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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
- #15,254 of 57,222
- 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 12 Aug 2026; observed callsigns are the freshest measurement.
Visits
| Callsign | Route | First contact | Last contact | Altitude at end of contact | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIR453 | EGLL > LLBG | 15 Mar 2022, 23:0615 Mar 2022 | 15 Mar 2022, 23:10 | 38,975 ft | 387 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 22 Feb 2022, 04:5322 Feb 2022 | 22 Feb 2022, 05:08 | 38,000 ft | 109 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 9 Feb 2022, 04:399 Feb 2022 | 9 Feb 2022, 05:03 | 40,000 ft | 2,249 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 7 Feb 2022, 22:027 Feb 2022 | 7 Feb 2022, 22:08 | 35,000 ft | 89 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 25 Jan 2022, 18:2725 Jan 2022 | 25 Jan 2022, 18:53 | 39,975 ft | 2,154 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 22 Jan 2022, 18:4422 Jan 2022 | 22 Jan 2022, 19:07 | 40,000 ft | 1,799 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 18 Dec 2021, 18:5518 Dec 2021 | 18 Dec 2021, 19:24 | 40,000 ft | 2,395 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 23 Nov 2021, 05:4323 Nov 2021 | 23 Nov 2021, 06:09 | 38,000 ft | 2,727 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 13 Nov 2021, 06:0313 Nov 2021 | 13 Nov 2021, 06:37 | 39,975 ft | 3,054 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 11 Nov 2021, 05:5011 Nov 2021 | 11 Nov 2021, 06:10 | 39,975 ft | 1,137 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 31 Oct 2021, 06:0131 Oct 2021 | 31 Oct 2021, 06:27 | 37,975 ft | 2,558 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 30 Oct 2021, 00:0230 Oct 2021 | 30 Oct 2021, 00:15 | 37,000 ft | 1,222 |
| VIR450 | FAOR > EGLL | 21 Oct 2021, 06:0021 Oct 2021 | 21 Oct 2021, 06:26 | 40,000 ft | 2,329 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 20 Oct 2021, 00:0020 Oct 2021 | 20 Oct 2021, 00:14 | 36,975 ft | 1,062 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 11 Oct 2021, 06:0311 Oct 2021 | 11 Oct 2021, 06:24 | 40,000 ft | 1,094 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 13 Aug 2021, 05:4513 Aug 2021 | 13 Aug 2021, 06:06 | 43,000 ft | 1,090 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 12 Aug 2021, 00:0712 Aug 2021 | 12 Aug 2021, 00:20 | 37,000 ft | 1,009 |
| not transmitted | route not resolved | 1 Aug 2021, 07:001 Aug 2021 | 1 Aug 2021, 07:01 | 39,975 ft | 5 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 7 Jul 2021, 05:537 Jul 2021 | 7 Jul 2021, 06:06 | 40,000 ft | 146 |
| VIR449 | EGLL > FAOR | 6 Jul 2021, 00:216 Jul 2021 | 6 Jul 2021, 00:38 | 37,000 ft | 1,492 |
| VIR454 | LLBG > EGLL | 3 Jul 2021, 08:593 Jul 2021 | 3 Jul 2021, 08:59 | 43,000 ft | 11 |
| VIR453 | EGLL > LLBG | 2 Jul 2021, 23:342 Jul 2021 | 2 Jul 2021, 23:48 | 41,000 ft | 863 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 16 Jun 2021, 05:4616 Jun 2021 | 16 Jun 2021, 06:17 | 40,000 ft | 2,690 |
| VIR454 | LLBG > EGLL | 13 Jun 2021, 09:0913 Jun 2021 | 13 Jun 2021, 09:36 | 40,000 ft | 2,169 |
| VIR453 | EGLL > LLBG | 12 Jun 2021, 23:1112 Jun 2021 | 12 Jun 2021, 23:16 | 38,975 ft | 168 |
