Narrative:

An air carrier heavy jet was authority/authorized by hawaii 'sdot' to perform an engine run-up. There is no run-up area provided by the state of hawaii on the airport. Therefore, via mou, the heavy aircraft are permitted to run up only on runways. Runway 8R was authority/authorized by airport manager. Therefore, runway 8R is now closed to arrs and departures. No NOTAM was issued for this NAS closure of a major runway. In addition, this information was not included on the hnl ATIS. This type of occurrence occurs on a semi-daily basis. Heavy departures are assigned runway 8R for departure by informal runway use program (pacific chart supplement). The aircraft which are affected by this runway closure were not advised of the closure until they were ready to taxi and assigned runway 8L. Runway 8L has different climb data due to cranes off of the departure end of runway. The aircraft declined the use of runway 8L and opted for runway 8R. The local controller now has to remove the run-up aircraft from runway 8R and jockey him/her around to allow departures on runway 8R. This was done to minimize NAS delays at hnl airport. The local controller's attention is diverted from intersecting runway operations (lahso) to accommodate this run-up. This is unsafe and unnecessary. State of hawaii should be required to issue NOTAMS for this type of closure.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HNL CTLR CONCERNED OVER INTER ORGANIZATIONAL MOU ALLOWING HVY JET ENG RUN-UPS ON A PRIMARY DEP RWY.

Narrative: AN ACR HVY JET WAS AUTH BY HAWAII 'SDOT' TO PERFORM AN ENG RUN-UP. THERE IS NO RUN-UP AREA PROVIDED BY THE STATE OF HAWAII ON THE ARPT. THEREFORE, VIA MOU, THE HVY ACFT ARE PERMITTED TO RUN UP ONLY ON RWYS. RWY 8R WAS AUTH BY ARPT MGR. THEREFORE, RWY 8R IS NOW CLOSED TO ARRS AND DEPS. NO NOTAM WAS ISSUED FOR THIS NAS CLOSURE OF A MAJOR RWY. IN ADDITION, THIS INFO WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE HNL ATIS. THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE OCCURS ON A SEMI-DAILY BASIS. HVY DEPS ARE ASSIGNED RWY 8R FOR DEP BY INFORMAL RWY USE PROGRAM (PACIFIC CHART SUPPLEMENT). THE ACFT WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THIS RWY CLOSURE WERE NOT ADVISED OF THE CLOSURE UNTIL THEY WERE READY TO TAXI AND ASSIGNED RWY 8L. RWY 8L HAS DIFFERENT CLB DATA DUE TO CRANES OFF OF THE DEP END OF RWY. THE ACFT DECLINED THE USE OF RWY 8L AND OPTED FOR RWY 8R. THE LCL CTLR NOW HAS TO REMOVE THE RUN-UP ACFT FROM RWY 8R AND JOCKEY HIM/HER AROUND TO ALLOW DEPS ON RWY 8R. THIS WAS DONE TO MINIMIZE NAS DELAYS AT HNL ARPT. THE LCL CTLR'S ATTN IS DIVERTED FROM INTERSECTING RWY OPS (LAHSO) TO ACCOMMODATE THIS RUN-UP. THIS IS UNSAFE AND UNNECESSARY. STATE OF HAWAII SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE NOTAMS FOR THIS TYPE OF CLOSURE.

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.