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Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF6-80E1A4

10 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF6-80E1A4 engine, rated at about 66,870 pounds of thrust. The Airbus A330 is the model most often fitted with it (10 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2015 and 2017.

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 CF6-80E1A4. FAA spelling: CF6-80E1A4.

Fitted to model families

Airbus A33010

Airbus A330

Where they are owner's state

Georgia7Utah3

Kind of aircraft

Airliners and large jets10 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

025810102010

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF6-80E1A4 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E41NE, held by General Electric Company). The FAA has issued 31 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 26 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 25 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 31 airworthiness directives · newest first

2025-06-242025-10-11 · Turbine Section · engine
2023-10-192023-18-04 · Turbine Section · engine
2020-12-032020-22-02 · Engine Fuel and Control · engine
2020-08-112020-13-08 · Turbine Engine Compressor Section · engine
2016-06-012016-08-10 · Accessory heat shield · engine
2016-05-092016-06-14 · Rotating compressor discharge pressure (CDP) seal · engine

All orders naming the General Electric CF6-80E1A4

Failure reports 26 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

02457161819202122232425426

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Engine5Skin3Starter3Anti-Ice Valve2Bearing1Carbon Seal1Compressor Wheel1Ecu1Fault Message1O-Ring1

Latest reports

2026-09-14Anti-Ice Valve: broken
2026-08-23Engine: making metal
2026-05-30Valve: faulty
2026-01-25Engine: power loss
2025-07-14Ecu: faulted

Certificates and bulletins

E41NEType certificate held by General Electric Company · 5 models listed · revised June 10, 2013

Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders

2023-12-192023-15 · Falsified Forms from AOG Technics
2016-04-04NE-16-15 · Engine Starter
2011-04-05NE-11-27 · Fuel Injector Nozzle - CF6-80 Improperly Welded Fuel Nozzles
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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf6-80e1a4.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 10

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N828NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2023-01-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N829NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2022-11-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N827NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bank of Utah Trustee
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2022-10-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N825NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2019-10-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N824NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2019-04-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N822NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2019-04-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N826NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2019-03-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N831NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2019-03-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N823NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2019-03-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N830NW Airbus
A330-302
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Delta Air Lines INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2017-01-31 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.