Narrative:

We decided to fly the ILS to runway 25 in bji. We chose that runway because the ILS to 25 did not require me to hand fly any portion of the approach. With 31 I would have required me to fly the approach on the last 1;000 feet. We did this to reduce work load. At about 500 AGL the airport operations called us on the radio and said that he had not done any preparation to runway 25. He had anticipated us using 31 and had spent all of his time working on that runway. We continued the approach with that information in mind. I was expecting to see snow and we could see black pavement. We assumed that the runway was fine. After landing there was not any notable problems to the runway. I stowed the thrust reverser's and began to apply the brakes. There was not any braking action. I re-applied the thrust reverser's to stop the airplane. The braking was nil. We got the airplane stopped and slowly taxied to the terminal. After arriving in the hotel I called dispatch to ask what information they had on braking action on the runways in bji. They said they received reports that the report indicated fair to poor [earlier]. If that was the time [they received report from their location in the mountain west region] then they received the report while we were enroute. I looked at the braking action report the next morning and there was only a braking action report for runway 31/13. Knowing that; I believe that runway 25 based on the conditions should have been notamed closed. This would have shown up on the release and center would have told us that it was closed when we asked for the ILS to 25. This would have re-directed us to runway 31 where the operations truck was expecting us and had done all the work. We did not receive any braking action reports from dispatch. When we called in range we did not receive any braking action reports from operations. The first indication that there might have been a problem was when we were about to land. The report from the operations truck working on the runway was not clear as to the threat. There were not any notams in our release stating runway conditions. There was one notam but I cannot remember what it was anymore. According to the dispatcher there is a problem with them receiving braking action reports. They receive them as faxes. They then go in a file. If that is true that information is not available at the time the release is generated; especially with time zone changes. It would have been helpful to receive the report from operations when we called in range. It would have also been helpful if the operations truck driver that was working on the runway would have stated that he was treating the runway for ice. I feel that there were several opportunities to get us information that were missed. The dispatcher said that because they receive these reports via fax they don't get the same attention as if they were reported to the FAA and came out as notams.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Medium size jet flight crew reported landing at BJI runway 25 with braking action nil. Crew was apparently never notified of the braking action.

Narrative: We decided to fly the ILS to runway 25 in BJI. We chose that runway because the ILS to 25 did not require me to hand fly any portion of the approach. With 31 I would have required me to fly the approach on the last 1;000 feet. We did this to reduce work load. At about 500 AGL the airport operations called us on the radio and said that he had not done any preparation to runway 25. He had anticipated us using 31 and had spent all of his time working on that runway. We continued the approach with that information in mind. I was expecting to see snow and we could see black pavement. We assumed that the runway was fine. After landing there was not any notable problems to the runway. I stowed the thrust reverser's and began to apply the brakes. There was not any braking action. I re-applied the thrust reverser's to stop the airplane. The braking was nil. We got the airplane stopped and slowly taxied to the terminal. After arriving in the hotel I called dispatch to ask what information they had on braking action on the runways in BJI. They said they received reports that the report indicated fair to poor [earlier]. If that was the time [they received report from their location in the mountain west region] then they received the report while we were enroute. I looked at the braking action report the next morning and there was only a braking action report for runway 31/13. Knowing that; I believe that runway 25 based on the conditions should have been notamed closed. This would have shown up on the release and center would have told us that it was closed when we asked for the ILS to 25. This would have re-directed us to runway 31 where the operations truck was expecting us and had done all the work. We did not receive any braking action reports from dispatch. When we called in range we did not receive any braking action reports from operations. The first indication that there might have been a problem was when we were about to land. The report from the operations truck working on the runway was not clear as to the threat. There were not any notams in our release stating runway conditions. There was one notam but I cannot remember what it was anymore. According to the dispatcher there is a problem with them receiving braking action reports. They receive them as faxes. They then go in a file. If that is true that information is not available at the time the release is generated; especially with time zone changes. It would have been helpful to receive the report from operations when we called in range. It would have also been helpful if the operations truck driver that was working on the runway would have stated that he was treating the runway for ice. I feel that there were several opportunities to get us information that were missed. The dispatcher said that because they receive these reports via fax they don't get the same attention as if they were reported to the FAA and came out as notams.

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.