N24706
Boeing 737-724 · built 1998
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on January 18, 1994.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at EWR
Most frequent routes
- SFO → IAH6%
- IAH → CLE4%
- MSY → DEN4%
- IAH → SFO4%
- PDX → SFO4%
- IAH → EWR3%
- EWR → MSY2%
- AUS → IAD2%
- ORD → IAD2%
- SEA → SFO2%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from June 1998 to July 2026 — 24,610 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, United Airlines, MSP → ORD.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | January 2012 | July 2026 | 13,292 |
| Continental Airlines CO | June 1998 | December 2011 | 11,318 |
Source: BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (public domain; US reporting carriers, scheduled domestic flights).
US fleet inventory (BTS B-43)
Filed in BTS’s annual carrier fleet inventory from 2006 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2012 | 2025 |
| Continental Airlines CO | 2006 | 2011 |
Source: BTS Form 41 Schedule B-43 (Annual Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines) (open data; large certificated US carriers, annual filing).
Safety history
No recorded accidents or incidents for this aircraft in FlightFinder’s database.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1998 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N24706.
- April 29, 1993Accident
The captain's failure to maintain professional cockpit discipline, his consequent inattention to flight instruments and ice accretion, and his selection of an improper autoflight vertical mode, all of which led to an aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and a forced landing. Full accident record