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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
- 15 Oct 2026, 06:13
- Logged visits
- 407
The station's story
- Cumulative contact time
- 129 h
- Distinct days
- 382
- Highest captured altitude
- 43,000 ft
- Discovery rank
- #15,318 of 60,450
- Longest contact
- 0 h 37 min
- Contacts on this Mode S address
- 416 contacts on the address, 407 under this registration: the address has carried several identities over time.
Observed callsigns
VIR (386 contacts, 2017-2026)
Operator as per the registry of 12 Oct 2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.
Visits
| Callsign | Route | First contact | Last contact | Altitude at end of contact | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 29 Sept 2020, 18:1429 Sept 2020 | 29 Sept 2020, 18:39 | 40,000 ft | 2,036 |
| VIR302G | EGPD > EGLL | 8 Apr 2020, 18:308 Apr 2020 | 8 Apr 2020, 18:32 | 40,975 ft | 190 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 23 Mar 2020, 07:0723 Mar 2020 | 23 Mar 2020, 07:28 | 40,000 ft | 1,438 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 20 Mar 2020, 05:4820 Mar 2020 | 20 Mar 2020, 06:13 | 40,000 ft | 2,515 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 17 Mar 2020, 05:4117 Mar 2020 | 17 Mar 2020, 06:04 | 37,975 ft | 1,738 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 12 Mar 2020, 07:0812 Mar 2020 | 12 Mar 2020, 07:29 | 40,975 ft | 882 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 10 Mar 2020, 23:5110 Mar 2020 | 11 Mar 2020, 00:00 | 36,975 ft | 105 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 4 Mar 2020, 05:394 Mar 2020 | 4 Mar 2020, 06:04 | 40,000 ft | 1,741 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 17 Feb 2020, 05:5217 Feb 2020 | 17 Feb 2020, 06:11 | 38,000 ft | 1,445 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 13 Feb 2020, 06:4213 Feb 2020 | 13 Feb 2020, 07:04 | 40,000 ft | 1,574 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 11 Feb 2020, 06:3811 Feb 2020 | 11 Feb 2020, 07:03 | 40,000 ft | 1,967 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 23 Jan 2020, 05:3923 Jan 2020 | 23 Jan 2020, 06:06 | 39,975 ft | 2,648 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 1 Jan 2020, 08:051 Jan 2020 | 1 Jan 2020, 08:35 | 40,000 ft | 2,600 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 16 Nov 2019, 05:4116 Nov 2019 | 16 Nov 2019, 06:01 | 38,000 ft | 1,886 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 10 Nov 2019, 07:4710 Nov 2019 | 10 Nov 2019, 08:08 | 38,000 ft | 1,569 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 4 Nov 2019, 07:124 Nov 2019 | 4 Nov 2019, 07:20 | 40,000 ft | 22 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 16 Oct 2019, 07:2516 Oct 2019 | 16 Oct 2019, 07:47 | 40,000 ft | 698 |
| not transmitted | route not resolved | 11 Oct 2019, 06:1711 Oct 2019 | 11 Oct 2019, 06:17 | 37,975 ft | 1 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 26 Sept 2019, 07:1726 Sept 2019 | 26 Sept 2019, 07:37 | 40,000 ft | 598 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 22 Sept 2019, 05:5922 Sept 2019 | 22 Sept 2019, 06:27 | 41,000 ft | 2,467 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 12 Sept 2019, 05:4912 Sept 2019 | 12 Sept 2019, 06:18 | 37,975 ft | 2,622 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 25 Aug 2019, 07:0425 Aug 2019 | 25 Aug 2019, 07:34 | 40,000 ft | 1,703 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 17 Aug 2019, 07:1717 Aug 2019 | 17 Aug 2019, 07:47 | 37,975 ft | 1,583 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 12 Aug 2019, 05:5312 Aug 2019 | 12 Aug 2019, 06:09 | 39,975 ft | 571 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 20 Jul 2019, 07:1220 Jul 2019 | 20 Jul 2019, 07:38 | 39,975 ft | 1,457 |
