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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF6-80A2

5 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-80A2 engine, rated at about 48,670 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 767 is the model most often fitted with it (5 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1983 and 1985.

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 CF6-80A2. FAA spelling: CF6-80A2.

Fitted to model families

Boeing 7675

Boeing 767

Where they are owner's state

Ohio4Utah1

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets5 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0124551980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF6-80A2 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 307 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 43 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 CF6-80A2

Failure reports 307 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

012243648960106111621226

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine65Mec8Warning Light8Connector7Blade6Duct6Eec6Idg6Gasket5Oil System5

Latest reports

2026-08-09Stringer: cracked
2026-04-04Warning Message: illuminated
2025-10-30Oil System: low
2025-09-29Bleed Valve: warning message
2025-05-21Actuator: malfunctioned

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 4 of these aircraft
  • Utah 1 of these aircraft
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf6-80a2.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 5

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N750AX Boeing
767-232
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2026-03-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N749AX Boeing
767-232
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2016-02-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N740AX Boeing
767-232
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2010-12-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N744AX Boeing
767-232
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2010-12-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N761CX Boeing
767-223
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Cargo Aircraft Management INC
Wilmington, Ohio
Standard 2009-12-30 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.