VN1 (Taslo) had departed KVPS on 2026-08-21. SkyMeter detected a return to field at Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport (KVPS) on runway 12 at 20:02 UTC. Peak altitude 16,166 ft, turnaround area near Walton, US. Approach stability score: 43/100. 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 12
- 16166 ft AGL at event
- 486 kt ground speed
- 0 fpm vertical
- Approach stability 43/100
- 0 kt wind
- 0 kt crosswind component
- 16,093 m visibility
- KVPS 102055Z 00000KT 10SM FEW200 28/24 A2996 RMK AO2A LTG DSNT W RAB1955E15 SLPNO ALSTG ESTMD P0008 60012 57027 FZRANO CHINO RWY02 $
Flight context
- VN1
- Taslo
- F5
- KVPS → KVPS
- 2026-08-21 20:02 UTC
- KVPS runway 12
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