Audio recordings released on Monday reveal confusion between air traffic controllers and the veteran crew of a Southwest Airlines jet after they landed at the wrong airport in Missouri in January . `` I assume I 'm not at your airport , '' one of the pilots radioed to controllers at Branson Airport , the Boeing 737 's intended destination . `` 4013 , um , have you landed ? '' comes the response , according to the recordings released by the Federal Aviation Administration . `` Yea , '' says the pilot , after a brief pause . Then the controller calls to another air traffic facility for the area to inquire about the plane , and there is this exchange : . `` Did you watch Southwest land ? '' `` Yea , why ? '' `` Did you see it come here ? They 're saying it landed at the wrong airport . '' `` Are you kidding ? '' `` Yea , no , I 'm not . '' The plane from Chicago actually landed several miles away at a municipal airport in Taney County , which does n't have a control tower . And that was n't all . The Taney County airport 's runway is 3,738 feet , about half the length of the Branson runway , which is 7,140 feet . That forced pilots to act fast and brake hard when the aircraft with 129 passengers and crew touched down . No one was injured and the jet took off the next day . The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating . The pilots remain on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation , Southwest said in a statement .
FAA releases audio recording of air controllers and Southwest crew after landing . Flight 4013 landed at small municipal airport in January , not its intended destination . The matter is under investigation and pilots remain on paid leave for now .