N315UA
Boeing 737-8 · built 2024
Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on January 4, 2011.
Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).
Usually based at CLT
Most frequent routes
- CLT → PHX8%
- RDU → PHL5%
- DFW → LGA5%
- LGA → ORD4%
- BUR → PHX4%
- LGA → RDU4%
- JFK → GEO3%
- LAX → ORD3%
- ORD → DCA3%
- IAH → LGA3%
Last seen
Scheduled US airline service
Reported in scheduled US passenger service from January 2025 to July 2026 — 1,428 flights. Last reported flight: July 31, 2026, American Airlines, DCA → DFW.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AA | January 2025 | July 2026 | 1,428 |
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. 18,658 reported flights from January 1995 to November 2008 predate the airframe built in 2024 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N315UA.
| Carrier | First | Last | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | January 1995 | November 2008 | 18,658 |
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 2024 to 2025, most recently reported as owned.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| American Airlines AA | 2024 | 2025 |
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. BTS filings from 2006 to 2007 report a different serial number than the airframe built in 2024 and belong to an earlier aircraft that carried N315UA.
| Carrier | First filed | Last filed |
|---|---|---|
| United Airlines UA | 2006 | 2007 |
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 2024 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N315UA.
- July 24, 2006Accident
The failure of the ORD tower south local controller to monitor Atlas Air flight 6972, B747, on arrival to runway 14R and subsequently clearing United Airlines flight 1015, B737, for takeoff on intersecting runway 27L causing a loss of separation between the two aircraft. Full accident record
Transportation Safety Board of Canada records
No TSB occurrence records for this airframe.
Earlier aircraft with this registration
Registrations are reused. 1 TSB record predates the airframe built in 2024 and belongs to earlier aircraft that carried N315UA.
- February 15, 2001Incident
A01W0041: After push-back, the tug operator advised the crew of the United Airlines Boeing 737, N315UA, flight number UAL1649 that there was a fire in number one engine (CFM56-3B1). The engine start was terminated and ERS was called out, but not required. The crew reported that during the start sequence, when the fuel…
Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).