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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 60,212
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
VIR45022 May 202440,000 ft
VIR45015 May 202439,975 ft
VIR44914 May 202434,975 ft
VIR4501 May 202437,975 ft
VIR45023 Apr 202439,975 ft
VIR45018 Apr 202440,000 ft
VIR45015 Apr 202440,000 ft
VIR4507 Apr 202440,000 ft
VIR45018 Mar 202440,975 ft
VIR4798 Mar 202439,975 ft
VIR4787 Mar 202434,975 ft
VIR4791 Mar 202439,975 ft
VIR47829 Feb 202434,975 ft
VIR45026 Feb 202440,000 ft
VIR45021 Feb 202440,000 ft
VIR45013 Feb 202440,000 ft
VIR25024 Jan 202436,950 ft
VIR25012 Jan 202437,000 ft
VIR45011 Jan 202440,000 ft
VIR401V24 Dec 202339,975 ft
VIR4798 Dec 202337,975 ft
VIR4787 Dec 202333,000 ft
VIR4792 Dec 202339,975 ft
VIR400M21 Nov 202339,000 ft
VIR4793 Nov 202340,000 ft