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N24972

Boeing 787-9

Valid Illinois

N24972 is a Boeing 787-9, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2018. It has 422 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 17, 2018 and expires on January 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated January 16, 2018.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
787-9
Serial number
40939
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Ge GENX SERIES · 56,300 lb thrust
Seats
422
Year built
2018
Transponder code
A254D6 (octal 50452326)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 17, 2018
Expires
January 31, 2028
Last FAA action
January 16, 2024
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · January 16, 2018
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01268703

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

2009-07-15Cessna 152 · Registration certificate revoked
1954-03-23Piper J3F-50 · Valid registration

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