After re-opening a closed runway; tower controller failed to note the runway as open on the asde-X p...

Narrative:

Runway xxl had been closed for maintenance. The airport called to tell me that the runway was open and I amended the ids to reflect the runway open. However; I forgot to change the runway to open on the asde-X. An A310 was inside 1 mile final and the asde-X alarmed for the closed runway. I quickly fixed the runway status on the asde-X to show it open; as it should be. The alert went away and I allowed the aircraft to land. I now know that I was required to send the aircraft around. There are already adequate procedures for updating the runway status. This has made me realize that I should start using the checklist. This would have been a good time to have some leeway with asde-X alerts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After re-opening a closed runway; Tower Controller failed to note the runway as open on the ASDE-X programming and allowed an aircraft to land after an alarm was broadcasted. The reporter acknowledged his failure to use the checklist.

Narrative: Runway XXL had been closed for maintenance. The airport called to tell me that the runway was open and I amended the IDS to reflect the runway open. However; I forgot to change the runway to open on the ASDE-X. An A310 was inside 1 mile final and the ASDE-X alarmed for the closed runway. I quickly fixed the runway status on the ASDE-X to show it open; as it should be. The alert went away and I allowed the aircraft to land. I now know that I was required to send the aircraft around. There are already adequate procedures for updating the runway status. This has made me realize that I should start using the checklist. This would have been a good time to have some leeway with ASDE-X alerts.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1006218
Time
Date	201204
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

After re-opening a closed runway; tower controller failed to note the runway as open on the asde-X programming and allowed an aircraft to land after an alarm was broadcasted. The reporter acknowledged his failure to use the checklist.