B737 captain lamented an ATIS message that was an hour and 45 minutes old and not current during arr...

Attributes
ACN	1313836
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MDW.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 143
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

The mdw runway condition report was 1+45 minutes old when we obtained it on our arrival into mdw. The weather was clear but the report was for wet runway with water listed as a contaminant. I queried mdw tower during our descent and they told us the runway was dry. Having accurate and timely runway condition reports is going to be very important in the next year when the new NOTAM guidance and AC's relating to the new runway condition assessment matrix (rcam) is published by the FAA. Please train the FAA tower facilities on the importance of inputting current and up-to-date rcam values into the NOTAM system so that our ACARS messages are relevant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Captain lamented an ATIS message that was an hour and 45 minutes old and not current during arrival to MDW. He believed that all Tower personnel will need to become familiar with the new AC's relating to the new Runway Condition Assessment Matrix (RCAM).

Narrative: The MDW runway condition report was 1+45 minutes old when we obtained it on our arrival into MDW. The weather was clear but the report was for wet runway with water listed as a contaminant. I queried MDW Tower during our descent and they told us the runway was dry. Having accurate and timely runway condition reports is going to be very important in the next year when the new NOTAM guidance and AC's relating to the new Runway Condition Assessment Matrix (RCAM) is published by the FAA. Please train the FAA Tower facilities on the importance of inputting current and up-to-date RCAM values into the NOTAM system so that our ACARS messages are relevant.

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.

B737 captain lamented an ATIS message that was an hour and 45 minutes old and not current during arrival to mdw. He believed that all tower personnel will need to become familiar with the new AC's relating to the new runway condition assessment matrix (rcam).