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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF6-80A

9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-80A engine, rated at about 46,930 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 767 is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1983 and 1984.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as General Electric CF6-80A. FAA spelling: CF6-80A.

Fitted to model families

Boeing 7679

Boeing 767

Where they are owner's state

Ohio6Texas2Florida1

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets9 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0246881980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF6-80A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E13NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 32 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 272 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 48 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 32 airworthiness directives · newest first

2022-03-142021-26-22 · Turbine Section · engine
2021-08-272021-14-11 · Turbine Section · engine
2020-11-122020-20-13 · Turbine Section · engine
2018-10-022018-15-04 · Turbine/Turboprop Engine--Turbine Section · engine
2018-05-112018-07-05 · Turbine Section · engine
2011-12-122011-23-04 · Forward engine mount assembly side links · engine

All orders naming the General Electric CF6-80A

Failure reports 272 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

08162432950005101520326

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine35Fitting9Actuator7Pin7Valve7Frame6Mec6Skin6Structure6Compressor5

Latest reports

2026-09-16Engine: fluctuates
2026-06-08Actuator: defective
2026-01-17Circuit Breaker: faulted
2025-09-22Elec Connector: defective
2025-08-13Manifold: cracked

Certificates and bulletins

E13NEType certificate held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace · 28 models listed · revised August 6, 2024

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2023-12-192023-15 · Falsified Forms from AOG Technics
2011-04-05NE-11-27 · Fuel Injector Nozzle - CF6-80 Improperly Welded Fuel Nozzles

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are
  • Ohio 6 of these aircraft
  • Texas 2 of these aircraft
  • Florida 1 of these aircraft
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf6-80a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N656GT Boeing
767-281
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Jetran LLC
Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Standard 2024-01-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N659GT Boeing
767-281
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Jetran LLC
Horseshoe Bay, Texas
Standard 2024-01-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N793AX Boeing
767-281
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aeroacq Partners LLC
Laud By Sea, Florida
Standard 2023-01-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N773AX Boeing
767-281
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2019-09-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N255CM Boeing
767-223
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2016-05-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N312AA Boeing
767-223
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2015-07-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N768AX Boeing
767-281
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2010-10-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N774AX Boeing
767-281
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2010-10-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N783AX Boeing
767-281
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2010-03-31 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.