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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
- 11 Aug 2026, 20:53
- Logged visits
- 389
The station's story
- Cumulative contact time
- 122 h
- Distinct days
- 364
- Highest captured altitude
- 43,000 ft
- Discovery rank
- #15,252 of 57,077
- Longest contact
- 0 h 37 min
- Contacts on this Mode S address
- 398 contacts on the address, 389 under this registration: the address has carried several identities over time.
Observed callsigns
VIR (368 contacts, 2017-2026)
Operator as per the registry of 29 Jul 2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.
Visits
| Callsign | Route | First contact | Last contact | Altitude at end of contact | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 13 Feb 2024, 04:2413 Feb 2024 | 13 Feb 2024, 04:52 | 40,000 ft | 2,861 |
| VIR250 | EGLL > ZSPD | 24 Jan 2024, 13:4024 Jan 2024 | 24 Jan 2024, 13:41 | 36,950 ft | 19 |
| VIR250 | EGLL > ZSPD | 12 Jan 2024, 15:0412 Jan 2024 | 12 Jan 2024, 15:05 | 37,000 ft | 57 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 11 Jan 2024, 04:3411 Jan 2024 | 11 Jan 2024, 05:02 | 40,000 ft | 2,718 |
| VIR401V | OMDB > EGLL | 24 Dec 2023, 17:3424 Dec 2023 | 24 Dec 2023, 18:02 | 39,975 ft | 1,829 |
| VIR479 | FACT > EGLL | 8 Dec 2023, 19:358 Dec 2023 | 8 Dec 2023, 20:01 | 37,975 ft | 1,992 |
| VIR478 | EGLL > FACT | 7 Dec 2023, 21:107 Dec 2023 | 7 Dec 2023, 21:17 | 33,000 ft | 308 |
| VIR479 | FACT > EGLL | 2 Dec 2023, 21:042 Dec 2023 | 2 Dec 2023, 21:34 | 39,975 ft | 2,407 |
| VIR400M | EGLL > OMDB | 21 Nov 2023, 23:0521 Nov 2023 | 21 Nov 2023, 23:06 | 39,000 ft | 50 |
| VIR479 | FACT > EGLL | 3 Nov 2023, 19:533 Nov 2023 | 3 Nov 2023, 20:23 | 40,000 ft | 2,147 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 9 Oct 2023, 04:339 Oct 2023 | 9 Oct 2023, 05:01 | 40,000 ft | 2,801 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 30 Sept 2023, 04:3530 Sept 2023 | 30 Sept 2023, 05:05 | 40,000 ft | 2,888 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 29 Sept 2023, 00:5529 Sept 2023 | 29 Sept 2023, 01:08 | 34,975 ft | 907 |
| VIR354 | EGLL > VABB | 7 Aug 2023, 21:177 Aug 2023 | 7 Aug 2023, 21:23 | 37,025 ft | 220 |
| VIR354 | EGLL > VABB | 8 Jun 2023, 21:068 Jun 2023 | 8 Jun 2023, 21:08 | 34,975 ft | 12 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 24 May 2023, 04:1424 May 2023 | 24 May 2023, 04:43 | 40,000 ft | 2,712 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 21 May 2023, 04:1921 May 2023 | 21 May 2023, 04:47 | 40,975 ft | 2,772 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 9 May 2023, 04:379 May 2023 | 9 May 2023, 05:09 | 40,975 ft | 3,026 |
| VIR457 | EGLL > LLBG | 5 Apr 2023, 10:475 Apr 2023 | 5 Apr 2023, 10:49 | 40,975 ft | 36 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 5 Apr 2023, 04:295 Apr 2023 | 5 Apr 2023, 04:58 | 40,000 ft | 2,889 |
| VIR479 | FACT > EGLL | 25 Mar 2023, 19:3525 Mar 2023 | 25 Mar 2023, 20:04 | 39,975 ft | 2,274 |
| VIR454 | LLBG > EGLL | 7 Mar 2023, 10:027 Mar 2023 | 7 Mar 2023, 10:09 | 40,000 ft | 280 |
| VIR453 | EGLL > LLBG | 6 Mar 2023, 23:596 Mar 2023 | 7 Mar 2023, 00:01 | 38,975 ft | 144 |
| VIR453 | EGLL > LLBG | 5 Mar 2023, 00:075 Mar 2023 | 5 Mar 2023, 00:18 | 39,000 ft | 643 |
| VIR479 | FACT > EGLL | 4 Mar 2023, 19:414 Mar 2023 | 4 Mar 2023, 20:09 | 39,975 ft | 1,995 |
