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Debt Financing (Details) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) aircraft | May 05, 2020 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) aircraft
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | $ 15,351,941 |  | $ 13,721,295
Less: Debt discounts and issuance costs | (171,796) |  | (142,429)
Debt financing, net of discounts and issuance costs | 15,180,145 |  | 13,578,866
Unsecured Debt |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | 15,036,115 |  | 13,260,861
Senior Notes |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | 14,069,115 |  | 12,357,811
Medium Term Note Program |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Principal amount issued | 3,000,000 |  |
Medium Term Note Program Due 2021 [Member] |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount | 206,100 |  |
Gain (Loss) on Repurchase of Debt Instrument | 14,000 |  |
Medium Term Note Program 2.30% Due 2025 |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Principal amount issued | $ 750,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) | 2.30% |  |
Medium Term Note Program 3.00% Due 2030 |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Principal amount issued | $ 650,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) | 3.00% |  |
Medium Term Note Program 3.375 Percent Due 2025 [Member] |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Principal amount issued | $ 850,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) | 3.375% |  |
Medium Term Note Program 2.875 Percent Due 2026 [Member] |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Principal amount issued | $ 700,000 |  |
Interest rate (as a percent) | 2.875% |  |
Unsecured Term financings |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | $ 967,000 |  | 883,050
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing |  |  | 20,000
Revolving Credit Facility |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | 245,000 |  | 20,000
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Increase in maximum borrowing capacity | 250,000 |  |
Available borrowing capacity | $ 6,000,000 |  |
Facility fee (as a percent) | 0.20% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility | LIBOR |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Interest margin (as a percent) | 1.05% |  |
Revolving Credit Facility | ABR |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Interest margin (as a percent) | 0.05% |  |
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 |  |  |
Revolving commitments held by lenders | $ 5,000 |  |
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Mature On 5 May 2022 |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Revolving commitments held by lenders | 245,000 |  |
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility Mature On 5 May 2023 |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Revolving commitments held by lenders | 5,500,000 |  |
Secured Debt |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | 315,826 |  | 460,434
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Nonrecourse |  |  | 128,460
Recourse | 315,826 |  | 331,974
Total secured debt financing | $ 315,826 |  | $ 460,434
Number of aircraft pledged as collateral | aircraft | 12 |  | 15
Net book value of aircraft pledged as collateral | $ 636,566 |  | $ 890,693
Secured Debt | LIBOR |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Interest margin (as a percent) | 2.00% |  |
Term Financings |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | $ 289,207 |  | 428,824
Warehouse Facility |  |  |
Secured Obligations |  |  |
Total secured debt financing | 100,400 |  | 128,500
Export Credit Financing |  |  |
Debt financing |  |  |
Total debt financing | $ 26,619 |  | $ 31,610

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