CF6 family
GE's long-running high-bypass turbofan family for commercial widebody, freighter, and military applications.
Identity
- Aliases
- General Electric CF6GE CF6
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- turbofan
- Name
- CF6 family
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- GE's long-running high-bypass turbofan family for commercial widebody, freighter, and military applications.
- Developers
- Lineage
- Note
- GE developed the commercial CTF39 from the military TF39 program, and that product evolved into the CF6 family.
- Related Propulsion System
- Relationship
- direct-derivative-of
- Sources
- Nested value
- Manufacturers
- Service Entry Date
- 1971
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 18:12:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 23:00:42 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the marketed family boundary, 1971 service entry, continuing production, variants, and applications.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- CF6 Engine family