Crew requested priority handling because of minimum fuel.

Attributes
ACN	429071
Time
Date	199902
Day	Sat
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rjaa.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 24000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : rjtg.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : holding cruise : level
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	429071
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Minimum fuel. Flight abc on feb/xa/99 had to declare minimum fuel on arrival to nrt. The reason was because of rerte by zan, which added 15 mins to the flight plan, then vectors for spacing and holding by tokyo control, which added an additional 15-20 mins to flight plan.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CREW REQUESTED PRIORITY HANDLING BECAUSE OF MINIMUM FUEL.

Narrative: MINIMUM FUEL. FLT ABC ON FEB/XA/99 HAD TO DECLARE MINIMUM FUEL ON ARR TO NRT. THE REASON WAS BECAUSE OF RERTE BY ZAN, WHICH ADDED 15 MINS TO THE FLT PLAN, THEN VECTORS FOR SPACING AND HOLDING BY TOKYO CTL, WHICH ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 15-20 MINS TO FLT PLAN.

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.