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N78511

Boeing 737-824

Valid Illinois

N78511 is a Boeing 737-824, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2008. It has 149 seats. It is registered to United Airlines INC, a corporation in Chicago, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 15, 2008 and expires on April 30, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated May 10, 2008.

Aircraft

Maker
Boeing
Model
737-824
Serial number
33459
Type
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Power
Turbofan, 2 motors · Cfm Intl CFM56-7B26 · 26,300 lb thrust
Seats
149
Year built
2008
Transponder code
AAA5AE (octal 52522656)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 15, 2008
Expires
April 30, 2030
Last FAA action
February 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Transport · May 10, 2008
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00444139

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
United Airlines INC
Type
Corporation
Address
Attn: Treasurer Willis Tower
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

1989-01-26Cessna 172K · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
1955-10-12Piper J3C-65S · Valid registration

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