Special livery
Nevada One state flag livery
A Southwest aircraft painted with the Nevada state flag.
Confirmed Sep 28, 2026
Airframe story
N8646B is a Boeing 737-8H4 (MSN 36935) that has been registered to Southwest Airlines Co since 2014, with no other registrants on file. Southwest's Nevada One tribute livery was first introduced on June 2, 1999 on a 737-700, featuring a silver star, yellow sagebrush, and a "Battle Born" banner referencing Nevada's 1864 statehood during the Civil War. According to a modeling forum post, a later iteration of the livery was repainted onto a Boeing 737-800 after the prior Nevada One aircraft, N727SW, was retired, though no snippet confirms that N8646B specifically carries this scheme. The aircraft's most notable documented event came on July 27, 2024, when it diverted to Fresno, California after reporting an engine performance issue, landing safely on runway 29R about 25 minutes later. In the observed year the airframe logged 1,557 flights and 2,998.1 hours, and it has had two ground stays at KPAE lasting 14 and 32 days, though no source confirms the purpose of those stops.
Sister ships
- N8679A · Southwest Airlines1737 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8686A · Southwest Airlines1688 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8688J · Southwest Airlines1756 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8691A · Southwest Airlines1703 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8699A · Southwest Airlines1807 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8693A · Southwest Airlines1762 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
127 Boeing 737-8H4 are in the FAA records; 112 still registered; 121 flew in the last year. Most sit with Southwest Airlines Co (74) and Umb Bank Na Trustee (32).
From the FAA registry and observed flights. Inferences are labeled; outside facts are cited.