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Who Owns This Plane?

N8717M

2018 Boeing 737-8

Fixed-wing, multi-engine · serial 42571

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2028.

Registered owner

Southwest Airlines Co

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 2702 Love Field Drve #hdq 4gc, Dallas, TX 75235
Fleet: 743 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Boeing 737-8
Year built: 2018
Serial number: 42571
Type: Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Land
Engines: 2 × Turbofan · CFM Intl LEAP-1B28 SER · 29,317 lb thrust
Seats: 175
Weight class: 20,000 lb and over
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Mar 29, 2018)
Mode S code: ABFD66 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Apr 24, 2018 · last FAA action May 5, 2023

Past registrations of N8717M

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

May 21, 1975 Beech 23 · serial M-501 Sutley Alfred · Bayport, NY

What a Boeing 737 MAX looks likePhoto of a Boeing 737 MAX, not this aircraft: KirkXWB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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