N28987
Boeing 787-9 · built 2021
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on January 23, 1990.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at DEN
Most frequent routes
- MUC → DEN9%
- EWR → PBI8%
- DEN → FRA7%
- DEN → LHR7%
- NRT → DEN6%
- LHR → DEN6%
- DEN → MUC6%
- IAH → GRU5%
- FRA → DEN4%
- SAN → EWR4%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from May 2021 to July 2026 — 357 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, United Airlines, LAX → EWR.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | May 2021 | July 2026 | 357 |
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 2021 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2021 | 2025 |
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 2021 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N28987.
- September 15, 1986Accident
THE PLT HAD BEEN WAITING IN LINE FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 16 FOR OVER AN HOUR, DUE TO TRAFFIC DEPARTING AIR RACES. WHEN CLEARED TO DEPART, WINDS WERE 300 DEG AT 15 KTS, GUSTING TO 22 KTS. PLT ELECTED TO ATTEMPT TAKEOFF, BECAME MOMENTARILY AIRBORNE WITH STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDING.