N862GT

The airframe bearing tail number N862GT is a freighter variant of the model Boeing 747-8F, built by Boeing and completed in 2022 with manufacturer serial 67149. The aircraft is recorded as owned by WILMINGTON TRUST CO TRUSTEE, a corporate trustee based in Wilmington, DE, US, and is registered in the US. Held in trust by a corporate trustee, the airframe’s registry entry highlights a minimal crew and cargo seating configuration and a small preserved passenger/cargo seating allowance. Notable registry information includes the registration showing 8 seats, indicating the aircraft is configured primarily as a main-deck freighter with only essential crew accommodations.

The cabin of N862GT is arranged in a freighter main-deck pallet and LD container configuration with minimal crew and cargo seating; the registration explicitly records 8 seats, consistent with a two-crew freighter layout plus ancillary jump seats. Typical mission profiles for this airframe focus on long-range widebody cargo operations within the 747-8F’s transcontinental and intercontinental envelope, exploiting the aircraft’s palletized main-deck capability and substantial payload-range capability. The airframe’s avionics and systems fit are standard for factory-delivered 747-8F freighters of its build year, and maintenance considerations follow heavy-airframe freighter practice, emphasizing main-deck cargo handling systems, large wing and engine inspections, and the GEnx engine shop visit schedules specific to the GEnx-2B67/P powerplants.

As a member of the 747-8 freighter family, Boeing 747-8F frames like N862GT occupy the upper end of the payload-range niche, offering a combination of high pallet capacity and long-range capability (notably 4,390 nm and cruise 490 kts). Competing types in the heavy freighter sector include large twinjets and earlier 747 models; the four-engine 747-8F maintains demand for operators needing large main-deck volume rather than twin-engine economics. For buyers and lessors, considerations derive from engine maintenance on four GEnx-2B67/P units, airframe hours corresponding to a 2022 build, and the limited crew seating footprint (registration 8), which signals a pure freight configuration with resale and lease prospects tied to global cargo demand.