N258UP

This airframe, registered as N258UP, is a freighter-configured McDonnell Douglas MD-11F built in 1991 with manufacturer's serial number 48416. The airplane is owned by UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO (a corporation based in Louisville, KY, US) and appears in the US registry as a purpose-built cargo transport. No other ownership transfers or notable registry actions are published in the supplied data. The airframe is a late-production MD-11 freighter example and, by configuration and operator, is aligned with heavy-use cargo operations typical of large integrators.

The cabin is a freighter layout with a main-deck palletized cargo system supporting either 26 × 96×125" pallets or up to 34 × 88×108" pallets depending on arrangement, and a lower deck sized to accommodate LD3 containers. With only 7 seats, the configuration reflects a flightcrew and minimal jumpseat/attendant accommodations appropriate to long-range cargo sectors. Typical mission profiles for this airframe under UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO would include transcontinental and intercontinental freight runs consistent with the aircraft’s 6,840 nm range and cruise speed of 473 kts, operating from the operator’s Louisville base. Maintenance considerations for this specific MD-11F include tri-jet engine support for the CF6-80C2D1F family and heavy-cycle structural inspections common to high-utilization freighters; avionics fit is not published in the supplied data.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11F occupies the long-range, high-payload freighter niche between widebody twinjets and larger quad-jet freighters, offering tri-jet redundancy and significant main-deck pallet capacity. Competitors in mission capability include later-generation widebody freighters with similar ranges but different operating economics. Buyer and resale demand for this type is shaped by cargo integrator needs and lifecycle maintenance burdens; the MD-11F’s three-engine layout and aging fleet status typically drive focused maintenance and parts logistics planning for continued service.