Ameristar Air Cargo DC-9

AMQ

Narrow-body jet

Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Sep 1, 2026

Photo by Eddie Maloney from North Las Vegas, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Airframes in the filing: 3; 1st-largest Ameristar Air Cargo sub-fleet
In service: 3
Stored: 0
Average age: 35.6 yr

Where the DC-9 sits in Ameristar Air Cargo's fleet

The DC-9 is 66.7% of Ameristar Air Cargo's 6 tracked mainline aircraft.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9 66.7%

Share of Ameristar Air Cargo's mainline fleet · each type a slice

Other Ameristar Air Cargo types

Boeing 737-2002

How old is the Ameristar Air Cargo DC-9 fleet?

Ameristar Air Cargo DC-9 — airframes by age (years)

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30+

Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.

Oldest airframeN784TWMcDonnell Douglas DC-949.1 yr · Delivered Aug 30, 1977

Newest airframeN783TWMcDonnell Douglas DC-927.6 yr · Delivered Feb 2, 1999

See all 3 DC-9 tail numbers in Ameristar Air Cargo's fleet →

Frequently asked

How many DC-9 does Ameristar Air Cargo have?

Ameristar Air Cargo operates about 3 DC-9 aircraft — 3 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.

How old are Ameristar Air Cargo's DC-9?

Ameristar Air Cargo's DC-9 fleet averages about 35.6 yr, ranging from 27.6 yr to 49.1 yr.