N213US

The airframe bearing tail number N213US is a Boeing 737-201 built in 1969 by The Boeing Company, manufacturer's serial number 20213. The airframe is owned by the Museum of Flight Foundation, a museum foundation based in Seattle, WA, US, and has been preserved in a museum context rather than remaining in commercial service. Notable registry and preservation actions include the forward fuselage being preserved as a walk-in exhibit and the historical fitting of a forward airstair; its current condition is characterized by static exhibition use rather than active operation. The aircraft is registered in US civil registers and is maintained as a representative example of early-generation 737 airframes.

The cabin is configured in an approximately 100-seat single-class layout, with the forward fuselage preserved as a walk-in exhibit reflecting its museum role; a historically fitted forward airstair is a noted feature of this particular airframe. As preserved, the aircraft no longer operates on scheduled routes, but its original operational profile would have been short- to medium-haul airline missions consistent with a maximum range of 1,860 nm and a cruise speed of 420 kts. Avionics fitment specific to this airframe is not published for its current museum configuration; maintenance considerations now focus on preservation and static display requirements rather than airworthiness tasks associated with active revenue service.

The Boeing 737-201 occupies the early narrow-body, short- to medium-range performance niche of the 737 family, offering moderate payload and stage lengths compatible with city-pair and regional trunk routes. In its era it competed with contemporary small narrow-bodies and smaller variants of competing manufacturers; modern demand for the -200 series is limited to specialist operators and collectors due to age and JT8D engine characteristics. Maintenance and resale considerations for a 1969-series airframe like N213US center on vintage parts scarcity, noise and emissions compliance of the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A, and the aircraft’s greater value as a preserved museum exhibit rather than an operational asset.