Narrative:

We were landing in billings on the final leg of a long week of night flying. I have flown into billings several times, and am fairly familiar with the airport layout. We normally land on runway 28R and turn left on taxiway G, then left on taxiway J to our ramp. Our commercial chart provider 10-9 page has a boxed note stating taxiway east is closed to aircraft over 14500 pounds. During our approach to runway 28R, we knew that a small aircraft was several mi behind us for landing. During the landing rollout, the controller told us to 'take the next left turn.' since we normally roll out to taxiway G, this instruction implied to me some sense of urgency. I made the left turn, but wasn't immediately sure exactly where we were. This runway exit put us initially on runway 25 before meeting taxiway F. I wasn't sure if the taxiway on my left was taxiway east, which is prohibited. I was very conscious of our tail hanging out onto runway 28R, so I wanted to exit as quickly as possible. For some reason I was expecting to be cleared to taxi up runway 25 to taxiway G. I continued to creep forward while trying to get the first officer to get clearance to taxi on runway 25. When he finally asked, ATC said runway 25 was not available to us because of our weight. By then, I had rolled forward to the point where I wasn't sure I could still turn left onto taxiway F. I felt it would be unsafe to attempt the turn onto taxiway F. Our tail was still a factor on runway 28R. The other aircraft sidestepped and landed on runway 28L. After several mins, ATC told us to taxi on runway 25 to taxiway G. I believe that the factors involved here were my expectation to exit at taxiway G, ATC's implied urgency, and fatigue. I was very tired at this time, and lost my situational awareness during a few moments of confusion. The fact that taxiway G is a former runway also gave me the impression that we would taxi on runway 25. In review of the 10-9 page after this incident I discovered the footnote with the runway weight restrs. If those restrs were more prominent, I would have been aware of them, and would never have gotten into this situation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AT THE REQUEST OF THE LCL CTLR, A306 CREW TURNS OFF RWY 28R AT BIL ON RWY 25. DELAY DETERMINING LOCATION CAUSES SUBSEQUENT ARR TO BE REDIRECTED TO RWY 28L.

Narrative: WE WERE LNDG IN BILLINGS ON THE FINAL LEG OF A LONG WK OF NIGHT FLYING. I HAVE FLOWN INTO BILLINGS SEVERAL TIMES, AND AM FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT LAYOUT. WE NORMALLY LAND ON RWY 28R AND TURN L ON TXWY G, THEN L ON TXWY J TO OUR RAMP. OUR COMMERCIAL CHART PROVIDER 10-9 PAGE HAS A BOXED NOTE STATING TXWY E IS CLOSED TO ACFT OVER 14500 LBS. DURING OUR APCH TO RWY 28R, WE KNEW THAT A SMALL ACFT WAS SEVERAL MI BEHIND US FOR LNDG. DURING THE LNDG ROLLOUT, THE CTLR TOLD US TO 'TAKE THE NEXT L TURN.' SINCE WE NORMALLY ROLL OUT TO TXWY G, THIS INSTRUCTION IMPLIED TO ME SOME SENSE OF URGENCY. I MADE THE L TURN, BUT WASN'T IMMEDIATELY SURE EXACTLY WHERE WE WERE. THIS RWY EXIT PUT US INITIALLY ON RWY 25 BEFORE MEETING TXWY F. I WASN'T SURE IF THE TXWY ON MY L WAS TXWY E, WHICH IS PROHIBITED. I WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF OUR TAIL HANGING OUT ONTO RWY 28R, SO I WANTED TO EXIT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. FOR SOME REASON I WAS EXPECTING TO BE CLRED TO TAXI UP RWY 25 TO TXWY G. I CONTINUED TO CREEP FORWARD WHILE TRYING TO GET THE FO TO GET CLRNC TO TAXI ON RWY 25. WHEN HE FINALLY ASKED, ATC SAID RWY 25 WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO US BECAUSE OF OUR WT. BY THEN, I HAD ROLLED FORWARD TO THE POINT WHERE I WASN'T SURE I COULD STILL TURN L ONTO TXWY F. I FELT IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO ATTEMPT THE TURN ONTO TXWY F. OUR TAIL WAS STILL A FACTOR ON RWY 28R. THE OTHER ACFT SIDESTEPPED AND LANDED ON RWY 28L. AFTER SEVERAL MINS, ATC TOLD US TO TAXI ON RWY 25 TO TXWY G. I BELIEVE THAT THE FACTORS INVOLVED HERE WERE MY EXPECTATION TO EXIT AT TXWY G, ATC'S IMPLIED URGENCY, AND FATIGUE. I WAS VERY TIRED AT THIS TIME, AND LOST MY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DURING A FEW MOMENTS OF CONFUSION. THE FACT THAT TXWY G IS A FORMER RWY ALSO GAVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULD TAXI ON RWY 25. IN REVIEW OF THE 10-9 PAGE AFTER THIS INCIDENT I DISCOVERED THE FOOTNOTE WITH THE RWY WT RESTRS. IF THOSE RESTRS WERE MORE PROMINENT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THEM, AND WOULD NEVER HAVE GOTTEN INTO THIS SIT.

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.