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N28987

2021 Boeing 787-9

Fixed-wing, multi-engine · serial 66146

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Mar 31, 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: 2021
Serial number: 66146
Type: Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Land
Engines: 2 × Turbofan · Ge GENX-1B74/75/ · 76,700 lb thrust
Seats: 422
Weight class: 20,000 lb and over
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Mar 25, 2021)
Mode S code: A2F2FA (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Mar 30, 2021 · last FAA action Apr 28, 2023

Past registrations of N28987

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

Jan 23, 1990 Gulfstream American Corp AA-5B · serial AA5B0923

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

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Where is it now?

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