Air carrier flight crew reported that on initial climbout they observed another aircraft opposite di...

Attributes
ACN	1390656
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	XNA.Airport
State Reference	AR
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 3000 Vertical 100

Narrative:

On departure from xna we were launched off runway 34 directly into an aircraft landing runway 16. At approximately 2500 feet tower told us to level at 3000 feet. As we did; we spotted an aircraft right in front of us. Captain banked 40 degrees left to avoid traffic. Unfortunately this aircraft was in a right turn and continued to get closer. We turned from a 336 heading to 265 heading. While this was happening tower was in a panic to have us turn. They did not know the aircraft was out there; approach put the aircraft on final for the wrong runway. Xna was departing runway 34. Approach put the aircraft on final for runway 16. The [intruder] aircraft eventually turned away from us; went missed approach and circled for runway 34. At one point we were at the same altitude within a mile of each other. My guess is our aircraft came within a 1/2 mile of each other. While in turn to avoid the aircraft; we were still in takeoff configuration; except the gear were up.we were told by tower this happened because approach put the aircraft on final for the wrong runway. Tower should've been told by approach about the inbound. Tower could've informed them that he had departing aircraft and problem would've been solved.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported that on initial climbout they observed another aircraft opposite direction descending towards them. Both aircraft pilots took evasive action.

Narrative: On departure from XNA we were launched off Runway 34 directly into an aircraft landing Runway 16. At approximately 2500 feet tower told us to level at 3000 feet. As we did; we spotted an aircraft right in front of us. Captain banked 40 degrees left to avoid traffic. Unfortunately this aircraft was in a right turn and continued to get closer. We turned from a 336 heading to 265 heading. While this was happening tower was in a panic to have us turn. They did not know the aircraft was out there; Approach put the aircraft on final for the wrong runway. XNA was departing Runway 34. Approach put the aircraft on final for Runway 16. The [intruder] aircraft eventually turned away from us; went missed approach and circled for Runway 34. At one point we were at the same altitude within a mile of each other. My guess is our aircraft came within a 1/2 mile of each other. While in turn to avoid the aircraft; we were still in takeoff configuration; except the gear were up.We were told by Tower this happened because Approach put the aircraft on final for the wrong runway. Tower should've been told by Approach about the inbound. Tower could've informed them that he had departing aircraft and problem would've been solved.

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.