american eagle pilot scheduled to fly about 125 miles from dallas-fort worth international airport to wichita falls , texas , on sunday night .
the plane left nearly a half-hour late it got to wichita falls , the pilot told passengers that the runway lights were turned off and there was nobody at the airport to turn them on .
wichita falls officials first said that the eagle pilot had the wrong radio frequency to turn on the lights on the main , 13,000-foot runway .