PLT CLRED FOR VISUAL COMMENCES DOWNWIND FOR WRONG ARPT.

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HAVE YOU EVER ALMOST LANDED AT THE WRONG FIELD? I HAVE 2000 HRS OF FLYING EXPERIENCE; MOSTLY IN MIL TYPE HVY JET ACFT AND IT CAN HAPPEN. WAS FLYING TO ADS WHILE ON AN ATC VECTOR OF 220 DEGS TO ADS; 2 TFC CALLS WERE GIVEN; ONE OF WHICH WAS ON FINAL TO ADS. ALSO CALLED NO JOY AND WAS ISSUED A TURN TO 190 DEGS AND TOLD TO FOLLOW TFC ON A 2 MI STRAIGHT-IN TO ADS. WHEN ASKED IF I HAD THE FIELD; I SAID YES BUT NOT THE TFC; TO WHICH I RECEIVED THE REPLY TFC NO FACTOR; CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 33 AT ADS. I SWITCHED TWR AND CALLED A MODIFIED DOWNWIND BASE AND RECEIVED NO REPLY. I CALLED A SECOND TIME AND WAS TOLD 'IT APPEARS YOU ARE SET UP FOR LOVE FIELD. TURN R IMMEDIATELY TO HDG 360 DEGS.' WHEN OUT OF THE TURN; ADS WAS PLAINLY VISIBLE. I DID NOT SEE PARALLEL RWYS UNTIL THE 360 DEG HDG WAS GIVEN DUE TO HAZE AND SUNSET. ADS AND DAL BOTH HAVE BUILDINGS/HANGARS ON EASTERN BOUNDARY; A TXWY; AND THEN A N/S RWY -- THE DIFFERENCE BEING ONLY ONE RWY AT ADS. I NEVER DSNDED BELOW MY ASSIGNED ALT AND THERE WAS NO CONFLICT THAT I AM AWARE OF. THE BIGGEST THING I COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING WAS TO TAKE AN INST APCH. I FEEL THAT IN THIS CASE MY EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY HURT ME BECAUSE EARLIER I WAS ASKED IF I WANTED AN APCH AND SAID NO; THINKING THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DELAY ALL OF THE JETS. NEXT TIME; HAZE AND SUNSET AND UNFAMILIAR FIELD EQUALS AN APCH. THE JETS WILL JUST HAVE TO WAIT THEIR TURN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A CARDINAL 180 HP CESSNA 177 BY HIMSELF. HE SEEMED TO BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE HE WAS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN HE DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT INTRUDING INTO THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. HE DOES NOT BELIEVES HE WENT INTO THE CLASS B AIRSPACE WHILE GOING FOR THE DOWNWIND AT LOVE FIELD. HE DOES STATE THAT NEXT TIME HE WILL NOT BE SO QUICK TO EXCEPT A VISUAL. THE RPTR HAS OVER 2000 HRS SOME OF WHICH ARE IN A DC-9 AND BOEING 707.