Reported situation of 100 vehicle runway xings per 8 hour shift. Reporter states the issue is safety...

Attributes
ACN	363690
Time
Date	199703
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mht
State Reference	NH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller radar : 20
ASRS Report	363690
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : unable
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Presently there are over 100 vehicle xings on the manchester airport runways per 8 hour shift. Some of these are known to be field tours with children in school busses, lunch runs to and from the terminal, and pilots being shuttled to and from their aircraft. Obviously some of these are unnecessary and increase the potential for runway incursions. This situation has been an ongoing problem for the last 6 yrs and was idented in 1991 by a runway incursion action team. At times the ground control frequency is so congested with vehicle calls that the controller cannot hear or transmit to aircraft under his/her control jurisdiction. The issue here is safety, for it is only a matter of time before a runway incursion occurs. It is not prudent to allow children in school busses to travel up and down active runways.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTED SIT OF 100 VEHICLE RWY XINGS PER 8 HR SHIFT. RPTR STATES THE ISSUE IS SAFETY AND THAT IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A RWY INCURSION OCCURS.

Narrative: PRESENTLY THERE ARE OVER 100 VEHICLE XINGS ON THE MANCHESTER ARPT RWYS PER 8 HR SHIFT. SOME OF THESE ARE KNOWN TO BE FIELD TOURS WITH CHILDREN IN SCHOOL BUSSES, LUNCH RUNS TO AND FROM THE TERMINAL, AND PLTS BEING SHUTTLED TO AND FROM THEIR ACFT. OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THESE ARE UNNECESSARY AND INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR RWY INCURSIONS. THIS SIT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROB FOR THE LAST 6 YRS AND WAS IDENTED IN 1991 BY A RWY INCURSION ACTION TEAM. AT TIMES THE GND CTL FREQ IS SO CONGESTED WITH VEHICLE CALLS THAT THE CTLR CANNOT HEAR OR XMIT TO ACFT UNDER HIS/HER CTL JURISDICTION. THE ISSUE HERE IS SAFETY, FOR IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A RWY INCURSION OCCURS. IT IS NOT PRUDENT TO ALLOW CHILDREN IN SCHOOL BUSSES TO TRAVEL UP AND DOWN ACTIVE RWYS.

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.

Reported situation of 100 vehicle runway xings per 8 hour shift. Reporter states the issue is safety and that it is a matter of time before a runway incursion occurs.