Delivered to Continental Airlines as CV340-35 N90854 in 1953. To North Central Airlines in 1959 and converted to a CV440 then to a CV580 in 1968. They merged into Republic Airlines in 1979. To Key Air Lines as N26KA in 1981 then to Air Florida Commuter in 1983. Painted for Westates Airlines in 1985 but may have not been delivered. To Quebecair as C-GQBM in 1986 then to JBQ Aviation as N352Q in 1992. Stored at Roswell, NM in 1995. Still there in 2017 in derelict condition.

Ex-N5821, N3421. Later N583HG

Built for Philippine Airlines as PI-C341 in 1953. Not delivered. To Braniff Airways as N3431 in 1955. Converted to a CV580 for Gerneral Motors as N5128 in 1961. Reregistered as N5128H then sold as N424BJ in 1973 then N53RB in 1975 and N2261N in 1978. To Kelowna Flightcraft as C-GKFZ in 1987 then to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation as 9Q-CEJ in 1993. Destroyed in a forced landing after takeoff from Tshikapa, DRC in 1999 due to engine problems.

Ferried from Raytheon at Tucson Int'l, where she was a guided weapons systems testbed, to Davis-Monthan on 8 August 2023 and towed across Valencia Road to the museum the same day. Built in 1958 as a CV440 for REAL as PP-YRM but not taken up. To General Motors as N5122 in May 1960 and converted to CV580 the same year. Became N580R in October 1977, N580HH in March 1980 and to Texas Instruments in 1981. Suffered a heavy runway excursion in 1993 but was repaired to serve another 30 years, with Raytheon since the start of this century.

Date range is an estimate. Confirmation of the location is appreciated.

Delivered the USAF as C-131E 57-2549 then transferred to the FAA as N102 in 1957. Converted to a CV580 in 1961. Reregistered as N92 in 1972. To Tarrant County Junior College as a ground trainer at Fort Worth-Meacham, TX in 1996. Cancelled from the register in 2001. To Universal Airlines as N8099S in 2004 and flown to Abbotsford, BC. Registered to Conair as C-FJVD in 2006. Still there in 2014.

With the recent news that KF Aerospace was awarded Purolator's BC Feeder Network contract for another 10 years, the writing is now on the wall for the venerable Convair 580. The fleet is now down to just three aircraft which include one Convair CV-5800 (C-GKFS) and two Convair CV-580s (C-GKFG and C-GKFF). KF will be replacing the Convair fleet with three ATR 72-500Fs. Two of which will be containerized and the third being Bulk load. The ATR fleet is expected to replace the Convair's in early to mid 2025.

One of the wonderful jewels shown at the Museo Militar de Aviación. This photograph was taken when this aircraft still wasn't at the Museo and was lying on the grass outdoors.

A regular visitor to Europe in the early 1970s. Converted from Convair 340 N270E in 1963 while owned by Englehard Industries. Re-registered N278E in July 1967 and sold soon afterwards, operating for various companies becoming N331G in November 1967. Leased and later bought by Forbes and registered as N60FM in May 1970, flying as such until replaced by a DC9 in 1973. Later registered as N8500 and N30EG, the aircraft spent time with the Mid Atlantic Air Museum at Reading PA. before being sold in Canada as C-GSKJ for conversion to an airtanker. It crashed at La Ronge, Saskatchewan in May 2006.

Already without engines and slowly being parted out.

Photographer unknown

Pictured with Great Lakes Airlines, this CV580 was last with Air Tribe registered XA-TRB. On January 18, 2018, the aircraft suffered an unexpected partial landing gear retraction while mechanics were doing an engine run at Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport in Texas. Shattered propeller fragments sliced into the fuselage causing structural damage.

Built as a CV440-85 and registered as N4E in 1956. Converted to a CV580 in 1965. Reregistered as N4479 in 1968, N55H in 1974, N45LC in 1985 and N51255 in 1987. To IFL Group in 2011. Last flight to Pontiac, MI in 2013 and used for parts. Still there in 2023.

One of the last two CV580's operating by KF. Early morning landing in Kelowna from Vancouver.

After a few month lease returned to Partnair without Ryanair stickers. Or Partnair.

Cancelled order for the US Navy as R4Y-2T 145969. Delivered to Superior Oil as CV440-0 N440M in 1958. To Allied Chemical Corp in 1961. Converted to a CV580 in 1965. To Hughes Aircraft as N580HA in 1980 then to Air Resorts Airlines and converted to a Super 580 in 1984. Withdrawn from use at Carlsbad, CA in 1994 and scrapped in 1996.