Saturday, July 9, 2016

Delta A320 at Rapid City on Jul 7th 2016, landed on wrong airport



A Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N333NW performing flight DL-2845 from Minneapolis,MN to Rapid City Regional Airport,SD (USA) with 130 passengers, was on approach to Rapid City Regional Airport's [ICAO: KRAP] runway 14 but aligned with Rapid City's Ellsworth Air Force Base's runway 13 and landed safely on the runway of the Air Force Base.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 2.5 hours, then performed the short hop of about 6nm from Ellsworth [KRCA] to Regional Airport.

The NTSB announced they are investigating the occurrence, when the A320 landed at Ellsworth AFB instead of Rapid City Regional Airport.

The airline confirmed their aircraft mistakenly landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base. The aircraft later positioned to Regional Airport arriving there with a delay of 3:10 hours. The crew has been suspended pending internal investigation by Delta and pending investigation by NTSB.

Metars:
KRAP 080352Z 24005KT 10SM CLR 18/08 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP144 T01780083 
KRAP 080252Z 12003KT 10SM CLR 19/10 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01890100 53007
KRAP 080152Z 15003KT 10SM CLR 22/11 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP130 T02220106 
KRAP 080052Z 17003KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02440078 
KRAP 072352Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02440078 10256 20217 58006
KRAP 072252Z 05004KT 10SM CLR 25/07 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02500072 
KRAP 072152Z VRB05KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02560078 

Incident: Delta A320 at Rapid City on Jul 7th 2016, landed on wrong airport

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