N8981Q
2025 Boeing 737-8
N8981Q on the FAA register
Timeline
- 2032-11-30Registration expires (renewal due).
- 2025-11-10Certificate of registration issued as N8981Q to the current registrant.
- 2025-11-06Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
- 1974-06-06N8981Q previously assigned to a Aero Commander S2R (s/n 1651R); cancelled.
About N8981Q
N8981Q is a 2025 Boeing 737-8, serial number 36982. The FAA register lists Southwest Airlines Co as the registrant in Dallas, Texas. The current certificate of registration was issued on November 10, 2025 and expires on November 30, 2032.
The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as an airliner, two Cfm Intl LEAP-1B28 series engines and 175 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 386 knots and a range of about 6,200 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated November 6, 2025.
No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8981Q. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.
Published figures for the Boeing 737-8 type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.
Accident & incident history
Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records
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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.
