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#2027· ICAO DC10

McDonnell Douglas DC-10

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1970· wide-body airliner

🛫 airliner retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. Continental Airlines DC-10: Danielkang7744 at English Wikipedia· Public domain
  2. 2. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30: Aldo Bidini· GFDL 1.2
  3. 3. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10: JetPix· GFDL 1.2
  4. 4. La Tante DC10 Restaurant 1: Flixtey· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, American Airlines AN1021178: AlainDurand· GFDL 1.2
  6. 6. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, American Airlines JP5931060: Jon Proctor· GFDL 1.2
  7. 7. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, Continental Airlines JP6751857: Jon Proctor· GFDL 1.2
  8. 8. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, Monarch Airlines JP342549: Dale Coleman· GFDL 1.2
  9. 9. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40, Northwest Airlines AN0215731: JetPix· GFDL 1.2
  10. 10. S2-ACQ McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Bangladesh Biman Airlines and G-BEAK (Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 LHR 1980s (53173003603): Steve Knight from Halstead, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10, photo 1 of 10
1/10 Danielkang7744 at English Wikipedia· Public domain

what is it?

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas. The DC-10 was intended to succeed the DC-8 for long-range flights. It first flew on August 29, 1970; it was introduced on August 5, 1971, by American Airlines.

How to recognise it: 3 engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 50.4 m wingspan

base stats

  • built 446made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 56 years ago, in 1970.
  • Wingspan of 50.4 m: about 11 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

spec sheet

first flight
1970-08-29
introduced
1971
retired
2014
status
retired
number built
446
role
wide-body airliner
origin
🇺🇸 United States
makers
McDonnell Douglas
engines
3×
length
55.5 m
wingspan
50.4 m
height
17.7 m
top speed
—
range
—
ceiling
12,802 m
wings
low wing
landing gear
retractable tricycle gear
ICAO code
DC10

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q208075, Wikipedia: McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.

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