C-17 lands at Peter O'Night instead of MacDill

Didn't Northwest land one at Ellsworth instead of Rapid City awhile back. All those B1's...just sitting there...then A LONG time ago Delta (IIRC) landed at Frankfort, KY instead of Lexington.
 
deadstick said:
Didn't Northwest land one at Ellsworth instead of Rapid City awhile back. All those B1's...just sitting there...then A LONG time ago Delta (IIRC) landed at Frankfort, KY instead of Lexington.
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That's another one of those places where it's REALLY easy to do just that. Ellsworth looks like a real airport, where Rapid City's airport looks more like a drag strip right next door.
 
deadstick said:
Didn't Northwest land one at Ellsworth instead of Rapid City awhile back. All those B1's...just sitting there...then A LONG time ago Delta (IIRC) landed at Frankfort, KY instead of Lexington.
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They did.

There were a few contributing factors that made it a bit more complex than that though.
 
Continental landed at at KNGW instead of KCRP about 15 years or so ago, I remember.
 
Still, I don't think anyone will beat the Northwest crew that landed at the wrong airport, city, and country all in one. That is the juggernaut.
 
Nick said:
Still, I don't think anyone will beat the Northwest crew that landed at the wrong airport, city, and country all in one. That is the juggernaut.
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Holy cra......

If we're going to build of list of "landing in the wrong place" ....Let's not forget to add Continental Airlines Flight 1883 (757) in 2006 which landed on a taxiway in Newark to the list. Talk about an "oh sh*t" moment....
 
web265 said:
Holy cra......

If we're going to build of list of "landing in the wrong place" ....Let's not forget to add Continental Airlines Flight 1883 (757) in 2006 which landed on a taxiway in Newark to the list. Talk about an "oh sh*t" moment....
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Like Delta who landed on a taxiway at ATL just a couple years ago?
 
I wasn't aware of that one, have to look it up. The EWR incident stuck on my mind I guess because I'm so close ...
 
jtrain609 said:
The Tampa Bay area is pretty much world renowned for how easy it is to land at the wrong airport. This isn't surprising at all to me.

El Paso is the same deal, in my mind. The first time I went in there, I was blown away at how easy it would be to land on the Air Force base and not the international airport.

https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb&ie=UTF-8&q=el paso international airport&fb=1&gl=us&hq=el paso international airport&hnear=el paso international airport&cid=0,0,2247101600509703497&ei=Dc0KUInqG8PdrAHLurWyCg&ved=0CLIBEPwSMAA
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Having flown in and out of ELP several times in the last few weeks, I can attest to this.
 
Wasn't there a case where a 757 landed at Portland's GA airport instead of Portland international?

If the story was true they also barely got it stopped and flew it out after offloading the cargo and most of the fuel.
 
C-17_at_Bagram_Air_Base.jpg

MikeD said:
No. Just 2 pilots and a loadmaster.
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Many times, they also carry a 3rd pilot to augment the crew for long flights. Not sure if this incident was carrying a third pilot or not, but it wouldn't be the first time that a C-17 with 3 pilots on board made a big booboo
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd80/cenciotti/C17 Bagram/C-17_at_Bagram_Air_Base.jpg
 
Zondaracer said:
TUS and DMA can also cause some confusion for those not familiar with the area
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Initially, if you're miles out, I can see. but things should be very apparent on 3 miles final or so, if not already, at these fields. Plus, having I-10 on the correct side of you, pending you're keeping SA on that, should also make it apparent. I would rank BIF/ELP above this one, only because on the HI-ILS 22 at ELP, when arcing to the north to 22 final, the slightest overshoot will put inline with BIF RW 21, the exception being that BIF is single runway. DMA is also, ass opposed to TUS.
 
In Brazil there is an airport that I think it has the record for mistake landings, at least 2 airlines in the past 10 years have done it. This airport is not in the same city or state of the destination one...
 
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