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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
#15,283 of 60,197
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

CallsignFirst contactAltitude at end of contact
VIR34712 Jul 202638,000 ft
VIR34711 Jul 202640,000 ft
VIR3559 Jul 202638,975 ft
VIR3474 Jul 202639,975 ft
not transmitted1 Jul 202635,000 ft
VIR3591 Jul 202640,000 ft
VIR31724 Jun 202638,000 ft
VIR35518 Jun 202640,000 ft
VIR35512 Jun 202638,000 ft
not transmitted11 Jun 202639,975 ft
VIR3179 Jun 202640,000 ft
VIR45029 May 202640,000 ft
VIR4502 May 202639,975 ft
VIR31620 Apr 202635,000 ft
VIR45019 Apr 202640,000 ft
VIR45013 Apr 202638,000 ft
VIR479F8 Apr 202638,000 ft
VIR479F5 Apr 202639,975 ft
VIR479F1 Apr 202637,975 ft
VIR34624 Mar 202635,000 ft
VIR31623 Mar 202635,000 ft
VIR384T21 Mar 202632,975 ft
VIR34616 Mar 202634,975 ft
VIR45014 Mar 202638,000 ft
VIR3469 Mar 202635,000 ft