McDonnell Douglas MD-80
| McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Photo: AKS.9955, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Photo: AKS.9955, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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| Make | McDonnell Douglas |
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| Model | McDonnell Douglas MD-80 |
| Type | Narrow-body jet airliner |
| Country |  United States
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| First flight | October 18, 1979 |
| Built | 1979–1999 |
| Status | In limited service |
| Number built | 1,191 |
| Registered in the US | 100 (FAA register, October 30, 2026)
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| Developed from | McDonnell Douglas DC-9 |
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The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast, single-aisle airliners, the second generation of the DC-9 family, first called the DC-9-80 or "Super 80". McDonnell Douglas built it until August 1997, then Boeing.[1] In the U.S. there are 100 with a valid registration.[2]
History
With a stretched fuselage, a bigger wing and higher-bypass Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines, the program launched in October 1977. It first flew on October 18, 1979, was certified on August 25, 1980, and entered service with Swissair on October 10, 1980.[1]
The larger MD-81, 82, 83 and 88 are 148 ft long, seat 155 in coach and fly up to 2,550 nmi; the MD-88 added an electronic glass cockpit. The MD-87 is 17 ft shorter, seats 130 and flies up to 2,900 nmi. It competed first with the 737 Classic and then the A320.[1]
Registered in the United States
The FAA register lists 100 of these airplanes with a valid U.S. registration. Here they are by the model name the FAA uses.[2]
| FAA model name | Registered |
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| DC-9-83(MD-83) | 49 |
| DC-9-82(MD-82) | 22 |
| MD-88 | 14 |
| DC-9-87 | 13 |
| DC-9-87 (MD-87) | 1 |
| DC-9-83 | 1 |
Photos
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Alitalia McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (I-DANW) landing at London (Heathrow) Airport, England. Photo: Adrian Pingstone, Public domain
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McDonnell Douglas MD-83 de Spanair a punto de aterrizar en la pista 33 del aeropuerto de Madrid Barajas. Photo: w:es:Usuario:Barcex, CC BY-SA 3.0
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SAS McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (OY-KHN) taking off from London Heathrow Airport. Photo: Adrian Pingstone, Public domain
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McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Photo: Iberia Airlines, CC BY 2.0
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McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Photo: Julien.scavini, CC BY-SA 3.0
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McDonnell Douglas MD-81 - MSN 49907 - YV1240, Laser Airlines. Photo: Wilfredor, CC0
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McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Photo: Wilfredor, CC0
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McDonnell Douglas MD-80. Photo: Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wikipedia, "McDonnell Douglas MD-80", read November 1, 2026. Airplane Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Federal Aviation Administration, Releasable Aircraft Database, file dated October 30, 2026. Valid registrations of fixed-wing airplanes whose FAA maker and model names belong to this family. Airplane Wiki uses only counts from this file, never owner names or addresses.