HOW can U land at wrong airport??? Its not a VFR flight! FAA should suspend their licenses for that insanity!

If you believe you could never land at the wrong airport you WILL be able to land at the wrong airport.

...what he said!

That is positively the "Stupidest" thing I have ever read.

Well, he asked how it differed from a regular -400.

What ever happened to getting all the facts before casting the first stone...

Some of you should ease up on our brothers, even our vaunted Nasal Radiators make a mistake from time to time.

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Looking at the approach plate for RNAV GPS 19L into McConnell, I noticed that the IF/IAF, WITBA, calls for 4000ft MSL and is about 8 miles from and 2600ft AGL above Col Jabara. The airport lines up for almost a perfect 300ft/mile approach to a 6000x100ft runway that is proportionally the same as a 12000x200ft runway (19L is actually 12,000X150, but signage and lighting for 300ft wide). I can see how its possible that they could get sucked in to seeing that field and just breaking off the RNAV approach and landing visually.

The mind is a terrible thing.....

Not hard. You break out of weather. Look for airport where you think it should be. If no ILS chances greater. Fatigue causes you to miss signs you are going to wrong field. You land. Can happen to anyone. Usually happens at an unfamiliar airport with a similar runway.

You don't really think that Atlas and the FAA are going to take the "Can happen to anyone" approach to this ... do you? I'm not sure you could explain this one in an ACTUAL EMERGENCY.

People (including innocent people on the ground), equipment (an awfully expensive airplane), facilities (are they lucky they didn't break through the asphalt?)? Questionable airmanship/judgement, insurance. Tons more ...

This is a HUGE DEAL!

You're screwing with us ... right

Not what he said...at all.