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N38479

Boeing 737-900ER

Valid Illinois

N38479 is a Boeing 737-900ER, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2016. It has 222 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 23, 2016 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated December 22, 2016.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-900ER
Serial number
62817
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Cfm Intl CFM56-7B27E/F · 27,300 lb thrust
Seats
222
Year built
2016
Transponder code
A46D95 (octal 51066625)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 23, 2016
Expires
December 31, 2029
Last FAA action
September 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · December 22, 2016
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
01228610

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

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1970-10-07Piper J3F-65 · Valid registration

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