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FIREFLY 8B-15 — Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15

Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
130
Active
124
Origin
US
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
BALL
BALL
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Safety & ops history

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Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

29 yearsmedian age

Of the 85 registered Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 with a known build year (65% of the 130 we track), the median age is 29 years.

Registration activity

2changed registration in 12 months

2 of the 130 registered Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (2% of the fleet), across 2 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
1
Tracked flights
1
Tracked flight hours
1
Share of fleet flying
1%

1 Balloon Works FIREFLY 8B-15 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (1% of the registered fleet), across 1 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.