N316DN

This airframe, registered as N316DN, is an Airbus-built narrow-body identified as an Airbus A321-211 with manufacturer serial number 7327 and a build year of 2017. The aircraft is recorded as owned by Delta Air Lines, Inc., a corporation based in Atlanta, GA, US, and carries a United States registration (US). As a fixed-configuration transport in Delta's fleet, N316DN sits within the airline’s single-aisle A320 family deployment and reflects late-2010s build standards and life-cycle status for in-service A321s.

The cabin of N316DN is fitted in Delta’s two-class layout, marketed as a 191-seat configuration with 20 Business seats, 29 Economy Comfort seats, and 142 Economy seats. Typical mission profiles for this airframe in Delta service include short- to medium-haul domestic and transcontinental routes that leverage the A321’s higher seat count and range of 2,650 nm. Based at the owner’s hub region around Atlanta, GA, US, maintenance and line operations follow airline-established schedules for CFM56-powered A321s, with attention to engine-specific service intervals for the CFM56-5B3/3 package. The aircraft’s maximum cruise capability of 447 kts and service ceiling of 39,000 ft support efficient block times on higher-density single-aisle sectors.

The Airbus A321-211 occupies the high-capacity single-aisle niche within the A320 family, offering elevated seat counts compared with smaller variants and enabling airlines to deploy a single-aisle aircraft on routes that might otherwise require widebodies. Competing models include stretched narrow-body types from both Airbus and Boeing, and demand for in-service A321s remains strong among mainline carriers focused on dense domestic and short international routes. Resale and maintenance considerations for this airframe center on the CFM56-5B3/3 engine support network and the aircraft’s 2017 manufacture date, which places it in a cohort with several years of remaining structural life but also increasingly competitive newer-generation alternatives.