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Air carrier flight crew reported that the PAPI system is inoperative at ptkk; however; a NOTAM was issued that the system is operative.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1718071 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202001 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PTKK.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Ptkk airport has a NOTAM saying PAPI activated many months ago. I have flown this pairing several times in the last 10 days and each time; the PAPI has been inop. I have advised operations each time that the PAPI is inop. They say they will get it fixed or [issue a] NOTAM that it's inop. Neither has occurred. This is a night approach to a 'black hole' airport with a non-precision approach and in my opinion an operating PAPI is important. If it's not operational; it should have a NOTAM alerting the crew that it is inop; so they can plan accordingly. As a side note; on the flight last night from ZZZ to ptkk; when we activated the runway lights on CTAF; the PAPI came on for 2 seconds with the runway lights then went out for the remainder of the landing time. Then on the return flight ZZZ to ptkk; the PAPI didn't even come on for any amount of time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew reported that the PAPI system is inoperative at PTKK; however; a NOTAM was issued that the system is operative.
Narrative: PTKK airport has a NOTAM saying PAPI activated many months ago. I have flown this pairing several times in the last 10 days and each time; the PAPI has been inop. I have advised operations each time that the PAPI is inop. They say they will get it fixed or [issue a] NOTAM that it's inop. Neither has occurred. This is a night approach to a 'black hole' airport with a non-precision approach and in my opinion an operating PAPI is important. If it's not operational; it should have a NOTAM alerting the crew that it is inop; so they can plan accordingly. As a side note; on the flight last night from ZZZ to PTKK; when we activated the runway lights on CTAF; the PAPI came on for 2 seconds with the runway lights then went out for the remainder of the landing time. Then on the return flight ZZZ to PTKK; the PAPI didn't even come on for any amount of time.
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.