A B737-700 CAPT FOLLOWING THE FO'S SECOND ILS TO MINIMUM APCH ALT TOOK ACFT CTL AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED LONG. BOTH PLTS MENTION FATIGUE EFFECTING THEIR DECISION.

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IT WAS THE LAST LEG OF THE DAY TO ABQ. WE OBTAINED THE ATIS VIA ACARS PRIOR TO DSCNT; ABOUT 180 NM FROM ABQ; AND IT INDICATED A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 3. I BRIEFED THE VISUAL APCH; BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE RWY EVEN AFTER TURNING FINAL; SO I QUICKLY BRIEFED THE ILS AND CONTINUED ON THAT APCH. THE CAPT DIRECTED A GAR WHEN THE RWY WAS NOT IN SIGHT AT MINIMUMS AND I FLEW THE MISSED APCH. TWR GAVE US HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS ALONG WITH VAGUE REFS TO DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS (SUCH AS A 'RAIN SHOWER 4 MI E OF FINAL' AND 'DECREASING VISIBILITY TO THE S'). CAPT BRIEFED A COMPANY PROCS ILS TO RWY 3 WHILE WE WERE IN HOLDING. WHEN TWR RPTED IMPROVING VISIBILITY (STILL NO DETAILS); WE ASKED FOR A VECTOR BACK TO THE APCH. I FLEW THE ENTIRE APCH. CAPT AGAIN DIRECTED A GAR AT MINIMUMS; WHICH I COMMENCED. JUST AS I BEGAN TO APPLY GAR THRUST; CAPT CALLED THE RWY IN SIGHT AND TOOK THE AIRPLANE. I RELINQUISHED CTL. HE CALLED FOR WIPERS AND ALT CALLOUTS; WHICH I PROVIDED TO TOUCHDOWN. WE LANDED ABOUT 3000 FT DOWN THE RWY AND TAXIED TO THE GATE UNEVENTFULLY. MISTAKES: 1) WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED TWR FOR WX SPECIFICS (ESPECIALLY VISIBILITY). 2) WE SHOULD HAVE USED THE WIPERS ON FINAL; AS THEY WOULD HAVE HELPED THE CAPT VISUALLY ACQUIRE THE RWY SOONER. 3) WE MAY HAVE MOMENTARILY DEVIATED FROM STABILIZED APCH CRITERIA JUST BEFORE THE CAPT TOOK THE AIRPLANE DUE TO INCREASING THRUST (ALTHOUGH I DON'T BELIEVE SO; SINCE I HAD JUST BEGUN TO ADVANCE THE THRUST LEVERS). FATIGUE WAS A BIG PLAYER. I WAS SLOW TO TRANSITION FROM VISUAL TO ILS CALLOUTS ON THE FINAL APCH. ADDITIONALLY; WE RECEIVED 11 TURB PLOT MESSAGES VIA ACARS DURING THE FLT; NONE OF WHICH WERE APPLICABLE TO OUR RTE OF FLT AND THERE WERE NONE REGARDING DETERIORATING WX AT ABQ. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 647291: FATIGUE WAS A FACTOR. THE VAGUENESS BY TWR ON THE FIELD VISIBILITY WAS A FACTOR. FUEL WAS A FACTOR. WHEN WE SHUT DOWN AT THE GATE; I COULD ONLY THINK OF (ANOTHER CARRIER) INTO LITTLE ROCK.