Air carrier first officer reported loss of situational awareness and turned toward the wrong runway ...

Attributes
ACN	1705078
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	STL.Airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 405
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

We were cleared for visual approach to 12L. Approaching the marker; ATC asked if we could sidestep and land 12R. I was the PF (pilot flying). I looked up and mistakenly looked at runway 11 and hesitated to respond because the PAPI showed 4 white lights. Captain responded we can sidestep and proceeded heads down to input localizer frequency for the right runway. I immediately disconnected the automation to fly the aircraft onto profile not realizing I was; in fact; looking at the wrong runway on the right. I was fixated on runway 11 trying to get on profile when ATC advised we were turning for runway 11 and instructed us to correct course toward runway 12R. Upon the instruction; I noticed the third runway and realized at that point the error I had made. I corrected course immediately and we landed on 12R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported loss of situational awareness and turned toward the wrong runway during initial approach after receiving a late runway change.

Narrative: We were cleared for visual approach to 12L. Approaching the marker; ATC asked if we could sidestep and land 12R. I was the PF (Pilot Flying). I looked up and mistakenly looked at Runway 11 and hesitated to respond because the PAPI showed 4 white lights. Captain responded we can sidestep and proceeded heads down to input localizer frequency for the right runway. I immediately disconnected the automation to fly the aircraft onto profile not realizing I was; in fact; looking at the wrong runway on the right. I was fixated on Runway 11 trying to get on profile when ATC advised we were turning for Runway 11 and instructed us to correct course toward Runway 12R. Upon the instruction; I noticed the third runway and realized at that point the error I had made. I corrected course immediately and we landed on 12R.

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.

Air carrier first officer reported loss of situational awareness and turned toward the wrong runway during initial approach after receiving a late runway change.