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Tul controller expressed frustration regarding airport runway closure procedure during WX limiting operations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 627074 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200408 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tul.airport |
| State Reference | OK |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | flight time total : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 627074 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : tul.airport |
Narrative:
Acrs were using the shorter runway because the longer runway was closed for equipment to work off the south end of runway 36R, 500 ft. The active runway was runway 26. There was a storm developing to the west effecting the areas en route to phx and den. The acrs were needing to use runway 8 of the added weight of extra fuel needed for vectors around the storm. Why could not the airport displace the runway 36R and allow for more runway length?. Then to reopen the runway, which was NOTAM cancelled at XA00 local, it took the airport 40 mins, and no one was on the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TUL CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING ARPT RWY CLOSURE PROC DURING WX LIMITING OPS.
Narrative: ACRS WERE USING THE SHORTER RWY BECAUSE THE LONGER RWY WAS CLOSED FOR EQUIP TO WORK OFF THE S END OF RWY 36R, 500 FT. THE ACTIVE RWY WAS RWY 26. THERE WAS A STORM DEVELOPING TO THE W EFFECTING THE AREAS ENRTE TO PHX AND DEN. THE ACRS WERE NEEDING TO USE RWY 8 OF THE ADDED WEIGHT OF EXTRA FUEL NEEDED FOR VECTORS AROUND THE STORM. WHY COULD NOT THE ARPT DISPLACE THE RWY 36R AND ALLOW FOR MORE RWY LENGTH?. THEN TO REOPEN THE RWY, WHICH WAS NOTAM CANCELLED AT XA00 LCL, IT TOOK THE ARPT 40 MINS, AND NO ONE WAS ON THE 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.