Boeing jumbo jet safely takes off after mistakenly landing at tiny Kansas airport

A gigantic Boeing 747 Dreamlifter cargo plane has safely taken off from a tiny airport in Kansas, after it landed there by mistake raising speculations on its take-off from a much shorter runway.

The cargo jet was heading for McConnell air force base in Wichita, but instead touched down at nearby Colonel James Jabara airport, the BBC reports.

The huge cargo jet normally needs a runway of 2,780 meters to get airborne with maximum weight, while Jabara's runway is only 1,860 meters long, the report added.

According to the report, no damages have been reported after the plane landed.

A tug was dispatched to the airport to turn around the giant cargo plane, which can carry more cargo by volume than any aeroplane in the world.

Boeing uses its fleet of four Dreamlifters to transport large assembled components of its 787 Dreamliner from suppliers around the world to the final assembly location in Washington state.