N8559Q
Boeing 737-800 · built 2018
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on July 23, 1990.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at SJC
Most frequent routes
- BWI → BOS6%
- PHX → OAK6%
- LAX → OAK4%
- SJC → LAS3%
- SJC → PHX3%
- SJC → LAX3%
- MDW → SDF3%
- ONT → SJC2%
- PVD → MCO2%
- SAN → SJC2%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 2018 to July 2026 — 14,225 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, Southwest Airlines, SAN → DAL.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | January 2018 | July 2026 | 14,225 |
Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).
US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)
Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2018 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines WN | 2018 | 2025 |
Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 2018 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N8559Q.
- August 29, 1989Accident
CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO AN AREA OF MARGINAL VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE OVER MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY TERRAIN. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARK NIGHT, HIGH TERRAIN, LOW CLOUDS/CEILING, RAIN, AND TREES. Full accident record