McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 · 32 MSN 47543

Registration N986AX · Airborne Express

Scrapped

Identity

TypeMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
Variant32
FamilyDC9
Series—
Line Number654
Test Reg—

Operators

OperatorAirborne Express

Timeline

First Flight

31 Jan 1972

Delivery

29 Feb 1972

Age

54.8 yrs

Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

History

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, serial number 47543, line number 654. Delivered to Iberia on 29 Feb 1972, registered EC-BYG. Leased to Aviaco on 1 Feb 1990. Owned by Mitsui 1 Feb 1990, returned Apr 1992. Operated by Airborne Express on 16 Apr 1992 as N986AX. Las Vegas Jun 1992 (idJP93), seen at Dallas-Love 17 Jan 1994 metal, arrived Kansas City 17 Jul 1994 for Airborne painting, seen at Charlotte Douglas International Airport 13 May 2004 new yellow/red DHL colours, stored seen at Wilmington Wilmington Airpark 15 Mar 2010, Albury Airport, East Albury to DHL Network Operations (USA) Inc 20 May 2010, registration expired 31 Dec 2011, cancelled 11 May 2015 broken up Wilmington Airpark. Current status: scrapped.

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