Airbus A340
10 on the U.S. register across 5 versions the FAA records separately. Utah has the most (7). 100% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.
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About the A340 from the FAA's model table
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Airliners and large jets
- Power
- Turbojet, 4 engines
- Seats
- 442
- Built of
- aluminium with composite parts · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
- Makers on the register
- Airbus, Airbus Industrie, Airbus S A S
- Registered
- earliest certificate August 13, 2020; newest February 26, 2026
Where they are owner's state
Who owns them registrant type
By owner type, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Corporation | 7 | 70% |
| LLC | 3 | 30% |
Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft
When they were built by decade · 10 with no year on file
No data
Airworthiness certificate class
By airworthiness certificate, as a table
| aircraft | share | |
|---|---|---|
| None on file | 10 | 100% |
Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs
Largest fleets, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee | 6 |
| Valiair Lc Trustee | 1 |
| Qualitair LLC Trustee | 1 |
| Bank of Utah Trustee | 1 |
| Aelf Msn 242 LLC | 1 |
Fleet pages: Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee · Valiair Lc Trustee · Qualitair LLC Trustee · Bank of Utah Trustee
Accident history NTSB records · 2 cases since 1982, 0 fatal
The 2 most recent of 2 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.
Questions people ask answers refresh every morning
How many Airbus A340 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?
10 as of November 11, 2026, counting 5 versions the FAA records separately.
Which state has the most Airbus A340s?
Utah, with 7.
Who owns the Airbus A340?
100% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.
How many Airbus A340 accidents has the NTSB recorded?
2 accidents and incidents since 1982, 0 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.
What is the Airbus A340 made of?
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Airbus A340 the component layer
A mostly aluminium airframe with composite parts where they save weight: control surfaces, fairings, the tail or the rotor blades. Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail. The design is held under 2 type certificates. The FAA has issued 402 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about airframe structure. Operators and repair shops have filed 79 failure reports with the FAA since 1997, 11 of them in the last ten years: about 27.5 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine. 139 approved modifications exist for it, the most by Delta Engineering Corporation.
FAA orders 402 airworthiness directives · newest first
All orders naming the Airbus A340
By system
Orders by system, as a table
| orders | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Airframe structure | 80 | 20% |
| Engine | 75 | 19% |
| Landing gear | 49 | 12% |
| Flight controls | 41 | 10% |
| Instruments and avionics | 39 | 10% |
| Emergency equipment | 33 | 8% |
| Other and general | 27 | 7% |
| Cabin, seats and restraints | 25 | 6% |
Failure reports 79 since 1997 · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 97 | 10 |
| 98 | 9 |
| 99 | 17 |
| 00 | 7 |
| 01 | 7 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 4 |
| 04 | 7 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 06 | 8 |
| 07 | 1 |
| 09 | 1 |
| 15 | 1 |
By system
Failure reports by system, as a table
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Engine | 7 |
| Bearing | 4 |
| Ecu | 4 |
| Actuator | 3 |
| Door | 3 |
| Seal | 3 |
| Antenna | 2 |
| Fuselage | 2 |
| Pump | 2 |
| Radome | 2 |
Latest reports
Approved replacement parts 34,582 parts manufacturer approvals
Parts a company other than the maker may make for this design and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:
Most often: insulation blanket (14,212), cable (1,333), aerfilm lhr (1,217), harness (1,002), heated floor (704), seat harness (583), harness seat (397), harness disc (390), aertrim lw (389), harness dsebi (319).
Approved modifications 139 supplemental type certificates
Changes the FAA has approved for this design, from new avionics and engines to floats and parachutes. The companies holding the most:
Latest
Certificates and bulletins
Special conditions rules the FAA wrote for this design
Safety bulletins 3 · 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 the A340 links to the rest of the register
- Airbus 1,503 aircraft on the register
- Airbus A340-642 4 registered
- Airbus A340-313 2 registered
- Airbus A340-600 2 registered
- Airbus A340-300 1 registered
- Airbus A340-541 1 registered
- Type certificate A43NM · held by Airbus Sas
- Type certificate A43NM · held by Airbus S A S
- Built of aluminium with composite parts · Aluminium fuselage and wings, composite tail.
- Utah 7 of these aircraft
- Wyoming 1 of these aircraft
- Puerto Rico 1 of these aircraft
- Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee 6 of these aircraft
- Valiair Lc Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- Qualitair LLC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- Bank Of Utah Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- Aelf Msn 242 LLC 1 of these aircraft
- NTSB accidents and incidents involving the A340 2 cases since 1982 · 0 fatal
- FAA orders naming the A340 402 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the A340 79 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the A340 139 supplemental type certificates
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/airbus/a340.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 10
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N90705 | Airbus A340-541 |
Qualitair LLC Trustee Michelstadt, |
None on file | 2026-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1440N | Airbus A340-600 |
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
None on file | 2025-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N577TA | Airbus A340-313 |
Bank of Utah Trustee Salt Lake City, Utah |
None on file | 2025-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1040N | Airbus S A S A340-642 |
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
None on file | 2024-08-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N340YY | Airbus A340-642 |
Valiair Lc Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
None on file | 2024-07-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N198N | Airbus A340-642 |
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
None on file | 2023-01-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N196N | Airbus A340-600 |
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
None on file | 2022-12-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N192N | Airbus A340-300 |
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
None on file | 2022-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N194N | Airbus A340-642 |
Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee North Salt Lake, Utah |
None on file | 2022-12-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N365JS | Airbus Industrie A340-313 |
Aelf Msn 242 LLC Guaynabo, Puerto Rico |
None on file | 2020-08-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |