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Last heard Thursday at 8:37 am, at 3,050 feet, 5 miles southeast of Foothills Regional. 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 Thursday at 8:03 am

Last heard …still in the air, or beyond the receivers' hearing Thursday at 8:37 am

Length: 33 min
Distance: 37 nm (43 miles)
Top altitude: 4,350 ft
Fastest: 127 knots (146 mph)
Positions heard: 13

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.

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Altitude and speed through the flight

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Flights in the last 14 days

When	From	To	Length	Distance	Top altitude	Fastest
Thursday at 8:03 am to 8:37 am	in the air when first heard	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	33 min	37 nm	4,350 ft	127 kt
Wednesday at 3:57 pm to 4:26 pm	in the air when first heard	Hickory Regional HKY	28 min	50 nm	4,600 ft	125 kt
Tuesday at 9:31 am to 10:02 am	Hickory Regional HKY	Hickory Regional HKY	30 min	34 nm	4,950 ft	125 kt
Monday at 3:32 pm to 4:45 pm	Hickory Regional HKY	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	1 h 13 min	113 nm	4,675 ft	115 kt
Monday at 10:48 am to 11:32 am	Smith Reynolds Airport INT	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	44 min	55 nm	4,750 ft	118 kt
Monday at 9:41 am to 10:18 am	in the air when first heard	Smith Reynolds Airport INT	36 min	61 nm	5,575 ft	119 kt
Saturday at 1:16 pm to 2:01 pm	Hickory Regional HKY	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	45 min	59 nm	5,525 ft	120 kt
Saturday at 10:50 am to 11:59 am	Hickory Regional HKY	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	1 h 8 min	75 nm	5,375 ft	113 kt
November 2 at 3:24 pm to 3:55 pm	Hickory Regional HKY	still in the air, or out of the network's hearing	30 min	35 nm	4,300 ft	109 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: Piper PA-28-181, built 1999
Kind: Single-engine piston aircraft, 4 seats
Operator: Altitude Aviation LLC
Registered in: Lenoir, NC
Transponder code: ABF5F1

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