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N480DF

Last heard October 16 at 2:04 pm, at 1,200 feet, 7 miles southwest of Mineta San Jose International. Nothing newer has come from the network since; it may have landed out of the receivers' hearing.

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Took off —in the air when first heard October 15 at 11:11 am

Last heard …still in the air, or beyond the receivers' hearing October 15 at 11:57 am

Length: 45 min
Distance: 4 nm (5 miles)
Top altitude: 1,400 ft
Fastest: 33 knots (38 mph)
Positions heard: 5

This flight is the one in progress (or the last one heard, if the aircraft flew beyond the receivers). Times are local to where the aircraft was.

Line colour: altitude Low 10,000 ft 25,000 ft 40,000 ft Start End

Altitude and speed through the flight

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Flights in the last 14 days

When	From	To	Length	Distance	Top altitude	Fastest
October 15 at 11:11 am to 11:57 am	in the air when first heard	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	45 min	4 nm	1,400 ft	33 kt
October 15 at 10:22 am to 10:41 am	in the air when first heard	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	18 min	0 nm	1,225 ft	38 kt
October 12 at 2:06 pm to 2:43 pm	Sacramento Executive SAC	Mineta San Jose International SJC	37 min	73 nm	2,025 ft	128 kt

Show the last 56 days · A flight is a run of positions with no gap longer than twenty minutes; an airport is named when the aircraft was low and within five miles of it at that end.

Positions from the adsb.lol community network (open data). A distance is the sum of the straight lines between the positions heard, so it is a little short of the true track. Positions are kept in full for 7 days and at one point every five minutes after that, for 180 days. Map: OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors. For understanding where an aircraft went, not for flying.

The aircraft

Aircraft: Sikorsky S-70I, built 2019
Kind: Helicopter, 15 seats
Operator: California Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection
Registered in: Mcclellan, CA
Transponder code: A5E8EA

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