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Aircraft
280
Common
The fields of this record contradict each other: first contact on 2017-01-15, declared year built 2019. The log is authentic; the described identity is doubtful.
- Mode S hex
- 4CA44B
- Manufacturer
- Pilatus
- Serial number
- 1898
- Year built
- 2019Year announced by the registry: 2019. Yet the aircraft was already captured in 2017, before its supposed build: an unreliable year, dropped from the oldest/newest rankings.
- Operator
- Irish Air Corps (IRL)
- Country of registration
Ireland
- First contact
- 15 Jan 2017, 18:13
- Last contact
- 16 Jul 2026, 16:28
- Logged visits
- 87
The station's story
- Cumulative contact time
- 35 h
- Distinct days
- 66
- Highest captured altitude
- 30,000 ft
- Discovery rank
- #20,349 of 57,065
- Longest contact
- 0 h 54 min
- Contacts on this Mode S address
- 92 contacts on the address, 87 under this registration: the address has carried several identities over time.
Same airframe, also seen as
- HB-FXTfrom 21 Jun 2018 to 2 Apr 2020 · 2 contacts
These registrations share the same serial number and type according to the reference data. Serial numbers can collide, though: it is a deduction, not a certainty.
Observed callsigns
IRL (81 contacts, 2020-2026)
Operator as per the registry of 21.07.2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.
Visits
| Callsign | Route | First contact | Last contact | Altitude at end of contact | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 16 Jul 2026, 15:4916 Jul 2026 | 16 Jul 2026, 16:28 | 20,925 ft | 1,968 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 16 Jul 2026, 13:2416 Jul 2026 | 16 Jul 2026, 14:05 | not transmitted | 2,590 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 30 Apr 2026, 18:1230 Apr 2026 | 30 Apr 2026, 18:42 | 28,000 ft | 1,983 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 30 Apr 2026, 15:0730 Apr 2026 | 30 Apr 2026, 15:27 | 27,000 ft | 342 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 28 Apr 2026, 14:0828 Apr 2026 | 28 Apr 2026, 14:26 | 28,000 ft | 904 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 16 Apr 2026, 14:4716 Apr 2026 | 16 Apr 2026, 15:13 | 18,000 ft | 1,892 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 16 Apr 2026, 13:0916 Apr 2026 | 16 Apr 2026, 13:41 | not transmitted | 1,796 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 27 Nov 2025, 16:5827 Nov 2025 | 27 Nov 2025, 17:39 | 24,000 ft | 2,900 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 31 Oct 2025, 16:0831 Oct 2025 | 31 Oct 2025, 16:34 | 9,925 ft | 1,637 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 31 Oct 2025, 09:1131 Oct 2025 | 31 Oct 2025, 09:46 | 24,000 ft | 1,505 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 28 Oct 2025, 11:0828 Oct 2025 | 28 Oct 2025, 11:29 | 27,000 ft | 1,250 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 29 Sept 2025, 16:3329 Sept 2025 | 29 Sept 2025, 16:56 | 28,000 ft | 909 |
| not transmitted | route not resolved | 29 Sept 2025, 14:5029 Sept 2025 | 29 Sept 2025, 14:52 | 7,775 ft | no position received |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 26 Sept 2025, 13:2926 Sept 2025 | 26 Sept 2025, 13:43 | 23,000 ft | 375 |
| not transmitted | route not resolved | 28 Aug 2025, 15:1528 Aug 2025 | 28 Aug 2025, 15:15 | 24,000 ft | no position received |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 27 Mar 2025, 15:1627 Mar 2025 | 27 Mar 2025, 15:46 | 24,000 ft | 1,331 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 25 Mar 2025, 10:4225 Mar 2025 | 25 Mar 2025, 11:20 | 27,000 ft | 1,531 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 22 Mar 2025, 15:2222 Mar 2025 | 22 Mar 2025, 15:54 | 28,000 ft | 2,131 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 21 Mar 2025, 13:3121 Mar 2025 | 21 Mar 2025, 13:56 | 27,000 ft | 566 |
| not transmitted | route not resolved | 18 Dec 2024, 11:3618 Dec 2024 | 18 Dec 2024, 12:09 | 28,000 ft | 1,927 |
| P89G | route not resolved | 4 Dec 2024, 10:454 Dec 2024 | 4 Dec 2024, 10:49 | 20,025 ft | 5 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 11 Nov 2024, 14:2911 Nov 2024 | 11 Nov 2024, 14:59 | 10,675 ft | 2,086 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 8 Aug 2024, 16:058 Aug 2024 | 8 Aug 2024, 16:46 | 28,000 ft | 1,546 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 6 Aug 2024, 11:336 Aug 2024 | 6 Aug 2024, 12:02 | 27,000 ft | 1,250 |
| IRL280 | route not resolved | 12 Jul 2024, 12:1512 Jul 2024 | 12 Jul 2024, 12:22 | 28,000 ft | 52 |
