Tail character
Ichabod the Whooping crane
Frontier's tail art on this aircraft features Ichabod, a whooping crane.
Confirmed Sep 28, 2026
Airframe story
N358FR is an Airbus A320-251N, serial 9068, built in 2019 and flown by Frontier Airlines under its spokesanimal branding as "Ichabod the Whooping Crane." FAA records show UMB Bank N.A. as trustee from 2019, a trustee structure typical of leased airline fleets like much of this A320neo cohort, many of which sit with Bank of Utah or Wilmington Trust as trustee. Over the observed year the jet logged 1,307 flights and 2,410.8 hours, a high-utilization pattern consistent with Frontier's ultra-low-cost model. Its recent chapters show stays at Las Vegas, San Diego, Atlanta, Orlando, Philadelphia and Tampa, before settling into an ongoing stretch at Tucson. No source confirms the reason for the Tucson stay, so it is best read, per Stabilator's inference, as a likely routine maintenance or storage visit rather than a confirmed event.
Livery guess: Frontier Airlines spokesanimal livery, "Ichabod the Whooping Crane". Named registration and livery scheme cited directly for this tail
Sister ships
- N305FRU.S. registration ended, Aug 2026
- N7581Exported to Bermuda, May 2021
- N576AEExported to Bermuda, Apr 2021
- N356FR · Bank of Utah (trustee)706 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Apr 27
- N818AV · Wells Fargo Trust Na (trustee)1219 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N354FR · Umb Bank Na (trustee)1332 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 9
109 Airbus A320-251N are in the FAA records; 106 still registered; 107 flew in the last year. Most sit with Bank of Utah Trustee (61) and Wilmington Trust Co Trustee (18).
From the FAA registry and observed flights. Inferences are labeled; outside facts are cited.