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Tower supervisor concerned with realignment of VOR final approach course for runway 35L. Reporter states traffic inbound to runway 35R interferes with VOR traffic for runway 35L.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 395920 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gfk |
| State Reference | ND |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : gfk tower : abq |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | oversight : supervisor |
| Experience | controller non radar : 15 controller radar : 1 controller supervisory : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 395920 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Last yr the approach courses for VOR runway 35L and VOR runway 17R were shifted to the east. During marginal conditions the traffic on the parallel runway 35R/17L interferes with the VOR traffic runway 35L/17R. We have had traffic for runway 35R follow the VOR traffic for runway 35L. A number of fpl's here are disapproving VOR approachs when visibility is reduced. Serious consideration should be given to shifting the VOR approach courses back to the west.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWR SUPVR CONCERNED WITH REALIGNMENT OF VOR FINAL APCH COURSE FOR RWY 35L. RPTR STATES TFC INBOUND TO RWY 35R INTERFERES WITH VOR TFC FOR RWY 35L.
Narrative: LAST YR THE APCH COURSES FOR VOR RWY 35L AND VOR RWY 17R WERE SHIFTED TO THE E. DURING MARGINAL CONDITIONS THE TFC ON THE PARALLEL RWY 35R/17L INTERFERES WITH THE VOR TFC RWY 35L/17R. WE HAVE HAD TFC FOR RWY 35R FOLLOW THE VOR TFC FOR RWY 35L. A NUMBER OF FPL'S HERE ARE DISAPPROVING VOR APCHS WHEN VISIBILITY IS REDUCED. SERIOUS CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO SHIFTING THE VOR APCH COURSES BACK TO THE W.
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.