N783TW

N783TW is a Douglas DC 9-10, a twin-engine jet operated by SIERRA AMERICAN CORP. SkyMeter has tracked 388 flights totalling 841 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 93 callsigns. The most frequent segment is KRIC to KYIP. Service window in our records spans 394 days. Of those flights, 24 (6.2%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Douglas DC 9-10 has a 89 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 90,700 lb.

About the Douglas DC 9-10

The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-10 was the original short-fuselage variant of the DC-9 family, introduced in 1965 as America's answer to the BAC One-Eleven and the emerging short-haul jet market. With seating for 80-90 passengers and a fuselage length of just 104 feet, the -10 was purpose-built for high-frequency operations into smaller airports with shorter runways, featuring aft-mounted Pratt & Whitney JT8D turbofans that kept the wing clean and allowed a low-slung airframe ideal for air-stair boarding. Delta Air Lines launched the type into service in December 1965, and the design proved so successful that it spawned a family of stretched variants (-30, -40, -50) that would dominate U.S. domestic routes for three decades.

The DC-9-10's performance envelope was impressive for its era: a maximum operating speed of Mach 0.84 and the ability to operate from runways as short as 4,500 feet made it a versatile workhorse for both trunk carriers and regional operators. The type's aft-mounted engines and T-tail configuration became iconic, influencing designs from the Boeing 717 to the MD-80 series. While only 137 Series 10 aircraft were built before production shifted to the longer -30 variant, the -10 established the DC-9 as one of the most successful jet transport families in history, with over 2,400 total DC-9s delivered.

By the 2020s, most DC-9-10s had been retired from passenger service, but a handful remain active in cargo and charter operations, prized for their rugged simplicity and ability to access airports that modern regional jets cannot. SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the largest observed operator.