SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO· ICAO24 abaafe· last seen 2d ago

N8509U is a Boeing 737-800, a twin-engine jet operated by SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. SkyMeter has tracked 4,654 flights totalling 9,384 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 1508 callsigns. The most frequent segment is KDEN to KDAL. Service window in our records spans 458 days. Of those flights, 68 (1.5%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Boeing 737-800 has a 117 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 174,200 lb.

FLIGHTS
4,654
all time
FLOWN HOURS
9,384
tracked time
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AIRPORTS VISITED
130
unique
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CALLSIGNS
1,508
1009 routes
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/27/2025 → 08/28/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
1.5%
68 flagged

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Aircraft specifications

Boeing 737-800

Engines
Twin Jet
Vref (approach)
144 kt
MTOW
174,200 lb
Wingspan
117 ft
Length
130 ft
Wake category
Medium

Recent flights

Newest 50 operations of N8509U

50
08/21/2026
1h 29m
No alerts
08/17/2026
2h 5m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/17/2026
2h 25m
↘ Diverted (inferred)
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