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N29985

Boeing 787-9

Valid Illinois

N29985 is a Boeing 787-9, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2020. It has 422 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 27, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated March 25, 2021.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
787-9
Serial number
66144
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Ge GENX-1B74/75/ · 76,700 lb thrust
Seats
422
Year built
2020
Transponder code
A31A77 (octal 50615167)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 27, 2026
Expires
May 31, 2033
Last FAA action
May 27, 2026
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · March 25, 2021
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01321630

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

1982-06-11Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 · exported to New Zealand · Valid registration
1954-11-16Waco UPF-7 · Valid registration

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