Narrative:

While enroute to lse we requested an updated ficon (field conditions) report from dispatch. Approximately 7 minutes prior to landing; we received the report indicating that the latest ficon was done only 4 minutes prior to us receiving the report and it indicated runway 18/36 was 5/5/5 with 1/8 in dry snow. When we touched down on the runway; we encountered slippery conditions with poor to fair braking action with approximately 1 in snow 100% of the runway with approximately 5 in snowdrifts and no sign of any plowing or other vehicle tracks. We were able to stop the aircraft on the runway. After taxiing to the gate and shutting down the aircraft; that captain and I had a conversation with the lse station manager about the ficon report. They stated that they updated the report; as they are required to do every 30 min but noted that the last actual ficon report was from several hours earlier and they just updated the old report with the current time they read the old report from the airport authority's website. They also stated that there were airport staff on duty at the time but they have not been out inspecting the airport runway conditions. They also stated that there has been an ongoing issue with getting the correct ficon data between the company ground services at lse and the airport and they didn't know who to contact to get this fixed. Her meetings with the airport staff did not fix the communication issue. During the taxi ride to our hotel the captain contacted a dispatch supervisor and told them what had happened. Had we known the actual runway conditions we would have diverted and never attempted to land at lse.to avoid a recurrence of this event; the airport personnel responsible for inspecting the runways should actively update the ficon report with current information. The station manager should not blindly put old information into the ficon report that is from old reports and should indicate on her reports that the information is old. They should have also indicated that the field conditions were not what was indicated; as the ground crew had to plow the ramps so we could see the lines to taxi to the gate.

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Title: Air carrier First Officer landing at LSE received a field conditions report indicating good braking action. The braking action was not good and there was unreported snow on the runway.

Narrative: While enroute to LSE we requested an updated FICON (Field Conditions) report from dispatch. Approximately 7 minutes prior to landing; we received the report indicating that the latest FICON was done only 4 minutes prior to us receiving the report and it indicated runway 18/36 was 5/5/5 with 1/8 in Dry snow. When we touched down on the runway; we encountered slippery conditions with poor to fair braking action with approximately 1 in snow 100% of the runway with approximately 5 in snowdrifts and no sign of any plowing or other vehicle tracks. We were able to stop the aircraft on the runway. After taxiing to the gate and shutting down the aircraft; that Captain and I had a conversation with the LSE Station manager about the FICON report. They stated that they updated the report; as they are required to do every 30 min but noted that the last actual FICON report was from several hours earlier and they just updated the old report with the current time they read the old report from the airport authority's website. They also stated that there were airport staff on duty at the time but they have not been out inspecting the airport runway conditions. They also stated that there has been an ongoing issue with getting the correct FICON data between the company ground services at LSE and the airport and they didn't know who to contact to get this fixed. Her meetings with the airport staff did not fix the communication issue. During the taxi ride to our hotel the captain contacted a dispatch supervisor and told them what had happened. Had we known the actual runway conditions we would have diverted and never attempted to land at LSE.To avoid a recurrence of this event; the Airport personnel responsible for inspecting the runways should actively update the FICON report with current information. The station manager should not blindly put old information into the FICON report that is from old reports and should indicate on her reports that the information is old. They should have also indicated that the field conditions were not what was indicated; as the ground crew had to plow the ramps so we could see the lines to taxi to the gate.

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.