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Contact

VIR478

G-VWHOB789Virgin Atlantic AirwaysConfirmed contact

Date
22 Oct 2026
Entry
21:06:16
Exit
21:19:01
Duration
12 min 45 s
Received positions
473
Route resolution
From the callsign, confidence 60/100Per the routes referential of 19 Apr 2026.

Contact map

21:06 · 34,975 ft · 512 kt
  • Route resolved from the callsign: London Heathrow Airport (EGLL) to Cape Town International Airport (FACT), confidence 60/100. A deduction from the reference data, never a measured path.
  • Measured track: 65 received points, joined in time order. The real captured path, never fabricated.0 ft≥ 35,000 ft

'Entry' and 'exit' mark where the station began and stopped receiving the aircraft, at the edges of the antenna's range: not where the aircraft appeared or vanished.

Flight profile

0 ft20,000 ft40,000 ft0 kt300 kt600 kt0 min6 min11 min
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Start and end of contact

Start
22 Oct 2026, 21:06
Altitude
35,000 ft
Ground speed
514 kt
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Track
0°
Squawk
6305
End
22 Oct 2026, 21:19
Altitude
35,000 ft
Ground speed
526 kt
Vertical rate
-224 ft/min
Track
155.1°
Squawk
6305