Special livery
Warrior One
Southwest's first 737-800, delivered in March 2012 and named Warrior One.
Since Mar 2012 · Confirmed Sep 28, 2026
Airframe story
N8301J is a Boeing 737-8H4, manufacturer serial number 36980, built in 2012 and registered to Boeing Company that year before Southwest Airlines Co took ownership on 2012-03-08, a registration that continues to the present. Snippet 3 describes it as Southwest Airlines' first ever Boeing 737-8H4, and it reportedly flew its first revenue flight on April 11 as MDW-FLL Flight 1717. The jet carried a "Warrior" livery, with the name painted on the fuselage just below the cockpit windows. As of late 2024 reporting, it was the oldest 737-800 in Southwest's fleet, operating four to seven flights per day, including a day that started in Orlando and ended in Dallas. Southwest has also begun a fleet-wide retrofit of its Boeing 737 interiors, comprised of more than 800 aircraft, starting May 1, with new Recaro extended-legroom seats and larger Boeing-supplied bins, though no source confirms whether N8301J has gone through this retrofit. Stabilator's data shows the aircraft currently at Paine Field (KPAE) in Everett, Washington, on an ongoing ten-day ground stay, with no confirmed reason given for the stop.
Livery guess: Southwest Airlines "Warrior" livery. Named livery painted on the fuselage per snippets describing this specific aircraft
Sister ships
- N8698B · Southwest Airlines1743 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8306H · Southwest Airlines1634 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Sep 20
- N8309C · Southwest Airlines1539 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8612K · Southwest Airlines1735 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8652B · Southwest Airlines1487 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8314L · Southwest Airlines1734 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
127 Boeing 737-8H4 are in the FAA records; 112 still registered; 121 flew in the last year. Most sit with Southwest Airlines Co (74) and Umb Bank Na Trustee (32).
From the FAA registry and observed flights. Inferences are labeled; outside facts are cited.