West Air China Key Facts

As of 2026-09-17, 27 West Air China airframes were observed flying in the previous 30 days.
0 airframes were unobserved for 7 to 29 days, and 0 airframes are classified as stored or unobserved for 30 or more days.
The observed average fleet age for West Air China is 11.2 years.

Active Airframes 27 Observed in last 30 days (85% utilization)

Fleet Financing Structure 70.4% Owned · 29.6% Leased 19 owned · 8 leased tails

Modernity & Carbon Rating Grade B (-12% Fuel) 44.4% Next-Gen (neo/MAX/A350/787)

Fleet Ownership & Lessor Financing Exposure

Analysis of institutional aircraft operating lessors financing West Air China's fleet portfolio.

Carrier Owned: 70.4% (19 aircraft) Operating Leases: 29.6% (8 aircraft)

Distribution of observed airframes by age bracket as of 2026-09-17.

Global distribution of last-observed airport locations for West Air China aircraft.

Registration / Tail	Aircraft Type	Mode S Hex	Lessor / Owner	Status	Last Observed Airport	Estimated Age
No individual airframes observed for this carrier in the active sample database.

Observed airport pair connections during the 8-week rolling observation window.

Origin Airport	Destination Airport	Observed Weekly Flights	Status
No specific route pairs recorded in the current window.

No major fatal incidents recorded in the safety directory for West Air China.

No recent news headlines tagged for this airline.

Week	Active	Idle	Stored
W34	23	2	2
W35	25	1	1
W36	26	1	0
W37	27	0	0