We live in the flight pattern for the Colorado Springs airport. On June 25 a Southwest Airlines plane was landing at the airport. Since SW does not fly out of here, what’s up?
— Bill

ANSWER:
Planes were diverted here because of the weather. On June 25 there were five tornadoes spotted in the Denver area and one damaged a mall near E-470. Because of the proximity to Denver International Airport, some incoming planes from a number of different airlines were diverted to Colorado Springs where the weather was a little nicer. This has happened on other occasions, too, including during DIA blizzard conditions.

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