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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF6-80C2B1F1

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-80C2B1F1 engine, rated at about 60,030 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 747 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).

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 CF6-80C2B1F1. FAA spelling: CF6-80C2B1F1.

Fitted to model families

Boeing 7471

Boeing 747

Where they are owner's state

Kentucky1

Kind of aircraft

Business jets1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001112000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF6-80C2B1F1 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E13NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 31 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 5 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 5 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 31 airworthiness directives · newest first

2021-08-272021-14-11 · Turbine Section · engine
2016-06-012016-08-10 · Accessory heat shield · engine
2014-11-282014-21-01 · Fuel manifold · engine
2012-04-052012-03-12 · No. 3 bearing packing · engine
2012-03-302012-04-05 · Electronic control unit (ECU) · engine
2009-12-012009-21-07 · Thrust and thrust control · engine

All orders naming the General Electric CF6-80C2B1F1

Failure reports 5 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011110111113116119

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Compressor Blade1Engine1Panel1Skin1Warning Light1

Latest reports

2019-01-30Engine: flamed out
2016-12-24Compressor Blade: damaged
2013-08-04Panel: punctured
2011-01-19Warning Light: false activation
2010-02-21Skin: dented

Certificates and bulletins

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

Safety bulletins 5 · 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
2010-07-12NE-10-37 · Engine Fuel and Control: FADEC Fuel Metering Valve Resolver Feedback Faults
2008-09-03NE-08-44 · Engine Thrust Reverser Transcowl Clevis Pin
2006-10-12NE-07-01 · Dual engine flameouts on twin engine airplanes

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
Biggest operators

These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf6-80c2b1f1.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N573UP Boeing
747-44AF
Fixed-wing, multi-engine United Parcel Service CO
Louisville, Kentucky
Standard 2008-03-24 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.