Special livery
Colorado One state flag livery
A Southwest aircraft painted with the Colorado state flag.
Confirmed Sep 28, 2026
Airframe story
N8690A is a Boeing 737-8H4 (MSN 36916) built in 2016 and registered to Southwest Airlines Co from 2016, where it remains today. Flightradar24 and JetPhotos both identify this airframe as carrying Southwest's "Colorado One" special livery, with one photo log noting the scheme is "now on the -800" and another showing it taxiing after landing at Atlanta. That scheme was originally applied to a Boeing 737-7H4, N230WN, as part of Southwest's broader tradition, in place since 1988, of painting selected aircraft in liveries reflecting states it serves, destination partners, or its own history. Over the observed year the aircraft logged 1,681 flights and 3,159.8 hours, passing through Spokane, Sacramento, and Paine Field before its most recent stop at Louis Marx Jr. Airport in Mississippi.
Livery guess: Southwest Airlines "Colorado One" special livery. Flightradar24 and JetPhotos entries identify N8690A as wearing the Colorado One scheme, which was originally exclusive to 737-7H4 N230WN
Sister ships
- N8651A · Southwest Airlines1511 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8693A · Southwest Airlines1762 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8699A · Southwest Airlines1807 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8650F · Southwest Airlines1483 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8614M · Southwest Airlines1720 flights since at least Oct 2025, last seen Oct 10
- N8645A · Southwest Airlines1586 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.