N8972S 2025 Boeing 737-8 MAX 8
- 2025Built
SPECIFICATIONS
Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 specs
Published figures for the type, from public sources. A given aircraft varies with its completion, weight and mods.
- Model
- Boeing 737-8 MAX 8
- Year
- 2025
- Serial number
- 36981
- Engines
- 2 × CFM Intl LEAP-1B28 SER
- Thrust
- 29,317 lbf each
THE AIRCRAFT’S LIFE
N8972S, from delivery to today.
Registration events from FAA records, compiled October 2026. Maintenance, damage and component history live in the logbooks, not the registry.
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Registry record
Earlier use of the number: N8972S was assigned to another aircraft, a Cessna 150F. That registration was cancelled on this date.
FAA registry -
Registry record
Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category).
FAA registry -
Southwest Airlines Co
Certificate of registration issued as N8972S.
FAA registry
FAA REGISTRATION
Registration details
- Registration
- N8972S
- Status
- Current as of October 2026
- Certificate issued
- Oct 2, 2025
- Airworthiness date
- Sep 29, 2025
- Last FAA action
- Oct 2, 2025
- Registration expires
- Oct 31, 2032
- Mode S code (hex)
- AC6204
- Aircraft category
- Airliner
- Weight class
- Over 20,000lbs
From FAA registry data as of October 2026. Check the FAA registry for the current record.
OWNERSHIP
Registered owner
Southwest Airlines Co
ESTIMATED VALUE
What N8972S might be worth
Rough range$60M to $160M
A rough range for a 2025 airliner, with a middle of about $98M. From Radar's listing-based estimates for airliners of similar engine thrust and age. It is not an appraisal and knows nothing about N8972S itself: total time, engines, condition, equipment and the logbooks move the price of any one aircraft.
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Where this page comes from
Built from FAA registry records, manufacturer specifications, and public flight-tracking and market data, compiled October 2026. Values come from Radar’s aircraft value model. Owners and operators can ask for a correction or removal.
BUYING, SELLING OR FINANCING
What to check before a deal
- ADs that may apply to this aircraft →FAA airworthiness directives that name N8972S’s make and model
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