"Jay Beckman" wrote:
Lined up perfectly for what I was certain was RWY 4R when in fact it was a
taxiway. Fortunately, I discovered my error in plenty of time to slide over
a bit.

Jay, a friend of mine did a similar thing at the 4L&R side of the
runways. 4R and its parallel taxiway are both newer, dark pavement; 4L
was old and faded asphalt and not as clearly visible from a few miles
out. He was instructed to make straight-in for 4L. We were in an old
tandem tailwheel. He saw 4R and that parallel taxiway to its right and
thought 4R was 4L and reported 2-mile straight-in for 4L. Looked odd to
me, even from the back, and I said, "Um, 4L is over there" and pointed
to the left. He looked for a second and said, "Oh sh*t!" and scooted
over.

I did the same thing coming from the north, instructed to make
straight-in for 22R, that newer, darker ashphalt being the first two
long strips of pavement that you focus in on. I ended up having to do a
go-round.