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An air carrier captain descending into mht reported an airport tower; possibly teb; interfering with ATIS on 119.5 when the aircraft is further than 100 NM from mht.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1092330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201306 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZBW.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NH |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Since mht does not have a digital ATIS; you have to get the ATIS on the ATIS frequency of 119.55. Mht shares this frequency with an ATC tower; which sounded like teb. With all the communication that the tower was doing with the aircraft using that very busy airport I; as pm; was off the number 1 radio for over five minutes in order for me to get the complete ATIS. The only alternative was for me to delay getting the ATIS until I was less than 100 miles from mht as that was when the interference from the ATC tower ended.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier Captain descending into MHT reported an airport Tower; possibly TEB; interfering with ATIS on 119.5 when the aircraft is further than 100 NM from MHT.
Narrative: Since MHT does not have a digital ATIS; you have to get the ATIS on the ATIS frequency of 119.55. MHT shares this frequency with an ATC Tower; which sounded like TEB. With all the communication that the Tower was doing with the aircraft using that very busy airport I; as PM; was off the Number 1 radio for over five minutes in order for me to get the complete ATIS. The only alternative was for me to delay getting the ATIS until I was less than 100 miles from MHT as that was when the interference from the ATC Tower ended.
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.