Atlas Air 747-8

Wide-body jet

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

Photo by Kambui · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Airframes in the filing: 17; 2nd-largest Atlas Air sub-fleet
In service: 17
Stored: 0
Average age: 9.0 yr

Where the 747-8 sits in Atlas Air's fleet

The 747-8 is 19.8% of Atlas Air's 86 tracked mainline aircraft.

Boeing 747-400 54.7%

Boeing 747-8 19.8%

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

Other Atlas Air types

How old is the Atlas Air 747-8 fleet?

Atlas Air 747-8 — 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 airframeN850GTBoeing 747-814.3 yr · Delivered May 25, 2012

Newest airframeN864GTBoeing 747-81.9 yr · Delivered Oct 20, 2024

See all 17 747-8 tail numbers in Atlas Air's fleet →

Frequently asked

How many 747-8 does Atlas Air have?

Atlas Air operates about 17 747-8 aircraft — 17 in service and 0 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.

How old are Atlas Air's 747-8?

Atlas Air's 747-8 fleet averages about 9.0 yr, ranging from 1.9 yr to 14.3 yr.