Narrative:

There is currently an unsafe condition that exists at the millville airport (miv). Miv is a very busy GA airport that has numerous instrument approachs; which make it attractive for pilot training. It also has an expanding flight school and cpr jet center based at the airport. Millville AFSS provided local airport advisory (laa) services at the miv airport until sep/xa/06. At that time; it was consolidated with the islip AFSS. Atlantic city TRACON; which provides approach control services to miv; had a LOA with millville AFSS defining each facility's responsibilities for providing service. The LOA expired when millville AFSS was consolidated with islip AFSS. The air traffic controllers at atlantic city TRACON were briefed that nothing would change after the consolidation. All services were supposed to continue; with islip AFSS providing the remote airport advisory (raa) service and a new LOA would be developed. On oct/xa/06; contrary to all FAA briefings; airport advisory services were terminated at miv. More than 2 months later there is still no airport advisory service; there is no LOA with islip AFSS; and there is little or no guidance from the FAA management regarding the next step at miv. In the meantime; the airport continues to be busy with its mix of high/low performance aircraft and intersecting runway operations. Based on phone calls; interviews; and meetings; the users at miv are totally dissatisfied with the lack of service and action by the FAA. There are reports of unsafe operations including opposite direction and intersecting runway near misses. One specific factor contributing to the unsafe condition is the lack of a 'favored runway or recommended runway' being issued to the pilot by an advisory service. There are 2 possible solutions to the problem: 1) the FAA can direct islip AFSS to provide remote airport advisory (raa) services at miv; as was promised when the miv AFSS consolidation occurred. 2) the FAA can relieve the obligation that islip AFSS provide the raa at miv. This will allow the local airport management at miv to move forward with providing its own aeronautical advisory station (unicom). There does not seem to be any urgency to correct the situation now that the FAA's initial plan at miv has faltered. We are at a roadblock with no one willing to take responsibility to move the process forward. Either one of the above solutions will greatly increase the safety at miv because a favored or recommended runway will be issued to the pilot. This would reduce the chance of an opposite direction or intersecting runway incident or accident.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACY TRACON CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING FAA'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE LCL ARPT SVCS AS PLANNED WHEN THE LCL FSS WAS COMBINED TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

Narrative: THERE IS CURRENTLY AN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT EXISTS AT THE MILLVILLE ARPT (MIV). MIV IS A VERY BUSY GA ARPT THAT HAS NUMEROUS INST APCHS; WHICH MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR PLT TRAINING. IT ALSO HAS AN EXPANDING FLT SCHOOL AND CPR JET CTR BASED AT THE ARPT. MILLVILLE AFSS PROVIDED LCL ARPT ADVISORY (LAA) SVCS AT THE MIV ARPT UNTIL SEP/XA/06. AT THAT TIME; IT WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE ISLIP AFSS. ATLANTIC CITY TRACON; WHICH PROVIDES APCH CTL SVCS TO MIV; HAD A LOA WITH MILLVILLE AFSS DEFINING EACH FACILITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROVIDING SVC. THE LOA EXPIRED WHEN MILLVILLE AFSS WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH ISLIP AFSS. THE AIR TFC CTLRS AT ATLANTIC CITY TRACON WERE BRIEFED THAT NOTHING WOULD CHANGE AFTER THE CONSOLIDATION. ALL SVCS WERE SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE; WITH ISLIP AFSS PROVIDING THE REMOTE ARPT ADVISORY (RAA) SVC AND A NEW LOA WOULD BE DEVELOPED. ON OCT/XA/06; CONTRARY TO ALL FAA BRIEFINGS; ARPT ADVISORY SVCS WERE TERMINATED AT MIV. MORE THAN 2 MONTHS LATER THERE IS STILL NO ARPT ADVISORY SVC; THERE IS NO LOA WITH ISLIP AFSS; AND THERE IS LITTLE OR NO GUIDANCE FROM THE FAA MGMNT REGARDING THE NEXT STEP AT MIV. IN THE MEANTIME; THE ARPT CONTINUES TO BE BUSY WITH ITS MIX OF HIGH/LOW PERFORMANCE ACFT AND INTERSECTING RWY OPS. BASED ON PHONE CALLS; INTERVIEWS; AND MEETINGS; THE USERS AT MIV ARE TOTALLY DISSATISFIED WITH THE LACK OF SVC AND ACTION BY THE FAA. THERE ARE RPTS OF UNSAFE OPS INCLUDING OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND INTERSECTING RWY NEAR MISSES. ONE SPECIFIC FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE UNSAFE CONDITION IS THE LACK OF A 'FAVORED RWY OR RECOMMENDED RWY' BEING ISSUED TO THE PLT BY AN ADVISORY SVC. THERE ARE 2 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROB: 1) THE FAA CAN DIRECT ISLIP AFSS TO PROVIDE REMOTE ARPT ADVISORY (RAA) SVCS AT MIV; AS WAS PROMISED WHEN THE MIV AFSS CONSOLIDATION OCCURRED. 2) THE FAA CAN RELIEVE THE OBLIGATION THAT ISLIP AFSS PROVIDE THE RAA AT MIV. THIS WILL ALLOW THE LCL ARPT MGMNT AT MIV TO MOVE FORWARD WITH PROVIDING ITS OWN AERO ADVISORY STATION (UNICOM). THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY URGENCY TO CORRECT THE SITUATION NOW THAT THE FAA'S INITIAL PLAN AT MIV HAS FALTERED. WE ARE AT A ROADBLOCK WITH NO ONE WILLING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD. EITHER ONE OF THE ABOVE SOLUTIONS WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE SAFETY AT MIV BECAUSE A FAVORED OR RECOMMENDED RWY WILL BE ISSUED TO THE PLT. THIS WOULD REDUCE THE CHANCE OF AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR INTERSECTING RWY INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.