Return to field — PTJ7

PTJ7 (Redstar AIR Shows) had departed KACV on 2026-08-09. SkyMeter detected a return to field at California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport (KACV) at 22:19 UTC. Peak altitude 2,949 ft, turnaround area near McKinleyville, US. Approach stability score: 31/100. 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.

• AIR SHOWS/SPORTS6/0694 2026-08-07 18:30Z – 2026-08-10 01:30Z SFC–12,000 ft

  McKinleyville, CA, Friday, August 7, 2026 through Monday, August 10, 2026 UTC

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SkyMeter cross-referenced this flight against FAA-published TFRs that were active during its window and within its geographic bounding box. Overlap doesn't necessarily mean violation — the aircraft may have been outside the TFR’s precise polygon or flying under air-traffic-control coordination.

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