Narrative:

An airline asked us to hold aircraft on a taxiway because their gates were not available. I had to hold a B757 between the runways for about 15 mins during heavy arrival and departure push because ground control has no taxiway available to hold them. This situation created additional workload since one of my crossing txwys is not available for arrival traffic. Also, I always had to keep this aircraft in mind, creating conflicts with normal duties. The airline or traffic management unit (tmu) should keep better track of their gate availability and plan holding aircraft at departure point to alleviate this increasing occurrence.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATCT LCL CTLR HAD TO HOLD A B757 ON A TXWY BECAUSE THIS COMPANY DID NOT HAVE A GATE AVAILABLE FOR THE ACFT. THE CTLR FELT THAT THIS CAUSED HIM EXTRA WORRY AND BLOCKED A TXWY UNNECESSARILY AND THAT THE COMPANY OR THE TMU SHOULD HAVE INSTITUTED GATE HOLDS AT DEP ARPTS.

Narrative: AN AIRLINE ASKED US TO HOLD ACFT ON A TXWY BECAUSE THEIR GATES WERE NOT AVAILABLE. I HAD TO HOLD A B757 BTWN THE RWYS FOR ABOUT 15 MINS DURING HVY ARR AND DEP PUSH BECAUSE GND CTL HAS NO TXWY AVAILABLE TO HOLD THEM. THIS SIT CREATED ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD SINCE ONE OF MY XING TXWYS IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ARR TFC. ALSO, I ALWAYS HAD TO KEEP THIS ACFT IN MIND, CREATING CONFLICTS WITH NORMAL DUTIES. THE AIRLINE OR TFC MGMNT UNIT (TMU) SHOULD KEEP BETTER TRACK OF THEIR GATE AVAILABILITY AND PLAN HOLDING ACFT AT DEP POINT TO ALLEVIATE THIS INCREASING OCCURRENCE.

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.