AIRPLANE FACTORY INC· ICAO24 a810f1· last seen 18d ago

N619HW is a Sling Aircraft Sling 4, a single-engine piston aircraft operated by AIRPLANE FACTORY INC. SkyMeter has tracked 702 flights totalling 565 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 2 callsigns. The most frequent segment is KTOA to KTOA. Service window in our records spans 430 days. Of those flights, 16 (2.3%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Sling Aircraft Sling 4 has a maximum takeoff weight of 2,646 lb, light wake category.

About the Sling Aircraft Sling 4

The Sling 4 is a South African-designed four-seat light aircraft built by The Airplane Factory and marketed globally as an amateur-built kit. First flown in 2012, it represents a modern take on the touring aircraft category with all-metal construction, side-stick controls, and a spacious cabin that seats four adults in relative comfort. The design emphasizes cross-country capability with a useful load around 900 pounds and cruise speeds in the 140-knot range, powered by a Rotax 914 turbocharged engine that delivers strong performance at altitude.

What sets the Sling 4 apart in the experimental aircraft market is its blend of European sport-plane handling with genuine four-seat utility, a niche where many designs compromise either payload or speed. The aircraft has found favor with owner-builders seeking a capable tourer that can be assembled from a complete kit, and it's proven popular enough to spawn a certified variant (the TSi) aimed at flight schools and commercial operators. With a never-exceed speed of 165 knots and a stall speed below 50 knots in landing configuration, the Sling 4 offers a comfortable operating envelope for pilots transitioning from trainers to cross-country machines.

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

FLIGHTS
702
all time
FLOWN HOURS
565
tracked time
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AIRPORTS VISITED
71
unique
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CALLSIGNS
2
101 routes
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SERVICE PERIOD
5/27/2025 → 7/31/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
2.3%
16 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

10
113
21
18
12
11
8
7
7
6
4

Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

2

Aircraft specifications

Sling Aircraft Sling 4

Engines
Single Piston
Vref (approach)
65 kt
MTOW
2,646 lb
Wake category
L

Recent flights

Newest 50 operations of N619HW

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7/31/2026
34m
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7/28/2026
2h 34m
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7/28/2026
2h 2m
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7/28/2026
31m
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7/28/2026
2h 4m
△ Low approach-stability score
7/27/2026
1h 10m
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7/27/2026
3h 14m
△ Low approach-stability score
7/27/2026
3h 50m
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7/27/2026
2m
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7/27/2026
8m
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7/27/2026
3m
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7/21/2026
9m
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7/18/2026
40m
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7/18/2026
1h 2m
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7/16/2026
2h 13m
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7/16/2026
1h 20m
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7/16/2026
35m
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7/16/2026
4h 23m
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7/16/2026
1h 57m
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7/15/2026
1h 57m
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7/15/2026
3h 54m
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7/14/2026
36m
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7/13/2026
47m
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7/10/2026
43m
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6/26/2026
34m
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6/26/2026
9m
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6/26/2026
20m
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6/26/2026
36m
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6/25/2026
19m
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6/25/2026
56m
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6/24/2026
51m
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6/24/2026
22m
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6/22/2026
35m
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6/22/2026
42m
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6/20/2026
1h 21m
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6/19/2026
46m
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6/19/2026
29m
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6/19/2026
31m
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6/16/2026
39m
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6/16/2026
36m
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6/12/2026
10m
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6/12/2026
59m
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5/29/2026
40m
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5/29/2026
42m
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5/28/2026
52m
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