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Aircraft
G-VBOW
Common
- Mode S hex
- 407131
- Type
- Boeing 787-9B789
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Company
- Serial number
- 37978
- Year built
- 20179 years oldYear announced by the registry: 2017. Yet the aircraft was already captured in 2016, before its supposed build: an unreliable year, dropped from the oldest/newest rankings.
- Operator
- Virgin Atlantic Airways (VIR)
- Country of registration
- Royaume-UniICAO address allocated by United Kingdom, aircraft registered in Royaume-Uni.
- First contact
- 12 Jul 2016, 11:52
- Last contact
- 24 Sept 2026, 14:33
- Logged visits
- 404
The station's story
- Cumulative contact time
- 128 h
- Distinct days
- 379
- Highest captured altitude
- 43,000 ft
- Discovery rank
- #15,286 of 60,201
- Longest contact
- 0 h 37 min
- Contacts on this Mode S address
- 413 contacts on the address, 404 under this registration: the address has carried several identities over time.
Observed callsigns
VIR (383 contacts, 2017-2026)
Operator as per the registry of 28 Sept 2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.
Visits
| Callsign | Route | First contact | Last contact | Altitude at end of contact | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 9 Feb 2018, 05:369 Feb 2018 | 9 Feb 2018, 06:05 | 40,000 ft | 2,723 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 27 Jan 2018, 05:3127 Jan 2018 | 27 Jan 2018, 05:55 | 38,000 ft | 2,651 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 25 Jan 2018, 21:0825 Jan 2018 | 25 Jan 2018, 21:23 | 34,000 ft | 617 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 21 Jan 2018, 05:3721 Jan 2018 | 21 Jan 2018, 06:10 | 39,975 ft | 3,519 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 4 Jan 2018, 06:254 Jan 2018 | 4 Jan 2018, 06:48 | 39,975 ft | 1,554 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 2 Jan 2018, 21:212 Jan 2018 | 2 Jan 2018, 21:29 | 37,000 ft | 101 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 31 Dec 2017, 05:3631 Dec 2017 | 31 Dec 2017, 06:01 | 40,000 ft | 2,605 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 29 Dec 2017, 20:5929 Dec 2017 | 29 Dec 2017, 21:06 | 34,000 ft | 362 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 27 Dec 2017, 05:4327 Dec 2017 | 27 Dec 2017, 06:06 | 38,000 ft | 2,579 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 8 Dec 2017, 05:358 Dec 2017 | 8 Dec 2017, 06:04 | 39,975 ft | 2,872 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 5 Dec 2017, 05:505 Dec 2017 | 5 Dec 2017, 06:20 | 40,000 ft | 3,046 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 1 Dec 2017, 05:361 Dec 2017 | 1 Dec 2017, 06:04 | 39,975 ft | 2,780 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 29 Nov 2017, 20:5529 Nov 2017 | 29 Nov 2017, 21:07 | 35,000 ft | 726 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 28 Nov 2017, 06:0928 Nov 2017 | 28 Nov 2017, 06:40 | 40,000 ft | 2,930 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 26 Nov 2017, 21:1626 Nov 2017 | 26 Nov 2017, 21:22 | 35,000 ft | 265 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 25 Nov 2017, 06:1625 Nov 2017 | 25 Nov 2017, 06:44 | 40,000 ft | 2,603 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 23 Nov 2017, 21:2823 Nov 2017 | 23 Nov 2017, 21:40 | 35,000 ft | 448 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 22 Nov 2017, 05:3722 Nov 2017 | 22 Nov 2017, 06:05 | 38,175 ft | 2,775 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 20 Nov 2017, 21:0020 Nov 2017 | 20 Nov 2017, 21:08 | 38,000 ft | 296 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 14 Nov 2017, 06:0814 Nov 2017 | 14 Nov 2017, 06:41 | 40,000 ft | 3,264 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 12 Nov 2017, 20:4712 Nov 2017 | 12 Nov 2017, 20:58 | 34,975 ft | 549 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 11 Nov 2017, 05:4711 Nov 2017 | 11 Nov 2017, 06:20 | 40,000 ft | 3,297 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 4 Nov 2017, 05:464 Nov 2017 | 4 Nov 2017, 06:11 | 39,975 ft | 2,479 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 2 Nov 2017, 21:032 Nov 2017 | 2 Nov 2017, 21:16 | 35,000 ft | 379 |
| VIR300K | EGLL > VIDP | 29 Oct 2017, 00:0729 Oct 2017 | 29 Oct 2017, 00:09 | 35,000 ft | 55 |
