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Who Owns This Plane?

N24973

2018 Boeing 787-9

Fixed-wing, multi-engine · serial 40941

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Feb 29, 2028.

Registered owner

United Airlines Inc

Owner type: Corporation
Address: 233 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606
Fleet: 1,220 aircraft registered to this owner

Aircraft

Make and model: Boeing 787-9
Year built: 2018
Serial number: 40941
Type: Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Land
Engines: 2 × Turbofan · Ge GENX SERIES · 56,300 lb thrust
Seats: 422
Weight class: 20,000 lb and over
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Feb 11, 2018)
Mode S code: A254D7 (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Feb 12, 2018 · last FAA action Feb 6, 2024

Past registrations of N24973

N-numbers are reused. Each line is an earlier registration, ending on the date the FAA canceled it.

Feb 8, 1990 Piper PA-38-112 · serial 3879A0739
May 21, 1965 Piper J4A · serial 4-773 Perry Aviation Inc · Perry, OK

What a Boeing 787 looks likePhoto of a Boeing 787, not this aircraft: pjs2005 from Hampshire, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Check the official record

This page mirrors the FAA's public registry file dated Oct 30, 2026. The FAA's own N-number inquiry is the official record, with the full owner address and documents.

Where is it now?

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