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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
- 7 Nov 2026, 06:41
- Logged visits
- 413
The station's story
- Cumulative contact time
- 132 h
- Distinct days
- 388
- Highest captured altitude
- 43,000 ft
- Discovery rank
- #15,328 of 60,634
- Longest contact
- 0 h 37 min
- Contacts on this Mode S address
- 422 contacts on the address, 413 under this registration: the address has carried several identities over time.
Observed callsigns
VIR (392 contacts, 2017-2026)
Operator as per the registry of 2 Nov 2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.
Visits
| Callsign | Route | First contact | Last contact | Altitude at end of contact | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIR479F | FACT > EGLL | 7 Nov 2026, 06:167 Nov 2026 | 7 Nov 2026, 06:41 | 39,975 ft | 2,329 |
| VIR479F | FACT > EGLL | 3 Nov 2026, 06:053 Nov 2026 | 3 Nov 2026, 06:29 | 37,975 ft | 2,488 |
| VIR478 | EGLL > FACT | 2 Nov 2026, 00:262 Nov 2026 | 2 Nov 2026, 00:38 | 35,000 ft | 996 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 26 Oct 2026, 07:1026 Oct 2026 | 26 Oct 2026, 07:39 | 39,975 ft | 2,097 |
| VIR479F | FACT > EGLL | 23 Oct 2026, 09:4123 Oct 2026 | 23 Oct 2026, 10:05 | 39,975 ft | 1,353 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 19 Oct 2026, 05:5319 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026, 06:15 | 39,975 ft | 2,073 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 15 Oct 2026, 05:4415 Oct 2026 | 15 Oct 2026, 06:13 | 37,975 ft | 2,588 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 13 Oct 2026, 22:5513 Oct 2026 | 13 Oct 2026, 23:09 | 34,450 ft | 685 |
| VIR317 | VOBL > EGLL | 2 Oct 2026, 14:212 Oct 2026 | 2 Oct 2026, 14:50 | 39,975 ft | 1,274 |
| VIR317 | VOBL > EGLL | 24 Sept 2026, 14:0524 Sept 2026 | 24 Sept 2026, 14:33 | 38,000 ft | 1,182 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 22 Sept 2026, 05:5622 Sept 2026 | 22 Sept 2026, 06:24 | 39,975 ft | 2,634 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 18 Sept 2026, 05:5918 Sept 2026 | 18 Sept 2026, 06:24 | 40,000 ft | 2,270 |
| VIR355 | VABB > EGLL | 15 Sept 2026, 16:3215 Sept 2026 | 15 Sept 2026, 17:01 | 39,975 ft | 974 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 10 Sept 2026, 05:3710 Sept 2026 | 10 Sept 2026, 06:06 | 38,000 ft | 2,534 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 7 Sept 2026, 06:237 Sept 2026 | 7 Sept 2026, 06:50 | 37,975 ft | 1,795 |
| VIR359 | VABB > EGLL | 4 Sept 2026, 09:174 Sept 2026 | 4 Sept 2026, 09:45 | 40,000 ft | 1,145 |
| VIR359 | VABB > EGLL | 1 Sept 2026, 09:191 Sept 2026 | 1 Sept 2026, 09:46 | 38,000 ft | 1,333 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 24 Aug 2026, 05:3724 Aug 2026 | 24 Aug 2026, 06:01 | 38,000 ft | 2,212 |
| VIR317 | VOBL > EGLL | 21 Aug 2026, 13:2321 Aug 2026 | 21 Aug 2026, 13:29 | 39,975 ft | 159 |
| VIR347 | VOBL > EGLL | 18 Aug 2026, 20:1518 Aug 2026 | 18 Aug 2026, 20:44 | 39,975 ft | 1,724 |
| VIR347 | VOBL > EGLL | 17 Aug 2026, 20:0017 Aug 2026 | 17 Aug 2026, 20:29 | 39,975 ft | 1,602 |
| VIR347 | VOBL > EGLL | 16 Aug 2026, 20:0316 Aug 2026 | 16 Aug 2026, 20:19 | 37,975 ft | 348 |
| VIR317 | VOBL > EGLL | 14 Aug 2026, 13:2514 Aug 2026 | 14 Aug 2026, 13:52 | 39,975 ft | 916 |
| VIR317 | VOBL > EGLL | 13 Aug 2026, 13:0213 Aug 2026 | 13 Aug 2026, 13:28 | 38,000 ft | 792 |
| VIR347 | VOBL > EGLL | 11 Aug 2026, 20:3011 Aug 2026 | 11 Aug 2026, 20:53 | 37,975 ft | 1,262 |
