Hey, They All look The Same From The Air.

        The next time you decide to fly to Dallas, Texas, you might want to check to see if you're scheduled to go by way of Chicago and Branson, Mo. If that is the route you're taking, or if your intended destination is Branson, perhaps to take in a show or two, you might want to ask to speak to the pilot. You might ask him or her if he's aware of the fact that there are two airports near Branson. It's just a suggestion.
       The reason I bring it up is that there really are two airports near Branson, one has a 7140 foot runway and the other has a 3738 foot runway. Now it's not that a 737-700 airliner can't land on the smaller runway, it's just that there isn't quite enough runway to take off fully loaded. And the thing is, Branson doesn't have enough taxis to transport all the passengers the extra seven miles all in the same day. Of course they do have access to buses, if that's okay with you.
       The thing is, if the pilot only had access to some directional advisory device like a GPS gadget, this problem might not happen. As an alternative, you could take your own personal GPS along with you. I'm sure the flight crew would be grateful for the added help.
       Now this story is interesting but not without redundancy. About a month earlier a 747 with a flight crew of  two, the only ones aboard, landed at the wrong airbase in Kansas. So it appears that there may be a "dark zone" located in the Midwest and you might be well advised to steer clear of that portion of the country. This theory will be well tested come the presidential campaign year of 2016, so there is time to fix it. On the other hand, the country might be better served to allow it to continue it's existence until after the 2016 elections. Or maybe not.
       At any rate all the passengers and crew were shuttled to the larger airport and another plane was flown into Branson, this time to the correct airport, and everyone continued on to Dallas. I presume the original flight crew flew the new plane on to it's intended destination, but not until after a short course on GPS reading for the pilots.