Duchess 76
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20; Flight Crew Total 4000; Flight Crew Type 50
Confusion; Situational Awareness
Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Airport; Human Factors
Charles Co. Smartt Airport.  The runway marking signage is NONEXISTENT.  I was a transient pilot and it is VERY difficult to determine what is a runway and what is a taxiway.  Especially at the area where taxiways and Runway 9 and Runway 18 come together.  This is 2012.  Any multiple runway airport needs ICAO conforming Runway stop line (hold bar) signage to prevent runway incursions. (Red runway signs) The FAA should work with the local airport operator to work on a plan to install RED runway hold bar signs and painted red runway identifiers on the pavement (easy and quick to do).  Locals know where the runways are but transient pilots can easily cross an active runway and not realize it until they are on the runway.  This is a busy training field and should have runway and taxiway signage.  Perhaps someone at the FAA could advocate for this upgrade and work with the airport operator to identify funding for this important safety related change.
BE76 pilot reports that runway signage at SET airport is nonexistent.