Featured Map for 4 September 2019:
American's Super 80 Farewell

Today American Airlines says farewell to the Super 80, affectionately known as the Mad Dog and officially designatred the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-80 (MD-80). American announced schedule for their last 26 MD-80 aircraft in June, showing 22 flights including 17 today. Six aircraft retired yesterday and today's operating plan has 20 aircraft flying 34 flights.

N984TW, the very last MD-80 built and delivered to TWA on 1 December 1999, is spending the night in New Orléans and will fly to Dallas-Fort Worth in the morning before operating American's final MD-80 flight, appropriate designated AA 80, to Chicago O'Hare.

After completing their final revenue flight each aircraft will fly a ferry flight to Roswell, most from DFW except for one each from Chicago, TWA's former St. Louis hub, and American's Tulsa maintenance base.

Today's Featured Map shows the final revenue flights from the June plan, with AA 80 in red and yesterday's last flights in grey, plus the airplanes' final resting place in Roswell.

References and additional information:

• American Airlines
  • American Airlines Announces Schedule of Final MD-80 Revenue Flights (24 June 2019)
  • Interactive timeline celebrates Super 80 service (29 July 2019)
  • Faithful MD-80 customer says goodbye to iconic airplane (26 August 2019)
  • Now boarding: Get your commemorative pass for final MD-80 flight (29 August 2019)
  • St. Louis team members share what the MD-80 meant to them (30 August 2019)
• Planespotters.net
  • American Airlines Fleet Details and History
  • N984TW American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (DC-9-83)
• Boeing
  • Historical Snapshot: MD-80/MD-90 Commercial Transports
  • Boeing Delivers Last Ever MD-80 To TWA (21 December 1999)
  
  
• Featured Map: American's Final Super 80 Revenue Flights (27 June 2019)
• Featured Map: American's Last 45 Super 80s (20 March 2018)
• Featured Map: American Airlines' Dinosaur Die-off (23 August 2016)