Airport lighting no VASI or reils on runway 4.

Attributes
ACN	279882
Time
Date	199409
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : acy
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	279882
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Acy airport has been the home base for the FAA technical center and receives air traffic from GA to heavy jets. Several airlines have scheduled services in and out at different times of the day. Several times during yrly operation, due to strong and gusting winds, pilots are required to fly a VOR approach to runway 4. This approach is an offset VOR approach. The runway 4 does not have VASI system. In night operation, with rain or sleet or snow or wind shear, etc, land a transport jet aircraft on 6144 ft runway without VASI help is very dangerous. This airport is hard to be seen. It needs REIL lights that would be a good help for night visual for VOR approachs in poor visibility conditions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ARPT LIGHTING NO VASI OR REILS ON RWY 4.

Narrative: ACY ARPT HAS BEEN THE HOME BASE FOR THE FAA TECHNICAL CTR AND RECEIVES AIR TFC FROM GA TO HVY JETS. SEVERAL AIRLINES HAVE SCHEDULED SVCS IN AND OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. SEVERAL TIMES DURING YRLY OP, DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTING WINDS, PLTS ARE REQUIRED TO FLY A VOR APCH TO RWY 4. THIS APCH IS AN OFFSET VOR APCH. THE RWY 4 DOES NOT HAVE VASI SYS. IN NIGHT OP, WITH RAIN OR SLEET OR SNOW OR WIND SHEAR, ETC, LAND A TRANSPORT JET ACFT ON 6144 FT RWY WITHOUT VASI HELP IS VERY DANGEROUS. THIS ARPT IS HARD TO BE SEEN. IT NEEDS REIL LIGHTS THAT WOULD BE A GOOD HELP FOR NIGHT VISUAL FOR VOR APCHS IN POOR VISIBILITY CONDITIONS.

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.