Narrative:

Having never been to ZZZ before; I called the airport the day prior to arrival and discussed the general runway conditions with an employee and he advised me that it wouldn't be a problem for a falcon 7X. There was a NOTAM that restricted the use of the airport to less than 18;000 pounds for single wheel which I mistakenly thought didn't apply to us since we were a dual wheel aircraft. Enroute to ZZZ; center advised us the airport was closed due to the weight restriction so I called the airport again. I asked if the airport was closed and he said no; everything is fine. I asked if G-4's and G-5's landed at the airport and he said yes; all the time. He informed me that an emb-145 landed last week and I should have no problem. We advised ATC of our conversation with the airport employee and our belief that the restriction was for single wheel aircraft only and would like to proceed to ZZZ. ATC allowed us to continue and we landed at ZZZ without incident. After we landed; the FAA called the airport manager and told him to add the word 'load' to the NOTAM so now it reads ap clsd exc aircraft less than 18000 pound single wheel load. This was meant to clarify the NOTAM. Why not make the NOTAM clear and to the point and say ap clsd to aircraft over 18000 pound landing weight. It would also help if these airport workers were properly trained and not prone to giving out misinformation. This is a very small; country airport in the middle of nowhere and there probably aren't more than 2 or 3 employees there. It shouldn't be hard to communicate the fact that the airport is closed to large aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Falcon 7X Captain reported planning a flight to an airport which had a NOTAM that restricted the use of the airport to less than 18;000 LBS for single wheel. The Captain believed his dual wheel aircraft was good to go and an airport employee confirmed this. After landing he was informed that the NOTAM meant to say the airport was closed to aircraft over 18000 LBS landing weight.

Narrative: Having never been to ZZZ before; I called the airport the day prior to arrival and discussed the general runway conditions with an employee and he advised me that it wouldn't be a problem for a Falcon 7X. There was a NOTAM that restricted the use of the airport to less than 18;000 LBS for single wheel which I mistakenly thought didn't apply to us since we were a dual wheel aircraft. Enroute to ZZZ; center advised us the airport was closed due to the weight restriction so I called the airport again. I asked if the airport was closed and he said no; everything is fine. I asked if G-4's and G-5's landed at the airport and he said yes; all the time. He informed me that an EMB-145 landed last week and I should have no problem. We advised ATC of our conversation with the airport employee and our belief that the restriction was for single wheel aircraft only and would like to proceed to ZZZ. ATC allowed us to continue and we landed at ZZZ without incident. After we landed; the FAA called the airport manager and told him to add the word 'LOAD' to the NOTAM so now it reads AP CLSD EXC ACFT LESS THAN 18000 LB SINGLE WHEEL LOAD. This was meant to clarify the NOTAM. Why not make the NOTAM clear and to the point and say AP CLSD TO ACFT OVER 18000 LB LNDG WEIGHT. It would also help if these airport workers were properly trained and not prone to giving out misinformation. This is a very small; country airport in the middle of nowhere and there probably aren't more than 2 or 3 employees there. It shouldn't be hard to communicate the fact that the airport is closed to large aircraft.

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.