N486UA - 2001 Airbus Industrie A320-232 Aircraft Registration

N486UA is a 2001 Airbus Industrie A320-232, a twin-engine turbo-fan aircraft registered to United Airlines INC in Chicago, IL. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on January 23, 2002. The registration certificate was issued on April 1, 2013. The registration is set to expire on April 30, 2029. Powered by a Iae V2500SERIES engine producing 25000 pounds of thrust, N486UA is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A600A6 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N486UA was last tracked by AviatorDB at coordinates 39.8600, -104.6738 on July 29, 2025. The FAA registry record for N486UA was last updated on January 2, 2025. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

Airbus SE, headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, with manufacturing facilities across Europe, is one of the world's two largest commercial aircraft manufacturers. The company produces the A220, A320neo family, A330neo, A350, and A380 widebody aircraft. AviatorDB tracks 494 Airbus Industrie aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the A320-232 model.

AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N486UA. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.