By Jonathan Block The pilot of a Southwest Airlines jet that landed at the wrong airport near Branson, Missouri in January only knew after he landed that he made the embarrassing error, newly released recordings show. 'I assume I'm not at your airport,' the pilot radioed to the control tower at Branson Airport in Hollister the evening of Jan. 12, moments after the plane came to a stop at the end of the runway at M. Graham Clark Airport about six miles away. 'Southwest 4013, have you landed?' the air traffic controller responded. After a short pause, the pilot replied, 'Yeah.'
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The Boeing 737 headed from Chicago to Branson Airport ended up landing at M. Graham Clark Airport six miles away
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The Clark Airport runway is about half the length of the strip at Branson
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Pilot and first officer remain on paid leave
The pilots then said they had the airport in sight, though what they thought was Branson Airport was actually @placeholder, an airfield that has one runway with a length of just 3,738 feet.