Southwest Airlines flight lands at wrong Mo. airport

Billnew said:

How can a major airport be mistaken for a small one?

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Without knowing much about the exact situation - airports have a similar layout and/or pilot is unfamiliar with the airport, pilot accidentally enters wrong airport into autopilot, poor visibility/darkness means the pilot can't see airport is obviously not right, outdated tech at air traffic control makes it less likely that control would realize a problem until it's too late.

Combine that all together and you're landing at the wrong airport.

Edit: Looking at google maps, both airports are single runway in similar orientations (though probably a 10 degree difference).
Edit2: 20 degree difference, Branson has runways 14/32 and the other one has runways 12/30.

Makes that ticket worth every penny!