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Tower controller reported arriving aircraft often line up for the wrong runway in cno due to the airport design.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1591623 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CNO.Tower |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Other Instrument Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 5.0 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
On the job training (OJT) was being conducted on local control. Aircraft X was inbound on the VOR approach for a full stop. The VOR approach is off of a VOR and to the right runway. This approach has the pilot fly over the approach end of the left runway since the parallels are staggered and the right runway actually is further. The pilot was lined up for the left and descending when the developmental was notified and the aircraft was sent around for another approach.the VOR approach is set up for the right runway and its setting pilots up for failure and possibly a wrong surface landing. If their head is in the instruments on an instrument approach; when they hit minimums and look up they will see our longest runway; the left and the PAPI's; not the right which is where they are cleared to land. Cno has a problem with wrong runway landings and having the VOR approach set up for the right runway is only going to have IFR pilots land on the wrong runway. If the VOR approach were to be set up for the left; it would also allow some versatility to TRACON and the operation since it would open up an instrument approach to another runway. As of now; all instrument approaches only go to one runway. There is no other approach to any other runway; even for east flow or the intersecting runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Tower Controller reported arriving aircraft often line up for the wrong runway in CNO due to the airport design.
Narrative: On the Job Training (OJT) was being conducted on local control. Aircraft X was inbound on the VOR approach for a full stop. The VOR approach is off of a VOR and to the right runway. This approach has the pilot fly over the approach end of the left runway since the parallels are staggered and the right runway actually is further. The pilot was lined up for the left and descending when the developmental was notified and the Aircraft was sent around for another approach.The VOR approach is set up for the right runway and its setting pilots up for failure and possibly a wrong surface landing. If their head is in the instruments on an instrument approach; when they hit minimums and look up they will see our longest runway; the left and the PAPI's; not the right which is where they are cleared to land. CNO has a problem with wrong runway landings and having the VOR approach set up for the right runway is only going to have IFR pilots land on the wrong runway. If the VOR approach were to be set up for the left; it would also allow some versatility to TRACON and the operation since it would open up an instrument approach to another runway. As of now; all instrument approaches only go to one runway. There is no other approach to any other runway; even for east flow or the intersecting runway.
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.