Pratt & Whitney PW2000
205 US-registered aircraft fly this program — 412 installed engines across 4 registry codes
Program snapshot(US registry)
4 registry engine codes aggregated
34 aircraft flying the PW2000 left the US registry and stayed domestic since 2023 — a teardown proxy, not confirmed part-outs — at an average age of 29.8 years.
FAA registry data, US-registered aircraft only. Deregs = domestic deregistrations — a teardown proxy that also captures re-registrations and some unflagged exports, never a confirmed part-out count. Median build year is a tails-weighted median of per-variant medians (≈).
Registry codes under this program
FAA registry — as registered, variants + generic series rows
| Engine model | Active tails | Engine units | Median build yr | Deregs since ’23 | Exported | Avg age at dereg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PW2037 | 115 | 230 | 1997 | 22 | 0 | 29.4 yr |
| PW2040 | 88 | 178 | 1992 | 11 | 0 | 30.7 yr |
| PW2037(M) | 1 | 2 | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 30 yr |
| PW2000 | 1 | 2 | 1997 | 0 | 0 | — |
Counts reflect the engine model exactly as registered. Registry-wide, roughly 57% of engine records name a specific variant; the rest carry generic series codes, so generic rows coexist with variant rows and per-variant figures are partial. Deregs = domestic deregistrations (a teardown proxy, not confirmed part-outs); exported aircraft left the US fleet intact.
Airframe applications
FAA registry + BTS T-100 family rollups
| Family | Tails on this program | Family US fleet | Avg fleet age | Built 15+ yrs ago | Avg cycles / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 757 | 203 | 449 | 31.1 yr | 407 | 509 |
“Tails on this program” counts US-registered aircraft the registry rollup maps to both the family and a PW2000 engine code — an undercount, since not every tail resolves to a family. Family fleet, age, and cycles columns describe the WHOLE family across every engine option, not just PW2000-powered aircraft (cycles from BTS T-100, 2025).
Airworthiness Directive activity
FAA / EASA public regulatory data
- FAA AD 2026-07-06effective May 29, 2026Prohibition
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Pratt & Whitney (PW) Model F117-PW-100, PW2037, PW2037D, PW2037M, PW2040, and PW2040D engines. This AD was prompted by an updated analysis of an event involving an International Aero Engines, LLC (IAE LLC) Model PW1127GA-JM engine, which experienced a high- pressure compressor (HPC) 7th-stage integrally bladed rotor (IBR-7) separation that resulted in an engine shutdown and aborted takeoff. This AD requires repetitive angled ultrasonic inspections (AUSIs) of certain high-pressure turbine (HPT) 1st-stage disks and turbine hubs for any crack indications, and if necessary, removal from service and replacement, and removal from service of certain HPT lenticular seal assemblies. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
- FAA AD 2024-12-04effective Aug 13, 2024Prohibition
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Pratt & Whitney (PW) Model PW2037, PW2037M, and PW2040 engines with a certain high-pressure turbine (HPT) 2nd stage blade assembly installed. This AD was prompted by an in-flight shutdown (IFSD) caused by the fracture of HPT 2nd stage turbine hub assembly lugs, which resulted in blade liberation and a titanium fire in the high-pressure compressor (HPC). This AD requires a visual inspection of the HPT 2nd stage blade assemblies for missing contact marks, a dimensional shadowgraph inspection of the HPT 2nd stage blade assemblies for blade root profile dimensional deviations, and an eddy current inspection (ECI) of the HPT 2nd stage turbine hub assembly for conforming slot flatness. This AD also requires removal from service and replacement of any HPT 2nd stage turbine hub assembly or HPT 2nd stage blade assembly that does not pass any inspection. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
- FAA AD 2021-14-13effective Sep 1, 2021Prohibition
The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Pratt & Whitney (PW) PW2037, PW2037M, PW2040, and F117-PW-100 model turbofan engines. This AD was prompted by a report of an uncontained engine failure resulting from cracks in the knife edge of the high- pressure turbine (HPT) 2nd-stage air seal assembly. This AD requires fluorescent penetrant inspections (FPIs) and visual inspections of the HPT 2nd-stage air seal assembly and, depending on the results of the inspections, replacement of the HPT 2nd-stage air seal assembly with a part eligible for installation. This AD also requires replacement of the affected HPT 2nd-stage air seal assembly, depending on the engine model, at either the next engine shop visit or the next piece-part opportunity. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.
Directives in the FAA / EASA corpus we have processed whose text names PW2000 engine models — not a complete historical AD list, and text matching can include airframe directives that reference the engine. An AD is a compliance requirement that drives scheduled work on a regulator's clock — a regulatory compliance signal, not a failure prediction, and no comment on this engine's reliability.