Diversion — SWA609

SWA609 (Southwest Airlines) was operating from KCLE to KBWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport) on 2026-08-07. SkyMeter detected a diversion to Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) on runway 22L at 21:14 UTC. Peak cruise altitude FL316, turnaround area near Hicksville, US. Approach stability score: 76/100. 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 0 kt wind, 16,093 m visibility. Detection algorithm and known limitations: see SkyMeter methodology.

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