Roy Smith wrote in
:

Night is good practice, if only because there are so many
ground lights to confuse you. For example, on the ILS-16
at HPN, if you're a little left of the localizer and
correcting back to the right when you look up at maybe a
mile or two out, you'll see yourself perfectly lined up
with a line of white lights. The only problem is, it's not
the approach lights, it's I-684. The illusion that it's a
runway is really hard to fight if you've never seen it
before.

You really need to stay on instruments until you're
absolutely sure you've identified the runway visually.

Years ago - about 30, to be more precise - I used to fly
practice approaches to Paducah, KY at night. If you were just a
little off, you not only saw a row of lights, you had saw
sequenced strobe lights leading to them. The strobes were on a
very tall tower, and I'm mildly surprised that no one ever hit
it in the dark, thinking they were lined up for the runway. So
yes, stay on the instruments until short final.

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Regards,

Stan