How the MD-11 fits into the MD-11 story
MD-11 is the representative branch of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 family, capturing the baseline long-haul trijet that carried the whole family story.
This page isolates the MD-11 branch of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 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
1990
Seating
285 to 410
Range
6,700 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The MD-11 is treated as the representative branch because it captures the baseline long-haul trijet that carried the whole family story.
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
- MD11
- Designator references
- Engines
- CF6-80C2, PW4460, or RB211-524
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1990
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 285 to 410
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 6,700 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
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