Narrative:

Captain (self) flying, first officer monitoring pilot. Briefed arrival/approach/intended runway turnoff point/taxi route to gate, prior to top of descent. First officer left frequency on descent to obtain ATIS (B737-300) and notify company of arrival time/specials and to get gate assignment. First officer returned to frequency with ATIS slip with airport information and gate assignment. Discussed arrival WX and gate information. WX 3800 ft broken and visibility 10+ mi. Initiated ILS runway 29 approach and transitioned to visual approach and landing. Initiated turnoff at taxiway V. As aircraft was entering taxiway V, tower advised that taxiway V was closed as per ATIS. Small red cones, approximately 1 ft high, blocking access to parallel taxiway west from hold short line could be seen as we began exiting runway/entering the taxiway about 100 ft ahead (could not be seen while on runway). Tower instructed us to continue ahead through blocked taxiway as she cleared an air carrier Y to land and advised them that taxiway V was closed. I decided not to go through barrier, turned aircraft so as to continue down runway and advised tower we would continue to next taxiway. Tower advised air carrier Y that an aircraft (us) was still on runway and to be prepared for possible go around. As we were exiting runway onto taxiway Y, tower advised air carrier Y to go around, us to contact ground. We contacted ground clear of runway and taxied to gate. On taxi in, I queried first officer if he had heard on ATIS frequency that taxiway V was closed. He responded that there were many txwys closed and that they were too numerous to write down on the ATIS slip. Event could have been avoided if complete ATIS write-down had been completed. However, this would result in a single pilot operation for an extended period of time during a high workload environment (transition during descent from center frequencys to several approach frequencys while trying to comply with crossing restrs. Tower should state to 'all' landing aircraft, any runway exiting txwys which are closed, regardless of any ATIS content. Marker cones or barriers should be placed at the runway edges so as to be completely visible to aircraft from runway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 CREW STARTED TO EXIT THE RWY ON A CLOSED TXWY. ANOTHER ACR HAD TO DO A GAR.

Narrative: CAPT (SELF) FLYING, FO MONITORING PLT. BRIEFED ARR/APCH/INTENDED RWY TURNOFF POINT/TAXI RTE TO GATE, PRIOR TO TOP OF DSCNT. FO LEFT FREQ ON DSCNT TO OBTAIN ATIS (B737-300) AND NOTIFY COMPANY OF ARR TIME/SPECIALS AND TO GET GATE ASSIGNMENT. FO RETURNED TO FREQ WITH ATIS SLIP WITH ARPT INFO AND GATE ASSIGNMENT. DISCUSSED ARR WX AND GATE INFO. WX 3800 FT BROKEN AND VISIBILITY 10+ MI. INITIATED ILS RWY 29 APCH AND TRANSITIONED TO VISUAL APCH AND LNDG. INITIATED TURNOFF AT TXWY V. AS ACFT WAS ENTERING TXWY V, TWR ADVISED THAT TXWY V WAS CLOSED AS PER ATIS. SMALL RED CONES, APPROX 1 FT HIGH, BLOCKING ACCESS TO PARALLEL TXWY W FROM HOLD SHORT LINE COULD BE SEEN AS WE BEGAN EXITING RWY/ENTERING THE TXWY ABOUT 100 FT AHEAD (COULD NOT BE SEEN WHILE ON RWY). TWR INSTRUCTED US TO CONTINUE AHEAD THROUGH BLOCKED TXWY AS SHE CLRED AN ACR Y TO LAND AND ADVISED THEM THAT TXWY V WAS CLOSED. I DECIDED NOT TO GO THROUGH BARRIER, TURNED ACFT SO AS TO CONTINUE DOWN RWY AND ADVISED TWR WE WOULD CONTINUE TO NEXT TXWY. TWR ADVISED ACR Y THAT AN ACFT (US) WAS STILL ON RWY AND TO BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE GAR. AS WE WERE EXITING RWY ONTO TXWY Y, TWR ADVISED ACR Y TO GAR, US TO CONTACT GND. WE CONTACTED GND CLR OF RWY AND TAXIED TO GATE. ON TAXI IN, I QUERIED FO IF HE HAD HEARD ON ATIS FREQ THAT TXWY V WAS CLOSED. HE RESPONDED THAT THERE WERE MANY TXWYS CLOSED AND THAT THEY WERE TOO NUMEROUS TO WRITE DOWN ON THE ATIS SLIP. EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF COMPLETE ATIS WRITE-DOWN HAD BEEN COMPLETED. HOWEVER, THIS WOULD RESULT IN A SINGLE PLT OP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME DURING A HIGH WORKLOAD ENVIRONMENT (TRANSITION DURING DSCNT FROM CTR FREQS TO SEVERAL APCH FREQS WHILE TRYING TO COMPLY WITH XING RESTRS. TWR SHOULD STATE TO 'ALL' LNDG ACFT, ANY RWY EXITING TXWYS WHICH ARE CLOSED, REGARDLESS OF ANY ATIS CONTENT. MARKER CONES OR BARRIERS SHOULD BE PLACED AT THE RWY EDGES SO AS TO BE COMPLETELY VISIBLE TO ACFT FROM RWY.

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.