Narrative:

Approach control said expect [a different runway]. We loaded the new approach. I requested landing data. We briefed the approach. Approach control reduced our speed to 190. The captain asked for flaps 1. We flew at least 30 miles out on vectors burning through fuel. I asked the captain if he still thought [our original alternate] was a good alternate. He said to text dispatch. Dispatch offered [a different closer airport]. Approach control passed us to tower. Tower told us that the city closed [the runway] and to go around with an assigned altitude and heading. He then passed us to approach. Approach had no plan and was task saturated. The captain said when you can; request to go to our [new] alternate which was only about 30 miles from our current position. They cleared us direct. I requested ATIS and loaded the approach. I requested landing data. About 15 miles from [destination]; approach informed us that [the airport] was closed. The captain decided to try [the original destination] again with fuel down around 4.5. We started getting lots of vectors and speed reductions. It appeared that [we] were at the end of a long line of planes trying to land. The captain told me to [advise ATC of our fuel situation]. I did. ATC then sent us direct to the field. When heading straight to the field our fuel on destination increased to 5.5. ATC asked for fuel on board and souls on board; which I told them. They then gave us more vectors and speed reductions. They had emergency equipment standing by. We landed without incident and into the gate 4.4 fuel on destination. Not a comfortable number. I believe the captain made the right call and I supported him in that decision. We landed safely without incident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 NG First Officer reported weather issues at destination resulted in them notifying ATC of a low fuel emergency and landing with minimum fuel.

Narrative: Approach Control said expect [a different runway]. We loaded the new approach. I requested landing data. We briefed the approach. Approach Control reduced our speed to 190. The Captain asked for flaps 1. We flew at least 30 miles out on vectors burning through fuel. I asked the Captain if he still thought [our original alternate] was a good alternate. He said to text dispatch. Dispatch offered [a different closer airport]. Approach Control passed us to Tower. Tower told us that the city closed [the runway] and to go around with an assigned altitude and heading. He then passed us to Approach. Approach had no plan and was task saturated. The Captain said when you can; request to go to our [new] alternate which was only about 30 miles from our current position. They cleared us direct. I requested ATIS and loaded the approach. I requested landing data. About 15 miles from [destination]; Approach informed us that [the airport] was closed. The Captain decided to try [the original destination] again with fuel down around 4.5. We started getting lots of vectors and speed reductions. It appeared that [we] were at the end of a long line of planes trying to land. The Captain told me to [advise ATC of our fuel situation]. I did. ATC then sent us direct to the field. When heading straight to the field our Fuel on Destination increased to 5.5. ATC asked for Fuel On Board and Souls On Board; which I told them. They then gave us more vectors and speed reductions. They had emergency equipment standing by. We landed without incident and into the gate 4.4 Fuel on Destination. Not a comfortable number. I believe the Captain made the right call and I supported him in that decision. We landed safely without incident.

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.