Pratt & Whitney PW4460
10 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Pratt & Whitney PW4460 engine, rated at about 60,000 pounds of thrust. The Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 is the model most often fitted with it (10 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1991 and 1997.
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 Pratt & Whitney PW4460. FAA spelling: PW4460.
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 Pratt & Whitney PW4460 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E24NE, held by Pratt & Whitney Division). The FAA has issued 37 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 472 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 52 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 37 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 472 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
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11 10 with this engine series
- United Parcel Service CO 9 of these aircraft
- Federal Express CORP 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Pratt & Whitney PW4460 37 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Pratt & Whitney PW4460 472 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/pratt-whitney-pw4460.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 10
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N643FE | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Federal Express CORP Memphis, Tennessee |
Standard | 2011-02-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N290UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2007-07-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N289UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2007-06-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N288UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2007-02-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N287UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2007-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N286UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2006-09-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N293UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2006-05-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N294UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2006-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N291UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2006-03-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N284UP | Mcdonnell Douglas MD-11F |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | United Parcel Service CO Louisville, Kentucky |
Standard | 2006-01-20 | 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 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.