AIRCRAFT BRIEF
The McDonnell Douglas MD-82 is part of the MD-80 series, a stretched, re-engined derivative of the venerable DC-9 first launched as the DC-9-80 'Super 80'. Entering service in 1981, the MD-82 paired higher-thrust Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217 engines with the long fuselage to deliver strong 'hot and high' performance on short-to-medium routes. McDonnell Douglas (later merged into Boeing) built roughly 1,191 MD-80s, making it one of the best-selling narrowbodies of the 1980s and a backbone of carriers like American Airlines, Delta, SAS and Alitalia.
SPECIFICATIONS
- manufacturer
- McDonnell Douglas
- first Flight
- 1981
- role
- Short-to-medium-range narrowbody airliner
- crew
- 2 pilots
- engines
- 2x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217 (aft-mounted, ~20,000 lbf each)
- max Speed
- 925 km/h (Mach 0.80)
- range
- 3,800 km (2,052 nmi)
- ceiling
- 37,000 ft
- weight
- 67,812 kg (MTOW)