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N8503A

Boeing 737-800

Valid Texas

N8503A is a Boeing 737-800, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2016. It has 175 seats. It is registered to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 4, 2016 and expires on November 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated October 6, 2016.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-800
Serial number
38813
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/F · 27,300 lb thrust
Seats
175
Year built
2016
Transponder code
ABAA1A (octal 52725032)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 4, 2016
Expires
November 30, 2029
Last FAA action
September 15, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · October 6, 2016
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01217226

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Southwest Airlines CO
Type
Corporation
Address
2702 Love Field Dr 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 2

2008-02-19Hughes 269A · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1955-10-06Beech A35 · Valid registration

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