In this wing of our website, we invite you to experience the long, complex history of the Northwest Family through the wide variety of aircraft flown by NWA and the airlines melded with it, as well as allied Airlink and Express carriers. From tiny wood-and-fabric biplanes to the 747-400, Queen of the Skies, and beyond to aircraft that never existed, we’ve assembled photos and artwork from the NWAHC archives as well as outside contributors. We hope you find these galleries both entertaining to browse and also enlightening for research.
Which carrier flew what kind of aircraft?
For “mainline” service, this grid displays aircraft types along the left, and carriers across the top:
The Airlink and Express operations had similar diversity of fleet types, and to make the image readable, are broken out below:
Links to each aircraft type: bookmark this page and return frequently to see what’s new!
- Airbus A320
- Airbus A319
- Airbus A330
- Airbus A340 (concept art)
- Airbus A380 (concept art)
- ATR 42 – NEW LISTING! June 2025
- BAC One-Eleven (concept art)
- BAe Jetstream 31/32 / HP 137
- BAe/Avro RJ85
- Beech C-99
- Boeing 247D
- Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
- Boeing 707-320
- Boeing 720B
- Boeing 727-100
- Boeing 727-200
- Boeing 737-200 (concept art)
- Boeing 737-300 (concept art)
- Boeing 747-100/200
- Boeing 747-400
- Boeing 757-200
- Boeing 757-300
- Boeing 767 (concept art) – NEW LISTING! January 2025
- Boeing 777 (concept art)
- Boeing 787-8 (concept art)
- Boeing 7J7 (concept art)
- Boeing 2707 (concept art)
- Bombardier CRJ-200 / CRJ-440
- Bombardier CRJ-900
- CASA 212
- Cessna T-50 Bobcat (UC-78)
- Cessna 170
- Cessna 402
- Convair 330/440
- Convair 580
- Curtiss Oriole
- Curtiss C-46
- DeHavilland Canada (Bombardier) Dash 8
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6B
- Douglas DC-7C
- Douglas DC-8
- Douglas DC-9
- Embraer Bandeirante – NEW LISTING! June 2025
- Embraer 175
- Fairchild F24
- Fairchild Hiller FH-227 (concept art)
- Fokker F.IX
- Fokker F27 / Fairchild F-27
- Ford Tri-Motor
- Hamilton H-45 / H-47 Metalplane – NEW LISTING! January 2025
- Howard DGA-15
- Laird Biplane
- Lockheed Orion
- Lockheed 10A Electra
- Lockheed 14H Sky Zephyr
- Lockheed L-1049G Constellation
- Lockheed L-188 Electra
- Martin 202
- Martin 404
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10
- McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Twin (concept art)
- McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- McDonnell Douglas MD-95 (concept art)
- McDonnell Douglas HST (concept art)
- NAMC YS-11 – NEW LISTING! June 2025
- Piper PA-23
- Piper PA-31
- Saab 340
- Saab 2000 (concept art)
- Shorts 360
- Sikorsky S-38B
- Stearman C3B / Reliant
- Stinson – NEW LISTING! July 2025
- Sud Aviation Caravelle (sales call photos)
- Swearingen Metro II and III
- Thomas-Morse Scout
- Travelair 6000
- Waco 10GXE / 10W CTO / C-7 / DSO-150 / JYM / UIC
