Tail character
Hamber the California condor
Frontier's tail art on this aircraft features Hamber, a California condor.
Confirmed Sep 28, 2026
Airframe story
N609FR is a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321-271NX, serial 11149, built as part of the carrier's endangered-animals livery program. Per Airbus production news, the aircraft was noted at Hamburg Finkenwerder on February 3, 2023. It is registered to Wilmington Trust Co, trustee, from 2023, consistent with a leased-airliner ownership structure. The aircraft is named "Hamber the California Condor," with a seat capacity of 240 and PW1133GA-JM engines, honoring Jan Hamber, an American ornithologist and conservationist who worked at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The jet was involved in an incident in which Frontier flight F93216, operated by this aircraft, had just pushed back from a gate at LAX when the crew applied hard braking to avoid two service trucks crossing the taxiway. Recent activity shows stops at Orlando, Philadelphia, and a Florida general-aviation field, with the airframe now likely at Denver.
Livery guess: Hamber the California Condor (Frontier Airlines endangered-species livery). Named livery and seat/engine details tied directly to this registration
Sister ships
- N522DA · Delta Air Lines1100 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N515DE · Delta Air Lines1164 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N605FR · Bank of Utah (trustee)1384 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N4073J · Jetblue Airways1110 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N514DE · Delta Air Lines1248 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N526DE · Delta Air Lines1231 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
123 Airbus A321-271NX are in the FAA records; 123 still registered; 122 flew in the last year. Most sit with Delta Air Lines Inc (47) and Bank of Utah Trustee (31).
From the FAA registry and observed flights. Inferences are labeled; outside facts are cited.