VQ-BWY — 747 83QF of Silk Way West Airlines
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Live status
Last seen on radar: July 12, 2026.
Facts
- Type
- 747 83QF
- Manufacturer
- Boeing
- Operator
- Silk Way West Airlines
- Country
- Bermuda
- ICAO hex
- 4243FA
Rarity & spotters
★★★★☆VQ-BWY is one of 64 747 83QF in our database.
Activity
From our radar history of the last 7 days.
- Flights
- 5
- Airborne time
- 3.6 h
- Max altitude
- 36,343 ft
- Max speed
- 536 kt
- Typical cruise
- 34,000 ft · 472 kt
Airborne minutes per weekday (UTC)
Airborne minutes per hour of day (UTC)
Likely based at EDFH — judging by take-off and landing patterns over the last 30 days.
About the type: Boeing 747-8
The Boeing 747-8 is the last member of the Boeing 747 family, a series of large, long-range wide-body airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. It is the largest model of the 747 and Boeing's largest aircraft overall. Following the introduction of the 747-400, Boeing explored larger 747 versions as potential competitors to the proposed double-deck Airbus A3XX, later developed as the Airbus A380. The stretched aircraft, initially called the 747 Advanced, was officially launched as the 747-8 on November 14, 2005, with the designation reflecting its technological ties to the 787 Dreamliner. At the time, Boeing forecast a market of 300 aircraft.
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