Diversion — SWA1146

SWA1146 (Southwest Airlines) was operating from KPIT to KBWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) on 2026-02-02. SkyMeter detected a diversion to Richmond International Airport (KRIC) on runway 16 at 22:18 UTC. Peak cruise altitude FL224, turnaround area near Basye, US. Approach stability score: 83/100. Scores in this band are observed on roughly 25% of approaches at this runway: one or more gates outside the per-runway tightest envelope, but still inside the typical operating range. METAR at the time reported 3 kt wind, 3 kt crosswind component, 16,093 m visibility. Detection algorithm and known limitations: see SkyMeter methodology.

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