Narrative:

While enroute to [to destination] I was checking the fuel on my mfd data page and noticed that the reserve fuel was in yellow. I looked at my flight plan information strip quickly and saw that I had took on the correct fuel plus more (I had asked for 1000 lbs extra as I always do for precautionary reasons). I was puzzled as to why my mfd data was showing in yellow for the reserve and extra fuel. I then pulled the navigation plan information section on the release and looked at the enroute fuel and reserve fuel. It all added up to the min fuel that we show on the flight plan information strip. So that was when I figured out that we were missing the alternate fuel from the navigation plan information section. I immediately notified dispatch that I was over little rock and reported the fuel on board along with the mistake that I had caught with the paperwork. Dispatch then advised that I turned around and land...to refuel.we were already delayed...due to a tire change that we had...prior to this flight so we were trying to get back to [to destination]. Captain overlooked the navigation plan information details in the release and missed the altitude information that the dispatcher had left out. We left...with 10.100 which more than the required plan fuel of 9.118 and above the min fuel of 8.289 according to the flight plan information section of the release. However the navigation plan information was missing the altitude...data and was not included in the min fuel. I will definitely keep a close eye on this in the future and use my bar method (enroute burn; alternate; and reserve fuel to calculate min fuel).

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-900 Captain noted MFD Low Fuel Reserve indication in cruise and discovered that the Alternate Fuel had not been included in the fuel load. Flight diverted for refueling.

Narrative: While enroute to [to destination] I was checking the fuel on my MFD DATA page and noticed that the reserve fuel was in yellow. I looked at my FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION strip quickly and saw that I had took on the correct fuel plus more (I had asked for 1000 lbs extra as I always do for precautionary reasons). I was puzzled as to why my MFD DATA was showing in yellow for the RESERVE and EXTRA fuel. I then pulled the NAV PLAN INFORMATION section on the release and looked at the ENROUTE FUEL and RESERVE FUEL. It all added up to the MIN FUEL that we show on the FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION strip. So that was when I figured out that we were missing the Alternate fuel from the NAV PLAN INFORMATION section. I immediately notified dispatch that I was over Little Rock and reported the fuel on board along with the mistake that I had caught with the paperwork. Dispatch then advised that I turned around and land...to refuel.We were already delayed...due to a tire change that we had...prior to this flight so we were trying to get back to [to destination]. Captain overlooked the NAV PLAN INFORMATION details in the release and missed the ALT information that the dispatcher had left out. We left...with 10.100 which more than the required Plan fuel of 9.118 and above the min fuel of 8.289 according to the FLIGHT PLAN INFORMATION section of the release. However the NAV PLAN INFORMATION was missing the ALT...data and was not included in the MIN FUEL. I will definitely keep a close eye on this in the future and use my BAR method (Enroute BURN; Alternate; and RESERVE Fuel to calculate min fuel).

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.