CO Express lands at WRONG airport

#52
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Lake Charles ATIS has always included a caution that warns about the other airport. If you've flown toward LCH from IAH at night, when you get close you'll see a really bright airport beacon with really nice airport lights that match everything you are expecting. That is the wrong airport. LCH has an airport beacon buried in other lighting and is difficult to see even when you've been there a thousand times.
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this almost happened to me single pilot in a King Air going into Key West civilian airport, when I got lined up at Key West Navy Base, and approach told me "yes I show you on final". I contacted Key West tower (5 miles away) who saw my landing lights and said, "in sight, cleared to land"
recognized it and broke off, but could have happened.
just throwing that out there
recognized it and broke off, but could have happened.
just throwing that out there
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