Narrative:

I was the pilot flying into jax for the last leg of the day. It was the first time I had been to jax and was flying. Upon breaking out of the clouds; the captain and I both thought we had jax in sight. We were looking for traffic between us and the airport and didn't want to start down until clearing traffic. We apparently had the wrong airport in sight. We had the approach set with VOR/localizer armed and about to capture; even though we were visual. Looking at kfhb we discussed how high we looked and the captain recommended to keep configuring. As we got closer it was apparent the approach wasn't going to work from where we were.as we broke off the approach; we realized that wasn't the correct airport. We then coordinated with ATC to get vectored for an ILS as jax was overcast. We flew the ILS and taxied to the gate uneventfully. In hindsight I'm not sure if the captain had the correct airport in sight to start; and fixated on the wrong one after; as I had never seen jax. Not having a moving map or an ILS with DME made situational awareness harder to achieve in those conditions for me. However; it was my complete mistake not trusting the automation and navigation that I did have. I should have taken my time and verified where we were and what the instruments were showing.I should have had better situational awareness (sa); and verified local airports around jax that could be confusing. I should have also trusted the automation and navigation that was briefed and set.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier crew on approach to JAX mistook Fernandina Beach Muni for JAX inside the Runway 26 FAF. With weather at 1;100 feet SCT; 4;000 feet OVC; 10 NM VIS a VFR descent was begun; but discontinued at 1;300 feet. ATC directed a climb to 3;000 with vectors to JAX.

Narrative: I was the pilot flying into JAX for the last leg of the day. It was the first time I had been to JAX and was flying. Upon breaking out of the clouds; the Captain and I both thought we had JAX in sight. We were looking for traffic between us and the airport and didn't want to start down until clearing traffic. We apparently had the wrong airport in sight. We had the approach set with VOR/LOC armed and about to capture; even though we were visual. Looking at KFHB we discussed how high we looked and the Captain recommended to keep configuring. As we got closer it was apparent the approach wasn't going to work from where we were.As we broke off the approach; we realized that wasn't the correct airport. We then coordinated with ATC to get vectored for an ILS as JAX was overcast. We flew the ILS and taxied to the gate uneventfully. In hindsight I'm not sure if the Captain had the correct airport in sight to start; and fixated on the wrong one after; as I had never seen JAX. Not having a moving map or an ILS with DME made situational awareness harder to achieve in those conditions for me. However; it was my complete mistake not trusting the automation and navigation that I did have. I should have taken my time and verified where we were and what the instruments were showing.I should have had better Situational Awareness (SA); and verified local airports around JAX that could be confusing. I should have also trusted the automation and navigation that was briefed and set.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.