CRJ200 first officer reports lining up with the wrong runway while attempting a visual approach to r...

Narrative:

We were cleared for the visual approach to rwy 9 in to swf we had identified the airport visually this matched up with the ADF pointing to the FAF and the localizer movement I clicked off the ap and started the approach. We were level at 3000 feet and started to slow the aircraft and configure. We started our base to final and I called for flaps 30. We had descended to approximately 2400 feet. When I noticed that the localizer had not centered. I brought this to the captains attention also the airport configuration did not look right and the rwy looked shorter than published. At this point I called for a go around (GA) we initiated the GA leveled off at 3000 feet and ATC vectored us around for another approach and landed. I feel we followed procedures and this is a great example of why we always use our instruments to back up an approach. A contributing factor was the fact that the ADF coincidentally pointed to the location of the FAF of the wrong rwy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 First Officer reports lining up with the wrong runway while attempting a visual approach to Runway 9 at SWF. The NDB at the FAF and the Runway 9 localizer were being used as aids and the localizer does not indicate correct alignment. A go-around is initiated.

Narrative: We were cleared for the visual approach to Rwy 9 in to SWF we had identified the airport visually this matched up with the ADF pointing to the FAF and the Localizer movement I clicked off the AP and started the approach. We were level at 3000 feet and started to slow the aircraft and configure. We started our base to final and I called for flaps 30. We had descended to approximately 2400 feet. When I noticed that the Localizer had not centered. I brought this to the Captains attention also the Airport configuration did not look right and the Rwy looked shorter than published. At this point I called for a go around (GA) we initiated the GA leveled off at 3000 feet and ATC vectored us around for another approach and landed. I feel we followed procedures and this is a great example of why we always use our instruments to back up an approach. A contributing factor was the fact that the ADF coincidentally pointed to the location of the FAF of the wrong Rwy.

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Attributes
ACN	1204937
Time
Date	201409
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SWF.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

CRJ200 first officer reports lining up with the wrong runway while attempting a visual approach to runway 9 at swf. The NDB at the FAF and the runway 9 localizer were being used as aids and the localizer does not indicate correct alignment. A go-around is initiated.