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N8309C

Boeing 737-8H4

Valid Texas

N8309C is a Boeing 737-8H4, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2012. It has 143 seats. It is registered to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 1, 2012 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 15, 2012.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-8H4
Serial number
36985
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27 · 27,300 lb thrust
Seats
143
Year built
2012
Transponder code
AB5BF0 (octal 52655760)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 1, 2012
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · May 15, 2012
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01083192

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Southwest Airlines CO
Type
Corporation
Address
2702 Love Field Drive #Hdq 4Gc
Dallas, TX 75235-1908

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1991-01-14Piper PA-28R-200 · exported to South Africa · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data