Flashback to 2015 and the twilight days of the Boeing 737-500 at Southwest Airlines, this is N523SW heading out from the gate area at Dallas Love Field.⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ The Boeing 737-500 made its first flight in 1989 and a single prototype aircraft was all that was needed for the 375 hour flight test and certification program. The -500 was developed as a 737-200-sized aircraft with the operating economics of the larger 737-300. Compared to the 737-200, the 737-500 burned 25% less fuel.⠀ ⠀ The first -500 was delivered to launch customer Southwest in 1990 (that was N501SW, now scrapped). Southwest had 20 aircraft in its 1987 737-500 launch order. Southwest operated a total of 25 737-500s in its history. After 388 737-500s were built, the last one was delivered in July 1999 to All Nippon Airways and flies today with its regional subsidiary ANA Wings. ⠀ ⠀ #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KDAL #DAL #Dallas #DallasLoveField #igTexas #Texas #airport #planespotting #instaplane #Boeing #737 #N523SW #Southwest #SWApic #instagramaviation #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvGeeksAero #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation #TeamAvGeek (at Dallas Love Field) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5on1wchTRw/?igshid=cmpy2f8rdinv

One from the archives of 2015- N523SW tucks it in on climb out from Dallas Love Field. The Boeing 737-500 made its first flight in 1989 and the first -500 was delivered to launch customer Southwest in 1990 (that was N501SW, now scrapped). After 388 737-500s were built, the last one was delivered in 1999 to All Nippon Airways. Oldest active 737-500 still flying? LN 1816 is still flying with the Romanian airline Blue Air as YR-BAG. The 737-500 line numbers are interspersed with the other 737 Classic variants- the first 737-500 was N501SW, that one was LN 1718. The Blue Air -500 is the sixth 737-500 built, it was originally delivered to Maersk Air in 1990. The last 737-500, LN 3116, is still flying for ANA with their ANA Wing subsidiary. #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #KDAL #DAL #DallasLoveField #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Avgeekery #Boeing #737 #Southwest #SWApic #N523SW #splendid_transport #instaaviation #aviationlovers #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge (at Dallas Love Field)