A DC9-32F ENTERS THE TFC PATTERN AT ILN; OH; JUST AS RWYS IN USE CHANGE DIRECTION. THE FLC HAS A DIFFICULT TIME ESTABLISHING A GOOD VISUAL APCH WITH A STRONG XWIND.

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FO WAS FLYING; ATIS WAS RECEIVED ABOUT 20 MINS EARLIER; RWY IN USE WAS RWY 4R. VISUAL APCH WAS BRIEFED TO RWY 4R AT ILN. DURING DSCNT AND VECTORING WE WERE GIVEN DIRECT ILN; DSCNT TO 3000 FT; CALL ARPT IN SIGHT FOR VISUAL. THROUGH 6000-7000 FT; WE PICKED UP THE ARPT AND CALLED THE ARPT AND WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 4R. APCH CTLR (DAYTON) CLRED US FOR THE VISUAL; BUT TO NOT TURN BASE UNTIL DSCNT BELOW 4000 FT. BY THE TIME WE WERE BELOW 4000 FT AND STARTED OUR BASE. WE WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE ARPT FOR A NORMAL BASE; SO WE TURNED AWAY FROM THE ARPT; STILL ON BASE AND CALLED TWR AS INSTRUCTED BY DAYTON. IN THE MEANTIME; RWY IN USE HAD CHANGED TO RWY 22L. WHEN WE CONTACTED TWR WE WERE TOLD RWY 22L WAS IN USE; AND GIVEN A 180 DEG HDG AND CLB TO 3000 FT; CALL DAYTON. DAYTON TURNED US ON A DOWNWIND HDG 040 DEGS; 'CALL ARPT IN SIGHT.' UPON COMPLETION OF OUR TURN; WE CALLED ARPT IN SIGHT AND WERE TURNED TO 360 DEGS TO INTERCEPT THE FINAL; AND CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 22L. AGAIN; WE WERE TOO CLOSE FOR A NORMAL LNDG; SO WE STARTED TO TURN BACK TOWARD THE DOWNWIND HDG; BUT INBOUND TFC ON THE FINAL KEPT US FROM EXTENDING THE DOWNWIND; SO WE TURNED TOWARD THE RWY; CALLED TWR; CLRED TO LAND; BUT AN APPARENT TAILWIND BLEW US ACROSS THE FINAL TO THE ASSIGNED RWY TOWARD THE PARALLEL. WE HAD TFC ON THE PARALLEL IN SIGHT; MAINTAINING VISUAL SEPARATION; CONTINUING OUR TURN TO FINAL FOR THE ASSIGNED RWY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. OUR MANEUVERING CAUSED NO TFC CONFLICT OR EVASIVE MANEUVERS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 395306: AT THIS POINT THE CAPT SAID WE WERE IN TOO CLOSE TO THE ARPT. SO I TURNED OUT TO THE NE; A HDG SOMEWHERE BTWN 010 DEGS AND 040 DEGS TO EXTEND THE DOWNWIND SO WE COULD MAKE A BETTER BASE ENTRY FOR RWY 22L. JUST AFTER WE HAD MADE THAT TURN ANOTHER ACFT APPEARED IN FRONT OF US ON A BASE LEG OR ANGLING FINAL FOR OUR RWY 22L. NOT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A WIND FROM THE SE BLOWING NW AT OUR ALT; WE STARTED A L TURN BACK INTO A BASE LEG FOR RWY 22L SO WE WOULD NOT BECOME CONFLICTING TFC TO THE OTHER ACFT INBOUND TO OUR RWY ALSO. I LOOKED OVER AND SAW US TRAVERSING THE FINAL FOR RWY 22L AND BEING BLOWN TOWARDS THE DC8'S FLT PATH FOR RWY 22R. THE CTRLINE FOR RWY 22R NOR DID EITHER THE DC8 OR US HAVE TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A MIDAIR.