Retro livery
Horizon Air meatball retro livery
A Horizon Air Embraer 175 in Horizon's original 1981 livery, previously carried by a Q400.
Reported, not yet confirmed by a recent photo
Airframe story
N652MK is an Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR, FAA-cataloged as an E175-family jet, registered to Horizon Air Industries Inc since 2022. The aircraft is best known for wearing a specially painted retro livery, with a wide band of cheatlines going from deep burgundy to orange, reminiscent of the coat worn by Horizon's first aircraft, a Fokker 27, when the airline launched in 1981. Its registration deliberately ends in MK instead of the usual QX pattern seen on sister ships, a tribute to Horizon founder Milt Kuolt. Over the past year it logged 2,405.6 hours across 2,000 flights, with recent stretches at Oklahoma City and Seattle. It is likely currently at San Francisco, where it has an ongoing 19-day stay, though no source confirms the reason for that stop.
Livery guess: Horizon Air retro livery (1981-inspired burgundy-to-orange cheatline). Snippets describe this specific aircraft as delivered in a specially painted retro scheme recalling Horizon's original 1981 livery
452 Embraer ERJ 170-200 LR are in the FAA records; 432 still registered; 431 flew in the last year. Most sit with Skywest Airlines Inc (135) and American Airlines Inc (123).
From the FAA registry and observed flights. Inferences are labeled; outside facts are cited.