Corporate jet flight crew reported landing at the wrong airport citing weather and runway lighting a...

Attributes
ACN	1424265
Time
Date	201702
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MAF.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 55 Flight Crew Total 12500 Flight Crew Type 1020
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 3400 Flight Crew Type 180
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

Cleared by midland approach for a visual approach to the odo airport. Controller advised crew that the runway requested there was closed. He advised crew that an additional runway at odo was closed also. Crew discussed landing at the alternate airport due to the unreported runway closures. Weather was deteriorating when aircraft broke out below the overcast. Rain showers moving through the area at the time obscured visibility to the west of maf. First officer reported the airport in sight and was instructed to cancel IFR in air or on the ground. Upon turning on final; crew cancelled the flight plan and a normal landing was accomplished on runway 10 at maf. Controller acknowledged cancellation; advised crew to squawk 1200. He made no comment concerning our lineup at maf. Crew realized mistake on landing and immediately advised tower.crew believes that the deteriorating weather; coupled with nearly identical runway orientation at our alternate; and no controller advisory of the deviation; caused the crew to assume that the only lit runway at maf was indeed the active runway at odo. This occurrence could have been avoided by closer monitoring by ATC; or by the crew electing to shoot the instrument approach to the odo airport in light of the changing weather conditions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Corporate jet flight crew reported landing at the wrong airport citing weather and runway lighting as contributing.

Narrative: Cleared by Midland approach for a visual approach to the ODO airport. Controller advised crew that the runway requested there was closed. He advised crew that an additional runway at ODO was closed also. Crew discussed landing at the alternate airport due to the unreported runway closures. Weather was deteriorating when aircraft broke out below the overcast. Rain showers moving through the area at the time obscured visibility to the west of MAF. First Officer reported the airport in sight and was instructed to cancel IFR in air or on the ground. Upon turning on final; crew cancelled the flight plan and a normal landing was accomplished on runway 10 at MAF. Controller acknowledged cancellation; advised crew to squawk 1200. He made no comment concerning our lineup at MAF. Crew realized mistake on landing and immediately advised tower.Crew believes that the deteriorating weather; coupled with nearly identical runway orientation at our alternate; and no controller advisory of the deviation; caused the crew to assume that the only lit runway at MAF was indeed the active runway at ODO. This occurrence could have been avoided by closer monitoring by ATC; or by the crew electing to shoot the instrument approach to the ODO airport in light of the changing weather conditions.

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.