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Who Owns This Plane?

N78013

1999 Boeing 777-224

Fixed-wing, multi-engine · serial 29861

Valid registration

Registered with the FAA until Apr 30, 2028.

Registered owner

United Airlines Inc

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

Aircraft

Make and model: Boeing 777-224
Year built: 1999
Serial number: 29861
Type: Fixed-wing, multi-engine · Land
Engines: 2 × Turbofan · Ge GE90-90B · 94,000 lb thrust
Seats: 400
Weight class: 20,000 lb and over
Certification: Type certificated · Standard airworthiness (issued Sep 13, 1999)
Mode S code: AA931D (the transponder's ICAO address, used by ADS-B flight trackers)
Registered since: Sep 15, 1999 · last FAA action May 5, 2023

Past registrations of N78013

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

Mar 15, 1956 1946 Globe GC-1B · serial 2013 Conover Donald · Somerville, NJ

What a Boeing 777 looks likePhoto of a Boeing 777, not this aircraft: Aero Icarus from Zürich, Switzerland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Where is it now?

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