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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 57,224
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 4 Mar 2018, 21:244 Mar 2018 | 4 Mar 2018, 21:29 | 35,000 ft | 72 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 20 Feb 2018, 05:5620 Feb 2018 | 20 Feb 2018, 06:23 | 39,975 ft | 2,575 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 18 Feb 2018, 21:1018 Feb 2018 | 18 Feb 2018, 21:15 | 35,000 ft | 33 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 9 Feb 2018, 05:369 Feb 2018 | 9 Feb 2018, 06:05 | 40,000 ft | 2,723 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 27 Jan 2018, 05:3127 Jan 2018 | 27 Jan 2018, 05:55 | 38,000 ft | 2,651 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 25 Jan 2018, 21:0825 Jan 2018 | 25 Jan 2018, 21:23 | 34,000 ft | 617 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 21 Jan 2018, 05:3721 Jan 2018 | 21 Jan 2018, 06:10 | 39,975 ft | 3,519 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 4 Jan 2018, 06:254 Jan 2018 | 4 Jan 2018, 06:48 | 39,975 ft | 1,554 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 2 Jan 2018, 21:212 Jan 2018 | 2 Jan 2018, 21:29 | 37,000 ft | 101 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 31 Dec 2017, 05:3631 Dec 2017 | 31 Dec 2017, 06:01 | 40,000 ft | 2,605 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 29 Dec 2017, 20:5929 Dec 2017 | 29 Dec 2017, 21:06 | 34,000 ft | 362 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 27 Dec 2017, 05:4327 Dec 2017 | 27 Dec 2017, 06:06 | 38,000 ft | 2,579 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 8 Dec 2017, 05:358 Dec 2017 | 8 Dec 2017, 06:04 | 39,975 ft | 2,872 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 5 Dec 2017, 05:505 Dec 2017 | 5 Dec 2017, 06:20 | 40,000 ft | 3,046 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 1 Dec 2017, 05:361 Dec 2017 | 1 Dec 2017, 06:04 | 39,975 ft | 2,780 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 29 Nov 2017, 20:5529 Nov 2017 | 29 Nov 2017, 21:07 | 35,000 ft | 726 |
| VIR602 | ? > EGLL | 28 Nov 2017, 06:0928 Nov 2017 | 28 Nov 2017, 06:40 | 40,000 ft | 2,930 |
| VIR601 | EGLL > ? | 26 Nov 2017, 21:1626 Nov 2017 | 26 Nov 2017, 21:22 | 35,000 ft | 265 |
