MD-11 tracker: every McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying right now
The MD-11 is the last of the big three-engine airliners. Passenger service ended in 2014, and after a grounding in 2025, the type now flies almost entirely as a FedEx freighter, mostly at night.
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McDonnell Douglas MD-11 at a glance
- First flight
- January 10, 1990
- Built
- 200, production ended in 2000
- Last passenger flights
- KLM, November 2014
- Main operator today
- FedEx, which plans to fly it until around 2032
The last trijets
The MD-11 was McDonnell Douglas's stretched successor to the DC-10. It missed its range promises, lost key customers, and production ended after Boeing bought the company. It found a second life as a freighter instead.
In November 2025, after the fatal UPS flight 2976 crash at Louisville, the FAA grounded every MD-11. UPS retired its fleet for good, while FedEx returned its aircraft to service from May 2026. The full history is in our MD-11 story.
When to look
FedEx flies its MD-11s overnight through its Memphis and Indianapolis hubs, so the map fills up in the US evening and empties during the day.
Questions
Are MD-11s still flying?
Yes. FedEx returned its MD-11 freighters to service after the FAA lifted the grounding in May 2026, and plans to fly them until around 2032.
Can you fly on an MD-11 as a passenger?
No. KLM flew the last MD-11 passenger services in November 2014. Every MD-11 flying today carries cargo.
Why isn't an aircraft I know is flying on the map?
Positions come from volunteer ADS-B receivers, which only hear aircraft within roughly 200 nautical miles. Over oceans, deserts and parts of Africa and Asia there are few receivers, so an aircraft can vanish mid-flight and reappear near land. Military and some government aircraft also switch their transponders' public data off.
More live trackers
Positions from the adsb.lol volunteer ADS-B network (ODbL). Aircraft are shown only while a receiver can hear them.