Delta ferries its last 747‑400 to Arizona boneyard
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- Delta Air Lines flew its final Boeing 747‑400, registration N674US, from Atlanta to Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona on 3 January 2018, a ferry flight lasting three hours and 33 minutes.
- Pinal Airpark, covering 2,080 acres and capable of storing over 400 aircraft, requires technicians to inspect parked airframes every seven days, allowing a theoretically possible return to flight within three weeks. Delta had inherited 16 quad‑jet 747‑400s from its 2008 merger with Northwest Airlines, and its fleet faced economic pressure from modern twin‑engine widebodies such as the Airbus A350‑900 and Boeing 787‑9. The airline’s last scheduled passenger 747‑400 landed at Detroit from Incheon in December 2017 and the aircraft is slated for teardown rather than return to service.
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