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N8681M

2016 Boeing 737-8H4

Fixed-wing multi-engine

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Identity

Year
2016
Aircraft
BOEING 737-8H4
Serial
36904
Engine (registered)
CFM International CFM56-7B27E/F · 27,300 lb thrust
ICAO
abef16
Registration
Valid

Livery and names

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Airframe story

AI-drafted

N8681M is a Boeing 737-8H4, serial 36904, built in 2016. FAA registry shows it briefly held by the Boeing Company in Washington state before Southwest Airlines Co took over the tail in Texas on 24 March 2016. A separate source lists delivery on 23 February 2016, and records show the aircraft was once registered as N1796B prior to adopting N8681M. Over the past year Stabilator's logs show it flying roughly 1,749 flights totaling about 3,332.2 hours. Its most recent stops were an eleven-day stay at Greensboro's Piedmont Triad International Airport, followed by a move to Phoenix's Falcon Field, where it currently sits; no public reporting confirms the reason for either stop, so this is only a likely maintenance chapter rather than a confirmed one.

Livery guess: Triple Crown One. A cited source names this livery for N8681M on this Boeing 737-8H4

  1. Southwest Airlines N8681M (Boeing 737 NG / Max - MSN 36904)
  2. N8681M - Southwest Airlines (737-8H4(WL)) - PlaneLogger
  3. N8681M - Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8H4(WL), MSN 36904

Sister ships

  • N8661A · Southwest Airlines1664 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
  • N8645A · Southwest Airlines1586 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
  • N8659D · Southwest Airlines1751 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
  • N8614M · Southwest Airlines1720 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
  • N8658A · Southwest Airlines1609 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Sep 6
  • N8650F · Southwest Airlines1483 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.

Live

N8681M

2016 BOEING 737-8H4

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO

NO LIVE POSITION

Current registration

Registered owner
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
Location
DALLAS, TX
Certificate issued
2016-03-24

How N8681M has been flying

Detected flights

1751

ADS-B detections; midnight-crossing legs counted once

Observed flight hours

3349 hr

Airports visited

94

The typical detected flight lasted 1h 49m.

Monthly activity

Hatched months have limited source coverage. The orange bar is detected flights. No-flight periods are only identified where sufficient coverage exists.

Recent activity

  • 2026-10-10KDTW → KMDW43m
  • 2026-10-10KLAS → KDTW3h 31m

Safety

No matched NTSB records found in Stabilator's current index.

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Data updated — Registration: Oct 12 · Flight observations: Oct 12 · Safety records: —

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