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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 16 Jul 2019, 05:4816 Jul 2019 | 16 Jul 2019, 06:17 | 40,975 ft | 2,662 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 10 Jul 2019, 05:3410 Jul 2019 | 10 Jul 2019, 06:05 | 39,975 ft | 2,724 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 21 Jun 2019, 06:5521 Jun 2019 | 21 Jun 2019, 07:19 | 38,000 ft | 1,672 |
| not transmitted | route not resolved | 7 Jun 2019, 06:097 Jun 2019 | 7 Jun 2019, 06:09 | 39,975 ft | 1 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 4 Jun 2019, 07:214 Jun 2019 | 4 Jun 2019, 07:50 | 40,000 ft | 1,622 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 26 May 2019, 06:0526 May 2019 | 26 May 2019, 06:28 | 39,975 ft | 1,612 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 9 May 2019, 07:329 May 2019 | 9 May 2019, 07:47 | 39,975 ft | 230 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 1 May 2019, 07:171 May 2019 | 1 May 2019, 07:46 | 40,000 ft | 2,074 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 18 Apr 2019, 07:1618 Apr 2019 | 18 Apr 2019, 07:42 | 39,975 ft | 1,806 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 16 Apr 2019, 22:2016 Apr 2019 | 16 Apr 2019, 22:22 | 35,000 ft | 7 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 14 Apr 2019, 07:2014 Apr 2019 | 14 Apr 2019, 07:52 | 37,975 ft | 2,247 |
| VIR462M | FAOR > EGLL | 10 Apr 2019, 07:2110 Apr 2019 | 10 Apr 2019, 07:47 | 40,000 ft | 1,628 |
| VIR461 | EGLL > FAOR | 9 Apr 2019, 00:429 Apr 2019 | 9 Apr 2019, 00:55 | 35,000 ft | 1,185 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 31 Mar 2019, 22:2831 Mar 2019 | 31 Mar 2019, 22:36 | 35,000 ft | 52 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 22 Mar 2019, 06:0022 Mar 2019 | 22 Mar 2019, 06:20 | 40,000 ft | 1,380 |
| VIR301C | VIDP > EGLL | 12 Mar 2019, 19:5712 Mar 2019 | 12 Mar 2019, 20:14 | 37,975 ft | 898 |
| not transmitted | route not resolved | 6 Mar 2019, 21:286 Mar 2019 | 6 Mar 2019, 21:29 | 36,975 ft | no position received |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 4 Mar 2019, 05:514 Mar 2019 | 4 Mar 2019, 06:08 | 41,000 ft | 857 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 2 Mar 2019, 21:132 Mar 2019 | 2 Mar 2019, 21:19 | 34,975 ft | 29 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 15 Apr 2018, 05:5015 Apr 2018 | 15 Apr 2018, 06:12 | 40,000 ft | 1,376 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 7 Apr 2018, 05:507 Apr 2018 | 7 Apr 2018, 06:09 | 40,000 ft | 1,060 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 5 Apr 2018, 22:215 Apr 2018 | 5 Apr 2018, 22:26 | 35,000 ft | 13 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 3 Apr 2018, 05:543 Apr 2018 | 3 Apr 2018, 06:13 | 39,975 ft | 1,284 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 25 Mar 2018, 06:2825 Mar 2018 | 25 Mar 2018, 06:49 | 40,000 ft | 1,533 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 6 Mar 2018, 05:486 Mar 2018 | 6 Mar 2018, 06:09 | 38,000 ft | 1,949 |
