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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
#15,285 of 60,200
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
VIR31729 Oct 202538,000 ft
VIR45028 Oct 202538,000 ft
VIR479F25 Oct 202540,000 ft
VIR47823 Oct 202534,975 ft
VIR45022 Oct 202539,975 ft
VIR35418 Oct 202536,975 ft
VIR45012 Oct 202538,000 ft
VIR45025 Apr 202539,975 ft
VIR35418 Apr 202532,975 ft
VIR45010 Apr 202538,000 ft
not transmitted5 Apr 202534,975 ft
VIR4504 Apr 202538,000 ft
VIR479F22 Mar 202540,000 ft
VIR47820 Mar 202537,000 ft
VIR3547 Mar 202537,000 ft
not transmitted4 Mar 202539,975 ft
not transmitted23 Feb 202536,975 ft
not transmitted9 Feb 202539,975 ft
not transmitted14 Jan 202539,975 ft
not transmitted12 Jan 202538,000 ft
not transmitted9 Jan 202535,000 ft
not transmitted7 Jan 202540,000 ft
VIR35527 Nov 202436,000 ft
VIR35426 Nov 202434,975 ft
VIR31726 Nov 202439,975 ft