Retro livery
Astrojet retro livery
A 737-800 painted in the polished-metal Astrojet style American used for its early jet fleet.
Confirmed Sep 28, 2026
Airframe story
N905NN is a Boeing 737-823 built in 2012 and delivered new to American Airlines. Registry records show it has been held by Utah-based owner trustees throughout its life, first Wells Fargo Bank Northwest NA and Wells Fargo Trust Co NA, and from 2020 Bank of Utah as trustee. Tracking sources note the aircraft was ferried from ARA to DFW on 4 June 2017 after being painted into American's AstroJet retro livery, and a separate aircraft database confirms it has carried that scheme since 2017. The jet recently spent five days at KTUL, home to American's Tech Ops Tulsa base maintenance facility, a plausible routine maintenance stop given the base's role servicing the fleet. It is currently showing at KJFK. Across the wider cohort of 278 Boeing 737-823s still on the FAA registry, most are held by American Airlines itself or by Wilmington Trust as trustee, with this airframe's sister ships dispersed across the network.
Livery guess: American Airlines AstroJet retro livery. Two tracking sources describe N905NN as repainted into the AstroJet retro scheme after a 2017 ferry flight, and as having carried that livery since 2017.
278 Boeing 737-823 are in the FAA records; 278 still registered; 277 flew in the last year. Most sit with American Airlines Inc (125) and Wilmington Trust Co Trustee (91).
From the FAA registry and observed flights. Inferences are labeled; outside facts are cited.