CE500 flight crew on an IFR flight to odo; late at night; reports canceling IFR and accepting a visu...

Attributes
ACN	1284052
Time
Date	201508
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	MAF.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 4200 Flight Crew Type 550
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 14500 Flight Crew Type 1450
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

After advising the controller of airport in sight and cancelling IFR flight plan; controller requested to squawk 1200 VFR code. We made a visual approach and landing to what we thought was odo airport. It was not until we had safely landed without any incident to anyone; that we realized that we had landed at maf instead of odo. At the time of our landing midland airport tower was closed. The flight was a 3:30 hour flight. We had left our hotel at XA00 local time for a XD00 departure however; the passengers showed up 2 hours late. It is my belief that fatigue was a contributing factor; as well as; accepting a visual in a non-familiar airport at night. Both airports have similar runway alignment and are within a close proximity to each other (odo rwy 34 and rwy 29) (maf rwy 34 and rwy 28). In the future when landing in a non-familiar airport day or night; I will not take a visual approach; instead; I will remain on instruments until positive identification of correct airport has been made or I will allow the controller to vector me to final.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CE500 Flight Crew on an IFR flight to ODO; late at night; reports canceling IFR and accepting a visual approach. After landing they discover they have landed at MAF.

Narrative: After advising the Controller of airport in sight and cancelling IFR flight plan; Controller requested to squawk 1200 VFR code. We made a visual approach and landing to what we thought was ODO airport. It was not until we had safely landed without any incident to anyone; that we realized that we had landed at MAF instead of ODO. At the time of our landing Midland Airport Tower was closed. The flight was a 3:30 hour flight. We had left our hotel at XA00 local time for a XD00 departure however; the passengers showed up 2 hours late. It is my belief that fatigue was a contributing factor; as well as; accepting a visual in a non-familiar airport at night. Both airports have similar runway alignment and are within a close proximity to each other (ODO Rwy 34 and Rwy 29) (MAF Rwy 34 and Rwy 28). In the future when landing in a non-familiar airport day or night; I will not take a visual approach; instead; I will remain on instruments until positive identification of correct airport has been made or I will allow the controller to vector me to final.

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CE500 flight crew on an IFR flight to odo; late at night; reports canceling IFR and accepting a visual approach. After landing they discover they have landed at maf.