McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40 · 41 MSN 47605

Registration N131NK · Spirit Airlines

Scrapped

Identity

TypeMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-40
Variant41
FamilyDC9
Series—
Line Number724
Test Reg—

Operators

OperatorSpirit Airlines

Timeline

First Flight

27 Feb 1974

Delivery

10 Apr 1974

Age

52.7 yrs

Last Updated

29 Oct 2026

History

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41, serial number 47605, line number 724. Delivered to TOA Domestic Airlines on 10 Apr 1974, registered JA8425. Operated by Finnair on 15 Feb 1982 as OH-LNE. American Aircarriers Support Inc 5 Feb 1995 (not in Jet Airliner Production List), Jet TS Dec 1995, due withdrawn from use 2 Jan 1996 Helsinki also repossessed Dec 1995. Leased to Spirit Airlines on 19 Apr 1996 as N131NK. Owned by Comair Ac/own Spirit Feb 1997, Siassi Airport 130 Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 13 Apr 2001 still Spirit leased, cancelled 13 Jun 2001. Sub-leased to Dinar L.A. on 13 Jun 2001 as LV-ZXY. 14 Jun 2001, seen stored Buenos Aires Buenos Aires-Aeroparque, Argentina 7 Mar 2002 minus one engine. Returned to Spirit Airlines on 22 May 2002 as N131NK. Registered 31 May 2002 to Siassi Airport 131 Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo, seen in service Orlando-International 21 Jun 2002 white, dark blue tail Spirit titles, identified Fort Lauderdale-International 13 Aug 2002, withdrawn from use by 1 May 2003, seen stored Fort Worth Fort Worth Meacham Field, TX 27 Jul 2003, Siassi Airport 131 Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo to Alameda Corp 31 Dec 2003 1 Mar 2004, ferried to Tucson 7 Oct 2004, Alameda to Jetran Cagayan North International Airport, Lal-lo 6 Aug 2007, cancelled 21 Jun 2017. Current status: scrapped.

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