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Debt Financing (Details) $ in Thousands |  | 9 Months Ended |  |
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May 05, 2019 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) aircraft | Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) aircraft
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | $ 13,899,017 |  | $ 11,662,253
Less: Debt discounts and issuance costs |  | (147,145) |  | (123,348)
Debt financing, net of discounts and issuance costs |  | 13,751,872 |  | 11,538,905
Unsecured Debt |  |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | 13,473,150 |  | 11,252,785
Senior Notes |  |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | 12,050,000 |  | 10,043,445
Medium Term Note Program |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Principal amount issued |  | 2,850,000 |  |
Medium Term Note Program 4.25 Percent Due 2024 |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Principal amount issued |  | $ 700,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) |  | 4.25% |  |
Medium Term Note Program 3.75 Percent Due 2026 [Member] |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Principal amount issued |  | $ 750,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) |  | 3.75% |  |
Medium Term Note Program Due 2021 [Member] |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Principal amount issued |  | $ 300,000 |  |
Medium Term Note Program Due 2021 [Member] | LIBOR |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Interest margin (as a percent) |  | 0.67% |  |
Medium Term Note Program 2.25 Percent Due 2023 [Member] |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Principal amount issued |  | $ 600,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) |  | 2.25% |  |
Medium Term Note Program 3.25 Percent Due 2029 [Member] |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Principal amount issued |  | $ 500,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) |  | 3.25% |  |
Unsecured Term financings |  |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | $ 813,150 |  | 607,340
Revolving Credit Facilities |  |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | 610,000 |  | 602,000
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Maturing on May 5, 2020 |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Line of credit maturity amount | $ 92,700 |  |  |
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Mature On 5 May 2021 |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Line of credit maturity amount | 5,000 |  |  |
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Mature On 5 May 2022 |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Line of credit maturity amount | 245,000 |  |  |
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Mature On 5 May 2023 |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Maximum borrowing capacity | $ 5,800,000 |  |  |
Incremental borrowing capacity |  |  | $ 58,000 |
Incremental borrowing capacity increase percentage | 26.60% |  |  |
Line of credit maturity amount | $ 5,500,000 |  |  |
Facility fee (as a percent) | 0.20% |  |  |
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Mature On 5 May 2023 | LIBOR |  |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Interest margin (as a percent) | 1.05% |  |  |
Secured Debt |  |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | 425,867 |  | 409,468
Secured Obligations |  |  |  |
Nonrecourse |  | 138,797 |  | 167,245
Recourse |  | 287,070 |  | 242,223
Total secured debt financing |  | $ 425,867 |  | $ 409,468
Number of aircraft pledged as collateral | aircraft |  | 17 |  | 20
Net book value of aircraft pledged as collateral |  | $ 915,211 |  | $ 1,132,111
Export Credit Financing |  |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | 33,274 |  | 38,265
Term Financings |  |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |  |
Total debt financing |  | $ 392,593 |  | $ 371,203

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