Diversion — SWA856

SWA856 (Southwest Airlines) was operating from KBNA to KPNS (Pensacola International Airport) on 2026-01-08. SkyMeter detected a diversion to Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) on runway 09R at 18:08 UTC. Peak cruise altitude FL394, turnaround area near Wilsonville, 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 7 kt wind, 5 kt crosswind component, 16,093 m visibility. Detection algorithm and known limitations: see SkyMeter methodology.

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