Lovetojetblue From United States of America, joined Jun 2008, 137 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 1545 times:
I was just wondering if there was some website that would tell you the registration of any given aircraft in advance.
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Cadet57 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 9081 posts, RR: 34 Reply 1, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1534 times:
There really isnt a way to tell. Airlines dont publish it and the scheduled aircraft can change on a dime. Many times there isnt a scheduled plane until a couple days before.
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71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2736 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1520 times:
Quoting Cadet57 (Reply 1):
There really isnt a way to tell. Airlines dont publish it
CO does, check the flight status. Already have Mondays aircraft assigned.
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 3, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1518 times:
Quoting Cadet57 (Reply 1): There really isnt a way to tell. Airlines dont publish it and the scheduled aircraft can change on a dime. Many times there isnt a scheduled plane until a couple days before.
Or even a couple of hours before. Stuff happens and a/c end up being swapped. An a/c may come in needing some minor maintenance work performed on it, thereby putting it out of service. There may be another a/c that isn't scheduled to go out until later that can be swapped out, as the estimated time for the a/c being worked on would allow it to be used on that later departure. Or the inbound a/c may be significantly delayed at its' departure airport due to weather, ATC issues, crew issues, maintenance delay, and that delay is enough where they could easily swap the operating a/c. In some cases, they have to send the flight out on time due to curfew or slot restrictions.
CO has started to list the a/c number online, but even then, that's still not a 100% guarantee. Just as your departure gate may move the day of the flight.
CODCAIAH From United States of America, joined Jul 2006, 172 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1458 times:
With CO, how do you tell the reg number from the listed aircraft number? For example, if I get "Boeing 737-800 aircraft #210" from pda.continental.com, how do you figure out the reg number?
71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2736 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1421 times:
Got to dig around a little, will usually be the last numbers in the reg.
Co2BGR From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 558 posts, RR: 4 Reply 6, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1407 times:
the reg would be N**210 then.
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330lover From Belgium, joined Jul 2008, 504 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1288 times:
Right, but if CO #210 goes tech 1 hour before, it can be swapped to whatever aircraft available. I think you can only know the reg once it takes off.
I was on a flight BRU-SZG years ago, boarded and waiting for departure when a baggage car slipped and bounced into the landing gear. We all had to deboard and were put on another one. So before take off, anything can happen.
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CAL764 From United States of America, joined May 2008, 366 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (4 years 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1263 times:
Quoting 330lover (Reply 7): Right, but if CO #210 goes tech 1 hour before, it can be swapped to whatever aircraft available. I think you can only know the reg once it takes off.
I've had it change three times in one day, only to find the aircraft to serve me that day had been the original one posted at the start of the day. Strange...
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