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N16217

Boeing 737-824

Valid Illinois

N16217 is a Boeing 737-824, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 1998. It has 149 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 27, 2018 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated July 1, 1999.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-824
Serial number
28777
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Cfm Intl. CFM56 SERIES · 2200 hp
Seats
149
Year built
1998
Transponder code
A0FBB7 (octal 50175667)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
June 27, 2018
Expires
June 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 19, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · July 1, 1999
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00106971

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United Airlines INC
Type
Corporation
Address
233 S Wacker Dr
Chicago, IL 60606-7147

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1991-08-28Cessna 150L · exported to Germany · Second attempt to mail the triennial form, no response
1950-03-31Waco ZQC-6 · Valid registration

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data