Return to field — N988RT

KFTW · 17

2026-09-02 16:18 UTC· KFTW KFTW· ASPEN AUSTIN AIR LLC· CL30

N988RT (Aspen Austin AIR) had departed KFTW on 2026-09-02. SkyMeter detected a return to field at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (KFTW) on runway 17 at 16:18 UTC. Peak altitude 2,494 ft, turnaround area near Blue Mound, US. Approach stability score: 41/100. Scores below 50 occur on under 10% of approaches at this runway and indicate the v2 scorer flagged the approach as highly anomalous (three or more gates exceeded the runway's P90 envelope simultaneously). METAR at the time reported 0 kt wind, 16,093 m visibility. Detection algorithm and known limitations: see SkyMeter methodology.

Pilot review data

  • Runway 17
  • 2494 ft AGL at event
  • 227 kt ground speed
  • 0 fpm vertical
  • Approach stability 41/100
  • 0 kt wind
  • 0 kt crosswind component
  • 16,093 m visibility
  • KFTW 161853Z 12009KT 10SM CLR 37/17 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP197 T03670172 $

Flight context

  • N988RT
  • Aspen Austin AIR
  • CL30
  • KFTW → KFTW
  • 2026-09-02 16:18 UTC
  • KFTW runway 17

All events on this flight

Return to field 16:18:42 UTC · KFTW runway 17 · 2,494 ft AGL · 227 kt GS
Unstable approach 16:39:00 UTC · KFTW runway 16 · 1,804 ft AGL · 160 kt GS

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