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An aircraft operated by Continental Express (Colgan) lands at the wrong airport … and this is apparently not the first time this has happened.
In fact, this error has reportedly occurred as many as three times in the past fifteen years.
The aircraft, which originated in Houston, was bound for Lake Charles Regional Airport south of Lake Charles in Louisiana but instead landed approximately eight miles due west at Southland Field south of Sulfur, Louisiana instead. Both airports have the same layout and their runways are located in the same latitude, tending to cause confusion — especially when the air traffic control tower at Lake Charles Regional Airport is not staffed after 10:00 in the evening, and the arrival time of the flight was scheduled for 10:30 in the evening.
The error caused the passengers to be delayed in reaching their final destination.