Jul 14, 2013, 4:18 am
Last edit by: Zorak
Last updated: 03/7/2018
Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 Fleet Status/Information
Of 16 frames: 0 Active, 1 Preserved, 15 Retired/Stored,
Registration / Ship# (Delivery Month/Yr): Status/other information
N661US / 6301 (12/89): Preserved at the Delta Flight Museum. Was the first 744 ever built. Last revenue flight was HNL-ATL arriving on the morning of 09/09/15. Arrived at the Delta Flight Museum 04/30/2016 and was renovated to be a permanent exhibit. To learn more about the project visit this website. (DL museum website is here)
N662US / 6302 (03/89): Retired, flew to MZJ on 10/15/17. Was the first 744 (in 2012) to be renovated into the 376 pax configuration after the DL/NW merger.
N663US / 6303 (01/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ on 11/05/15.
N664US / 6304 (04/89): SCRAPPED, en-route (DTW-ICN) over China on 06/17/15, was severely damaged by hail. Temporary repairs to make it air-worthy were made. It flew directly from ICN to MZJ on 07/10/15.
N665US / 6305 (09/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ 12/01/16. Was the first 744 (in 2008) to be re-painted in the Delta livery after the DL/NW merger.
N666US / 6306 (08/89): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17. Was the last 744 (in 2017) to perform a revenue passenger flight (12/19/2017 DL158 ICN-DTW).
N667US / 6307 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 11/18/17.
N668US / 6308 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/06/17.
N669US / 6309 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/23/17.
N670US / 6310 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17.
N671US / 6311 (03/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 09/30/14. Due to 6304's damage, it was pulled from storage on 06/28/15 and re-entered revenue service. Was flown back to MZJ and re-retired on 10/31/15.
N672US / 6312 (07/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
N673US / 6313 (08/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/31/16.
N674US / 6314 (10/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 01/03/18. Was the last 744 in the fleet to retire (in 2018).
N675NW / 6315 (03/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/25/15.
N676NW / 6316 (04/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
Fleet Notes:
Final scheduled flight: DL158 ICN-DTW 12/19/17 (N666US).
Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 Fleet Status/Information
Of 16 frames: 0 Active, 1 Preserved, 15 Retired/Stored,
Registration / Ship# (Delivery Month/Yr): Status/other information
N661US / 6301 (12/89): Preserved at the Delta Flight Museum. Was the first 744 ever built. Last revenue flight was HNL-ATL arriving on the morning of 09/09/15. Arrived at the Delta Flight Museum 04/30/2016 and was renovated to be a permanent exhibit. To learn more about the project visit this website. (DL museum website is here)
N662US / 6302 (03/89): Retired, flew to MZJ on 10/15/17. Was the first 744 (in 2012) to be renovated into the 376 pax configuration after the DL/NW merger.
N663US / 6303 (01/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ on 11/05/15.
N664US / 6304 (04/89): SCRAPPED, en-route (DTW-ICN) over China on 06/17/15, was severely damaged by hail. Temporary repairs to make it air-worthy were made. It flew directly from ICN to MZJ on 07/10/15.
N665US / 6305 (09/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ 12/01/16. Was the first 744 (in 2008) to be re-painted in the Delta livery after the DL/NW merger.
N666US / 6306 (08/89): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17. Was the last 744 (in 2017) to perform a revenue passenger flight (12/19/2017 DL158 ICN-DTW).
N667US / 6307 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 11/18/17.
N668US / 6308 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/06/17.
N669US / 6309 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/23/17.
N670US / 6310 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17.
N671US / 6311 (03/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 09/30/14. Due to 6304's damage, it was pulled from storage on 06/28/15 and re-entered revenue service. Was flown back to MZJ and re-retired on 10/31/15.
N672US / 6312 (07/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
N673US / 6313 (08/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/31/16.
N674US / 6314 (10/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 01/03/18. Was the last 744 in the fleet to retire (in 2018).
N675NW / 6315 (03/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/25/15.
N676NW / 6316 (04/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
Fleet Notes:
Final scheduled flight: DL158 ICN-DTW 12/19/17 (N666US).
DL 747 fleet operation
Sep 15, 2017, 10:50 am
#1906
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Sep 15, 2017, 10:53 am
#1907
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Sep 15, 2017, 11:34 am
#1908
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A pilot on my flight said that the fuel stop was planned for Thursday. I'm going to check to see whether it really happened. He was aware of the VDBs that were done Wednesday to avoid the MSP fuel stop. He also said that DL had paid some folks $4000 (presumably in vouchers) not to take an oversold flight for a Notre Dame football game. I assume he meant a flight from DTW to South Bend last weekend but I don't know whether they were playing home or away, so this might be wrong.
Sep 15, 2017, 11:53 am
#1909
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Distance and total time DTW-PVG is irrelevant. Time at takeoff from ANC to PVG would be. Crew could be legal for DTW-ANC but then not legal for ANC-PVG. Just because they were legal to takeoff for ANC from DTW, doesn't mean after flying for hours they would be legal to takeoff again after stopping at ANC. Via MSP they'll only have used up a short portion of their day.
Their could be delays due to routing, or on the ground loading fuel, getting new paperwork, airport delays, etc. When they take off from ANC they must have enough hours remaining for flight to PVG.
Their could be delays due to routing, or on the ground loading fuel, getting new paperwork, airport delays, etc. When they take off from ANC they must have enough hours remaining for flight to PVG.
Sep 15, 2017, 12:26 pm
#1910
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The remaining runways aren't that short. I'm guessing they can easily fly with no weight restrictions to anywhere in North America. They only get into trouble when they try to operate the very long TPAC routes
Sep 15, 2017, 9:45 pm
#1911
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If anyone is on DL295 (ATLNRT) tomorrow, then you're in for a treat 
Check out DL9932 today...https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL9932
Check out DL9932 today...https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL9932
N662US oldest 744 is doing the mission ATL-NRT tomorrow. A 777 must've broke somewhere and they had the 744 sitting idle at DTW.
Sep 15, 2017, 9:53 pm
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Sep 15, 2017, 9:58 pm
#1913
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It was on ATL-South Bend based on the news article I saw - Notre Dame was home but UGA was visiting so I'm guessing ATL-South Bend was loaded up with UGA fans heading up for the game. And FWIW, there was a lot of red throughout the Notre Dame stadium last Saturday night.
Sep 16, 2017, 8:25 am
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Saw 583 on Tuesday and 159 last night--there was a great crew out at the plane spotting park at MSP, lots of step ladders and big cameras!
Sep 16, 2017, 11:51 am
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As a UGA fan, I have followed this on rivals UGA site and a lot of people couldn't get home as scheduled. A number of people said they got over $1K, but not as high as $4K.
The sea of red was a sight to see.
Sep 16, 2017, 4:04 pm
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Edit: @miraclebear2003: Was the sea of red from the fans, or the balance sheet ink from the vouchers?
Sep 16, 2017, 5:24 pm
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Considering that they were willing to downgauge one of the TPAC flights last year in order to upgauge ATL-SEA, I fully expect that we'll see some aggressive use of the 747s at Thanksgiving (since that's one of the few times that level of capacity can be used).
Edit: @miraclebear2003: Was the sea of red from the fans, or the balance sheet ink from the vouchers?
Edit: @miraclebear2003: Was the sea of red from the fans, or the balance sheet ink from the vouchers?
. As a stockholder, the payments have negligible effect on the bottom line, and are well worth the positive publicity.
Sep 17, 2017, 7:18 pm
#1919
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Check out DL9932 today...https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL9932