How the DC-9-30 fits into the DC-9 story
DC-9-30 is the representative branch of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family, capturing the branch that best represents the family’s mainline short-haul years.
This page isolates the DC-9-30 branch of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 family, focusing on the engines, service entry, seating, range, and mission role that justify a dedicated variant page while keeping the family history on the canonical parent URL.
Service entry
1967
Seating
105 to 115
Range
1,400 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The DC-9-30 is treated as the representative branch because it captures the branch that best represents the family’s mainline short-haul years.
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than the family page so differences in cabin, engines, mission, and market role remain clear without duplicating the full program history.
Fact rows
Reference snapshot
- ICAO designator
- DC93
- Designator references
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney JT8D
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1967
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 105 to 115
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 1,400 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than family pages. They isolate meaningful technical or commercial differences while the canonical family page holds the broader historical narrative.