· ICAO24 4d244f· last seen May 2026

9H-MLW is an Airbus A320, a twin-engine jet. SkyMeter has tracked 1,600 flights totalling 2,917 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 196 callsigns. The most frequent segment is EDDS to LIRF. Service window in our records spans 326 days. Of those flights, 38 (2.4%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Airbus A320 has a 118 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 171,961 lb.

About the Airbus A320

The Airbus A320 revolutionized commercial aviation when it entered service in 1988 as the world's first production airliner with full fly-by-wire flight controls and side-stick controllers instead of traditional yokes. Built by Airbus Industrie as the founding member of what became the best-selling jet airliner family in history, the A320 introduced a common type rating across its entire family: pilots certified on the A318, A319, A320, or A321 can fly any variant with minimal additional training, a concept that reshaped airline economics and crew scheduling worldwide. Its digital flight control system, which interprets pilot inputs through computers rather than direct mechanical linkage, provides envelope protection that prevents pilots from exceeding structural limits or stalling the aircraft under normal law, a design philosophy that sparked decades of debate about automation versus manual flying skills.

The A320 typically cruises at Mach 0.78 and can reach altitudes up to 39,000 feet with a range of approximately 3,300 nautical miles, making it the workhorse of short- to medium-haul routes globally. Seating 150 to 180 passengers in typical two-class configurations, it competes directly with the Boeing 737 Next Generation and MAX families. The type's operational efficiency, commonality advantages, and advanced avionics helped Airbus break Boeing's dominance in the single-aisle market.

SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators spanning routes, with the largest observed operator.

FLIGHTS
1,600
all time
FLOWN HOURS
2,917
tracked time
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AIRPORTS VISITED
60
unique
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CALLSIGNS
196
122 routes
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SERVICE PERIOD
06/21/2025 → 05/13/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
2.4%
38 flagged

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Aircraft specifications

Airbus A320

Engines
Twin Jet
Vref (approach)
136 kt
Vmo
350 kt
MTOW
171,961 lb
Wingspan
118 ft
Length
123 ft
Wake category
Medium

Recent flights

Newest 50 operations of 9H-MLW

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05/13/2026
1h 50m
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04/03/2026
4h 52m
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04/02/2026
3h 4m
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04/02/2026
4h 58m
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02/26/2026
3h 18m
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02/25/2026
2h 54m
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02/25/2026
4h 25m
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02/23/2026
4h 10m
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02/06/2026
3h 21m
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02/05/2026
3h 23m
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01/27/2026
4h 49m
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01/26/2026
4h 47m
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01/24/2026
4h 55m
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01/22/2026
4h 40m
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01/21/2026
5h 38m
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01/21/2026
18m
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01/20/2026
7h 2m
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01/19/2026
5h 8m
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01/17/2026
4h 42m
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01/15/2026
4h 57m
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