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N8979L

Boeing 737-8

Valid Texas

N8979L is a Boeing 737-8, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2025. It has 175 seats. It is registered to Southwest Airlines CO, a corporation in Dallas, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 23, 2025 and expires on October 31, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated October 20, 2025.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-8
Serial number
69678
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 SER · 29,317 lb thrust
Seats
175
Year built
2025
Transponder code
AC62F3 (octal 53061363)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 23, 2025
Expires
October 31, 2032
Last FAA action
November 18, 2025
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · October 20, 2025
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01521269

Owner as the FAA publishes it

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

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Documents on file 0

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

Earlier use of this number 1

1984-07-03Grumman American Avn. Corp. AA-1B · Administratively canceled

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