TRacking N727QS Van nuys airport

[annc]

Hi, and I'm excited to be a new user.

I'm trying to verify accounts that stated a NetJets Gulfstream was on the airfield at Van Nuys airport yesterday at about 11:30a.m., July 30th, Monday.  The tail number is N727QS.  I tried calling Van Nuys airport operations but I can't get through to a live person.  The website aviation tracking services only have a flight for this plane coming from the Bahamas to Fort Lauderdale, one month ago.

Furthermore, I read on your site that the ATC signal for Van Nuys Airport is looped, somehow, into the Burbank airport signal.  I tried to see if there was an audio file archive for yesterday's traffic, through Burbank's signal, but I got no hits when I searched the ATC website. 

Could anyone advise me of a way to figure out the plane's destination and travel times.  Thanks so much!

Ann

[Jason]

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/EJA727/history

Search under EJA727 instead.  They only file under the aircraft tail number when operating outside the U.S.

Looks like it departed Van Nuys for Toronto on July 30th at 11:51am PDT.

[ORD Don]

   At the risk of asking a stupid question (it won't be the first time), where
   does the " EJA " come from?

[rpd]

EJA is the the 3 letter code for call sign ExecJet, which is radio telephony for Net Jets.

[blizzard242]

According to Flight aware the last flight of n727qs was   Saturday, Jun 23, 2007.

[Jason]

According to Flight aware the last flight of n727qs was   Saturday, Jun 23, 2007.

See the second post in this thread.

wurtzie, As rpd explained, EJA is the 3 letter identifier for NetJets and is used anytime the aircraft operates within the U.S.  They used to only use that identifier when flying "live" or passenger carrying legs in the U.S., but now use it for all legs flown in the U.S.

[ORD Don]

   Thanks Jason and RPD...     D.W.

[annc]

This is Ann...you people are incredibly knowledgeable.  Thank you so much.  I love people who are this good at what they do.

Rock on,

Ann

[Jason]

This is Ann...you people are incredibly knowledgeable.  Thank you so much.  I love people who are this good at what they do.

Rock on,

Ann

Anytime, it's my pleasure.

[edro20]

Does flightaware track filed VFR flights or just IFR? Sorry if a little off topic.

[Jason]

Does flightaware track filed VFR flights or just IFR? Sorry if a little off topic.

Used to track a few VFRs, but now it appears the site tracks strictly IFR.  I've been told this is not a limitation of FlightAware, but from the FAA in the form of how position updates and other messages are relayed to flight trackers.