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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
#15,288 of 60,217
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
VIR3168 Mar 202635,000 ft
VIR4508 Mar 202637,975 ft
VIR479F3 Mar 202640,000 ft
VIR35825 Feb 202637,000 ft
VIR479F25 Feb 202635,975 ft
VIR47824 Feb 202635,000 ft
VIR34722 Feb 202637,975 ft
not transmitted21 Feb 202636,975 ft
VIR45017 Feb 202643,000 ft
not transmitted10 Feb 202636,975 ft
VIR45010 Feb 202640,000 ft
VIR4503 Feb 202639,975 ft
VIR45011 Jan 202639,975 ft
VIR479F7 Jan 202637,975 ft
VIR45026 Dec 202540,000 ft
VIR479F23 Dec 202540,000 ft
VIR479F15 Dec 202537,975 ft
VIR4507 Dec 202538,000 ft
VIR479F29 Nov 202540,000 ft
VIR45026 Nov 202539,975 ft
VIR45023 Nov 202537,975 ft
VIR479F19 Nov 202539,975 ft
VIR479F12 Nov 202540,000 ft
VIR479F5 Nov 202539,975 ft
VIR4784 Nov 202536,975 ft