N980TW

The airframe bearing tail number N980TW is a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 built in 1999 with manufacturer serial number 53630. The airframe is recorded as owned by JETRAN LLC, an LLC based in Horseshoe Bay, TX, US, and is registered in the US. Ownership history for this specific airframe reflects the current single listed owner; no additional registry transfers or notable incidents are published for this registration in the supplied data. Condition and valuation specifics beyond the manufacturing and ownership facts are not published in the provided dataset.

This airframe is outfitted in a 172-seat passenger layout (single-class) configuration, positioning it for high-density short- to medium-haul revenue operations within its published range and performance envelope. Avionics fit and detailed cabin amenities for this specific airframe are not published in the supplied data; routine mission profiles would typically leverage the MD-83’s cruise speed of 438 kts and range of 2,500 nm for point-to-point services. Based at the owner’s location in Horseshoe Bay, TX, US, operations under JETRAN LLC would be subject to standard maintenance regimes appropriate to late-1990s MD-83 airframes and to the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219 engines; no unique maintenance airworthiness directives or special configurations are listed in the provided information.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 is a stretched, higher-thrust member of the MD-80 series, offering a balance of seating density—here 172 seats—and moderate range for domestic and regional trunk routes. In the marketplace it competes historically with older narrow-body types offering similar capacity; buyer and charter demand for late-production MD-83 airframes is typically influenced by airframe age, engine maintenance status, and availability of airworthiness documentation. Resale and maintenance considerations for this airframe hinge on its 1999 manufacture date and the continued operational support for JT8D-series engines.