SMA X RWY INCURSION.

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I WAS GIVEN A TAXI CLRNC TO RWY 24 AT WJF. STARTING FROM THE FUEL PUMPS WHICH ARE APPROX MID-FIELD; I PROCEEDED TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARALLEL TXWY BUT WAS ACTUALLY THE MID-FIELD INTXN FOR RWY 6/24. IT WAS JUST GETTING DARK AND THE ENTRY TO THE RWY WAS LINED WITH BLUE LIGHTS. THE RWY LIGHTS MUST HAVE BEEN OFF BECAUSE THERE WERE NO RED RWY EDGE LIGHTS VISIBLE. RWYS ARE NORMALLY MARKED BY A RED ILLUMINATED SIGN AT THE HOLD SHORT LINE. I SAW NO SUCH SIGN FOR RWY 6/24 AT THE INTXN WHICH IS WHY I MISTOOK IT FOR A TXWY. I NEVER ENTERED THE RWY PROPER. AS I WAS TAXIING; I NOTICED THE HOLD LINES PAINTED ON THE GND BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. JUST AS I WAS ON THE BRAKES; THE TWR CALLED AND SAID THAT I WAS AT THE INTXN AND THAT I SHOULD REVERSE AND PROCEED DOWN THE TXWY. THE TWR CTLR SAID THAT THERE WAS NO PROB BECAUSE HE HAD NO INBOUND OR OUTBOUND TFC. 2 ITEMS COME TO MIND THAT COULD PREVENT SUCH INCIDENTS IN THE FUTURE. FIRST; PLTS SHOULD FULLY BRIEF THE ARPT LAYOUT AND NOT RUSH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REACH A RWY. PLTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL IN THE 'RELAXED' ENVIRONMENT OF AN ARPT EXPERIENCING LITTLE OR NO TFC. SECOND; WJF SHOULD INSTALL STANDARD ARPT MARKINGS AND LIGHTING. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH ARPT MGR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ARPT MGR STATED ALL ARPT MARKINGS AND SIGNAGE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FAA STANDARDS. HE STATED THERE ARE SIGNS AT THE INTXN THE RPTR TAXIED TO.