General Electric GENX-1B70
2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric GENX-1B70 engine, rated at about 72,300 pounds of thrust. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 2013 and 2015.
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 GENX-1B70. FAA spelling: GENX-1B70.
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 GENX-1B70 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E00078NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 22 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 22 airworthiness directives · newest first
Certificates and bulletins
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 787 Dreamliner 2 with this engine series
- United Airlines INC 1 of these aircraft
- American Airlines INC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the General Electric GENX-1B70 22 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-genx-1b70.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 2
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N806AA | Boeing 787-8 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | American Airlines INC Fort Worth, Texas |
Standard | 2015-07-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29907 | Boeing 787-8 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Airlines INC Chicago, Illinois |
Standard | 2013-07-31 | 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.