Dreamlifter Departs Wrong Airport

The Wichita Eagle reports on a Boeing Dreamlifter, a modified Boeing 747, leaving a short runway at Jabara Airport on November 21, 2013. The plane landed at the tiny airport in Wichita, Kansas on November 20, 2013 thinking it was landing at nearby McConnell Air Force Base. The gigantic plane typically flies to Wichita to pick up forward fuselages for assembly of Boeing 787 Dreamliners in Seattle or South Carolina.

Jabara's runway length is 6,101 feet - almost half the length of McConnell's runway. There were heavy skid marks at the end of the runway where the Dreamlifter stopped at Jabara, which is near 37th Street North and Webb Road.
FMI: Kansas.com