<< >> NASA ASRS Report 153055, August 1990

Controller reporter complains local military airport does not have an ATIS causing increased workload at times.

Attributes
ACN	153055
Time
Date	199008
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fai airport : eil
State Reference	AK
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : fai artcc : zla
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : developmental
Experience	controller military : 4 controller non radar : 6
ASRS Report	153055
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	other physical facility

Narrative:

Eil tower does not have an ATIS. The lack of an ATIS creates a burden to the users of eil and increases the workload for ATC at fai TRACON as well as eil tower. Call me and I can give background information. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter has only been at facility a few months, but has observed that workload increases when military aircraft return to airport and WX and airport information must be issued to each aircraft. Many aircraft go out as flts and return single aircraft, thereby adding to the controllers workload. Reporter states that in some cases stage 2 service has been denied because of the extra workload caused by relaying ATIS information. Reporter gave ATC experience. Fai airspace goes up to FL200 and 40 mi out. Facility manager knows about problem. No incidents to his knowledge have occurred because of this problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CTLR REPORTER COMPLAINS LCL MIL ARPT DOES NOT HAVE AN ATIS CAUSING INCREASED WORKLOAD AT TIMES.

Narrative: EIL TWR DOES NOT HAVE AN ATIS. THE LACK OF AN ATIS CREATES A BURDEN TO THE USERS OF EIL AND INCREASES THE WORKLOAD FOR ATC AT FAI TRACON AS WELL AS EIL TWR. CALL ME AND I CAN GIVE BACKGROUND INFO. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR HAS ONLY BEEN AT FAC A FEW MONTHS, BUT HAS OBSERVED THAT WORKLOAD INCREASES WHEN MIL ACFT RETURN TO ARPT AND WX AND ARPT INFO MUST BE ISSUED TO EACH ACFT. MANY ACFT GO OUT AS FLTS AND RETURN SINGLE ACFT, THEREBY ADDING TO THE CTLRS WORKLOAD. RPTR STATES THAT IN SOME CASES STAGE 2 SVC HAS BEEN DENIED BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA WORKLOAD CAUSED BY RELAYING ATIS INFO. RPTR GAVE ATC EXPERIENCE. FAI AIRSPACE GOES UP TO FL200 AND 40 MI OUT. FAC MGR KNOWS ABOUT PROB. NO INCIDENTS TO HIS KNOWLEDGE HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS PROB.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.