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An air carrier pilot reports miami commercial airport and company specific pages do not reflect actual conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 523235 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200108 |
| Day | Sun |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mia.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : holding |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Airport |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Situations | |
| Airport | construction : mia.airport markings : mia.airport signage : mia.airport |
| Chart | airport : mia.airport |
Narrative:
Commercial charts do not show the B terminal of mia. The airport diagram does not show that a holding spot has been closed. Someone needs to address these NOTAMS. The closing of a spot is buried in the airport summary of the flight plan paperwork -- very easy to miss in my opinion. I and my captain missed seeing it on our first trip when the same spot was first closed. I commuted to mia last week and the flight crew of this flight missed it as well. They initially taxied to a closed spot then turned 180 degrees around to another spot. There is no diagram of spots. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: callback revealed that there is construction at miami. Some of the designated spots used to contact ATCT ground control have been deleted and others have been added. The locally based crews have no problem with that, due to their familiarity, but other crews have difficulty.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR PLT RPTS MIAMI COMMERCIAL ARPT AND COMPANY SPECIFIC PAGES DO NOT REFLECT ACTUAL CONDITIONS.
Narrative: COMMERCIAL CHARTS DO NOT SHOW THE B TERMINAL OF MIA. THE ARPT DIAGRAM DOES NOT SHOW THAT A HOLDING SPOT HAS BEEN CLOSED. SOMEONE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THESE NOTAMS. THE CLOSING OF A SPOT IS BURIED IN THE ARPT SUMMARY OF THE FLT PLAN PAPERWORK -- VERY EASY TO MISS IN MY OPINION. I AND MY CAPT MISSED SEEING IT ON OUR FIRST TRIP WHEN THE SAME SPOT WAS FIRST CLOSED. I COMMUTED TO MIA LAST WEEK AND THE FLT CREW OF THIS FLT MISSED IT AS WELL. THEY INITIALLY TAXIED TO A CLOSED SPOT THEN TURNED 180 DEGS AROUND TO ANOTHER SPOT. THERE IS NO DIAGRAM OF SPOTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CALLBACK REVEALED THAT THERE IS CONSTRUCTION AT MIAMI. SOME OF THE DESIGNATED SPOTS USED TO CONTACT ATCT GND CTL HAVE BEEN DELETED AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN ADDED. THE LOCALLY BASED CREWS HAVE NO PROB WITH THAT, DUE TO THEIR FAMILIARITY, BUT OTHER CREWS HAVE DIFFICULTY.
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.