Narrative:

On heatt arrival were informed WX had closed the arrival. We were vectored south, began looking at fuel. Were given direct freeport to depart 180 degrees. Were told vector would be approximately 3 mins. Fuel still ok. Asked again how long and were told 20 mi. We decided that was our limit. As that came up, we asked and were told 30 more mi. Said we wanted to divert to fll. Were given turn and clearance. Winds were strong, so we declared minimum fuel to prevent additional vectoring. ATC then offered us mia (which was slightly closer) with no delays -- we accepted. It became apparent we would be slightly below reserve fuel on landing, so we declared emergency for fuel. ATC then offered landing runway 27R which we again accepted. We landed without incident slightly below reserve fuel.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80S ACFT ON ARR TO MIA WAS VECTORED S FOR DELAYS DUE TO WX IN ARPT AREA. WHEN FUEL WAS APCHING RESERVE FLC DECLARED AN EMER AND WAS VECTORED TO MIA WITH PRIORITY HANDLING.

Narrative: ON HEATT ARR WERE INFORMED WX HAD CLOSED THE ARR. WE WERE VECTORED S, BEGAN LOOKING AT FUEL. WERE GIVEN DIRECT FREEPORT TO DEPART 180 DEGS. WERE TOLD VECTOR WOULD BE APPROX 3 MINS. FUEL STILL OK. ASKED AGAIN HOW LONG AND WERE TOLD 20 MI. WE DECIDED THAT WAS OUR LIMIT. AS THAT CAME UP, WE ASKED AND WERE TOLD 30 MORE MI. SAID WE WANTED TO DIVERT TO FLL. WERE GIVEN TURN AND CLRNC. WINDS WERE STRONG, SO WE DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL VECTORING. ATC THEN OFFERED US MIA (WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY CLOSER) WITH NO DELAYS -- WE ACCEPTED. IT BECAME APPARENT WE WOULD BE SLIGHTLY BELOW RESERVE FUEL ON LNDG, SO WE DECLARED EMER FOR FUEL. ATC THEN OFFERED LNDG RWY 27R WHICH WE AGAIN ACCEPTED. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT SLIGHTLY BELOW RESERVE FUEL.

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.