PLT OF SMA ACFT INADVERTENTLY MADE AN APCH TO THE WRONG ARPT AT NIGHT BECAUSE CLOSE PROX OF BOTH ARPT RWYS AND DIRECTIONS.

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MYSELF AND ANOTHER PRIVATE PLT TOOK OFF FROM LINCOLN PARK ARPT (N07). OUR INTENT WAS TO CALL ESSEX COUNTY ARPT (CDW) AT ALT AND MAKE AN APCH TO THEIR ACTIVE RWY. WHILE CLBING TO 2500 FT; W OF LINCOLN PARK ARPT; THE CALL TO ESSEX COUNTY ARPT WAS MADE. CDW CLRED ME TO ENTER THE ATA AND INSTRUCTED ME FOR R BASE FOR RWY 22. UNAWARE THAT I DRIFTED FURTHER W WHILE CLBING TO 2500 FT THAN ANTICIPATED; I WAS ACTUALLY ON A 5 MI R BASE FOR RWY 23 AT MORRISTOWN ARPT; AN ARPT THAT IS NEXT TO CDW WITH A SIMILAR RWY. DURING THE LNDG SEQUENCE A CALL FOR 5 MI R BASE; 3 MI FINAL; AND 2 MI FINAL WAS MADE. THE CTLR NEVER HAD OR CONFIRMED VISUAL CONTACT DURING THE LNDG SEQUENCE. AT 2 MI FINAL THE APCH WAS ABORTED AFTER REALIZING THE APCH COURSE WAS ACTUALLY FOR RWY 23 AT MORRISTOWN ARPT. I ABORTED THE APCH WITH A L TURN TO THE N; ENTERING THE FLOW OF KNOWN TFC INSTEAD OF GOING AGAINST THE FLOW OF KNOWN TFC. PRIOR TO AND DURING THE EVENTS; I CONFIRMED WITH CDW TWR THE APCH WAS WRONG AND WOULD BE FREQ CHANGE TO MORRISTOWN ARPT. I CONTACTED MORRISTOWN; TOLD THE TWR I WAS ABORTING THE APCH TO RWY 23 AND STAYED UP TWR FREQ UNTIL I DEPARTED THE ATA.