0 nm
Seats
142
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The Boeing Company · DC-9-83(MD-83)
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
62
Active
51
Origin
US
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
MD83
MD83
72,500 kg438 kt172
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The Boeing Company DC-9-83(MD-83)market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the The Boeing Company DC-9-83(MD-83) fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

29 yearsmedian age

Of the 56 registered The Boeing Company DC-9-83(MD-83) with a known build year (90% of the 62 we track), the median age is 29 years.

Registration activity

1changed registration in 12 months

1 of the 62 registered The Boeing Company DC-9-83(MD-83) we track changed registration in the last 12 months (2% of the fleet), across 1 registration event. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
5
Tracked flights
348
Tracked flight hours
957
Share of fleet flying
8%

5 The Boeing Company DC-9-83(MD-83) were tracked flying in the last 90 days (8% of the registered fleet), across 348 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.