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Contact

VIR450

G-VNEWB789Virgin Atlantic AirwaysConfirmed contact

Date
24 Oct 2026
Entry
05:49:45
Exit
06:17:22
Duration
27 min 37 s
Received positions
2,868
Route resolution
From the callsign, confidence 60/100Per the routes referential of 21 Jul 2026.

Contact map

05:49 · 37,975 ft · 440 kt
  • Route resolved from the callsign: O.R. Tambo International Airport (FAOR) to London Heathrow Airport (EGLL), confidence 60/100. A deduction from the reference data, never a measured path.
  • Measured track: 190 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

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Start and end of contact

Start
24 Oct 2026, 05:49
Altitude
37,975 ft
Ground speed
441 kt
Vertical rate
0 ft/min
Track
350°
Squawk
4002
End
24 Oct 2026, 06:17
Altitude
38,000 ft
Ground speed
425 kt
Vertical rate
192 ft/min
Track
341°
Squawk
4002