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Airport manager reported he was advised by the FAA that they would not publish notams for his private airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1657923 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201906 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Airport Personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flight service won't allow a private airport to publish notams. This makes no sense since most private airports allow GA public access. ZZZ is in the process of conducting runway repairs to xxl-xxr from [date]. During this period we've had two incidents with aircraft attempting to land on a paved runway with personnel from the asphalt company on the runway. Luckily both pilots were able to see and avoid the personnel and divert to another runway. Both pilots contacted me afterwards; upset that airport management hadn't filed notams about the runway closure. Two airport personnel attempted to contact both the FAA FSDO and flight service and were told they won't process notams for private airports. Safety should know no boundaries especially from bureaucracy. For a pilot to file a flight plan from ZZZ1 to ZZZ and to be briefed by flight service to include notams only to find a hazard to his flight that should have been relayed to him and could have been!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Airport Manager reported he was advised by the FAA that they would not publish NOTAMs for his private airport.
Narrative: Flight Service won't allow a private airport to publish NOTAMs. This makes no sense since most private airports allow GA public access. ZZZ is in the process of conducting runway repairs to XXL-XXR from [Date]. During this period we've had two incidents with aircraft attempting to land on a paved runway with personnel from the asphalt company on the runway. Luckily both pilots were able to see and avoid the personnel and divert to another runway. Both pilots contacted me afterwards; upset that airport management hadn't filed NOTAMs about the runway closure. Two airport personnel attempted to contact both the FAA FSDO and Flight Service and were told they won't process NOTAMs for private airports. SAFETY should know no boundaries especially from bureaucracy. For a pilot to file a flight plan from ZZZ1 to ZZZ and to be briefed by Flight Service to include NOTAMs only to find a hazard to his flight that should have been relayed to him and could have been!
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.