General Electric CF6-80C2A1
2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-80C2A1 engine, rated at about 57,860 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 747 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1995 and 2000.
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 CF6-80C2A1. FAA spelling: CF6-80C2A1.
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF6-80C2A1 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E13NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 49 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 49 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 1 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders
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
- Boeing 747 1 with this engine series
- Boeing 767 1 with this engine series
- Cargo Aircraft Management INC 1 of these aircraft
- Atlas Air INC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CF6-80C2A1 49 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric CF6-80C2A1 1 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf6-80c2a1.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N432AX | Boeing 767-323 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Cargo Aircraft Management INC Wilmington, Ohio |
Standard | 2019-03-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N322SG | Boeing 747-481 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Atlas Air INC Purchase, New York |
Standard | 2018-04-24 | 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.