PLT OF AN SMT TWIN BECAME DISORIENTED DURING A VISUAL APCH TO THE ARPT AFTER ATC VECTORS RESULTING IN PENETRATING CLASS D AIRSPACE TO THE WRONG ARPT. APCH CTLR INTERVENED AND DIRECTED HIM TOWARD THE INTENDED NEARBY ARPT.

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I WAS IFR FROM CRE GOING TO FXE. WX WAS HAZY. I WAS GIVEN NUMEROUS VECTORS OVER THE OCEAN PRIOR TO BEING CLRED FOR THE FIELD AS #3. THE FIELD MATCHED THE LOOK OF FXE. I ASKED THE CTLR FOR A 360 DEG TURN; AS I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE VISUAL SPACING AND PROX TO THE FIELD. HE SAID SPACING WAS FINE AND I SHOULD TURN S. I TOOK THIS TO MEAN HE WANTED A SERPENTINE CORRECTION (NO HDG WAS CALLED). IN LINING UP ABOUT 3 MI OUT; IT BECAME OBVIOUS THE WRONG ARPT WAS LINED UP. I THEN PROCEEDED ON A HDG OF 180 DEGS AND THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL AT FXE FOLLOWING A NORMAL VISUAL APCH. NUMEROUS VECTORS CONTRIBUTED TO A DETERIORATION OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. I SHOULD HAVE ABANDONED THE APCH AT THE TIME I REQUESTED A 360 DEG TURN IN ORDER TO GAIN BACK THAT AWARENESS. ALSO CONTRIBUTING WAS UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE AREA; SIMILARITY OF RWYS AND ARPTS IN CLOSE PROX; AND MISUNDERSTANDING THE CTLR. I DON'T FAULT HIM; IT'S JUST THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT OCCURRED; AN ASSIGNED HDG; INSTEAD OF A GENERAL DIRECTION MIGHT HAVE ALERTED ME TO HAVING IDENTED THE FIELD IMPROPERLY.