McDonnell Douglas MD-90

what is it?

The McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) MD-90 is a retired American five-abreast single-aisle airliner developed by McDonnell Douglas from the earlier MD-80. The airliner was produced by the developer company until 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It was a stretched derivative of the MD-80 and thus part of the DC-9 family.

🔎How to recognise it: jet engines · 32.8 m wingspan

base stats

• built 116made 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 33 years ago, in 1993.
• 🚗Wingspan of 32.8 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1993-02-22

introduced

1995

retired

2020

status

retired

number built

116

role

narrow-body jet airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

McDonnell Douglas

engines

IAE V2500

length

45.1 m

wingspan

32.8 m

height

9.1 m

top speed

—

range

—

ceiling

10,668 m

ICAO code

MD90

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

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