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Zan controller voiced concern regarding the failure of the military to provide timely coordination with regard to the status of restricted airspace resulting in a probable technical airspace infraction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1209244 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZAN.ARTCC |
| State Reference | AK |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Caravan 208B |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
I was working sectors 15/16; red flag-alaska (RF-a) airspace was hot and all RF-a players had returned to base(about an hour previous) with the exception of COSMIC11 and COSMIC12. The cosmic flight was working in the vicinity of the deltamoa when aircraft X requested IFR pickup about 55 NM southeast of fyu in YUKON2 MOA. I issued an IFR clearance to aircraft X before requesting airspace back from eil range control. I realized my made a mistake; and immediately tookaction to rectify the situation by attempting to contact eil range control to request the return of unused portions of airspace; specificallyYUKON2. My actions were interrupted by COSMIC11 and 12 requesting IFR recovery from the southern boundary of YUKON1. Oncei issued the IFR clearance to cosmic; I contacted eil range control and took the airspace back.military airspace should be called cold once all aircraft have exited; not waiting until the scheduled time
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ZAN Controller voiced concern regarding the failure of the military to provide timely coordination with regard to the status of restricted airspace resulting in a probable technical airspace infraction.
Narrative: I was working sectors 15/16; RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) airspace was HOT and all RF-A players had returned to base(about an hour previous) with the exception of COSMIC11 and COSMIC12. The COSMIC flight was working in the vicinity of the DELTAMOA when Aircraft X requested IFR pickup about 55 NM southeast of FYU in YUKON2 MOA. I issued an IFR clearance to Aircraft X before requesting airspace back from EIL Range Control. I realized my made a mistake; and immediately tookaction to rectify the situation by attempting to contact EIL Range Control to request the return of unused portions of airspace; specificallyYUKON2. My actions were interrupted by COSMIC11 and 12 requesting IFR recovery from the southern boundary of YUKON1. OnceI issued the IFR clearance to COSMIC; I contacted EIL Range Control and took the airspace back.Military airspace should be called COLD once all aircraft have exited; not waiting until the scheduled time
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.