Narrative:

Bhm has crossing runways; 6/24 and 18/36. The runways cross at the northeast and north end; ie; an intersecting runway situation. Currently; contractors are digging up the pavement of the displaced threshold of runway 24; and necessarily a portion of runway 18/36. The airport authority/authorized has closed the northeast 1900+ ft of runway 24 and 2500+ ft of runway 18 and has heavy equipment and personnel operation on these portions of the runways. Controllers received no briefing from supervisors or the manager about this situation; merely a typewritten 3 page information sheet with diagrams of what is open and what is not. We have instrument approachs to runway 6 and runway 18. The last 2 days; the winds have favored landing to the southwest -- we have no instrument approach for runway 24. The runway 18 approach is a localizer approach; predicated on a full length runway being available. It's not -- an aircraft would have to break out on the approach and then fly 2500 ft down the runway above men and equipment before touching down. All of these things are combined to what I feel is a very unsafe situation. In addition; the airport authority/authorized advised us that when they attempted to issue a NOTAM through leesburg FSS that listed 'declared distances' for the runway landing/arrival distances; leesburg advised that the information had to go directly to the fdc. However; the FSS could not provide any contact information. Therefore; there is no NOTAM listing the declared distances. The NOTAMS issued do show that the thresholds will be temporarily displaced and the distance by which they will be displaced. The airport authority/authorized did forward the information to all known airport tenants.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BHM CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING THE LACK OF BRIEFINGS AND NOTAMS PROVIDED FOR AN ONGOING RWY 24/18 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

Narrative: BHM HAS XING RWYS; 6/24 AND 18/36. THE RWYS CROSS AT THE NE AND N END; IE; AN INTERSECTING RWY SITUATION. CURRENTLY; CONTRACTORS ARE DIGGING UP THE PAVEMENT OF THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF RWY 24; AND NECESSARILY A PORTION OF RWY 18/36. THE ARPT AUTH HAS CLOSED THE NE 1900+ FT OF RWY 24 AND 2500+ FT OF RWY 18 AND HAS HVY EQUIP AND PERSONNEL OP ON THESE PORTIONS OF THE RWYS. CTLRS RECEIVED NO BRIEFING FROM SUPVRS OR THE MGR ABOUT THIS SITUATION; MERELY A TYPEWRITTEN 3 PAGE INFO SHEET WITH DIAGRAMS OF WHAT IS OPEN AND WHAT IS NOT. WE HAVE INST APCHS TO RWY 6 AND RWY 18. THE LAST 2 DAYS; THE WINDS HAVE FAVORED LNDG TO THE SW -- WE HAVE NO INST APCH FOR RWY 24. THE RWY 18 APCH IS A LOC APCH; PREDICATED ON A FULL LENGTH RWY BEING AVAILABLE. IT'S NOT -- AN ACFT WOULD HAVE TO BREAK OUT ON THE APCH AND THEN FLY 2500 FT DOWN THE RWY ABOVE MEN AND EQUIP BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE COMBINED TO WHAT I FEEL IS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION. IN ADDITION; THE ARPT AUTH ADVISED US THAT WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO ISSUE A NOTAM THROUGH LEESBURG FSS THAT LISTED 'DECLARED DISTANCES' FOR THE RWY LNDG/ARR DISTANCES; LEESBURG ADVISED THAT THE INFO HAD TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE FDC. HOWEVER; THE FSS COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY CONTACT INFO. THEREFORE; THERE IS NO NOTAM LISTING THE DECLARED DISTANCES. THE NOTAMS ISSUED DO SHOW THAT THE THRESHOLDS WILL BE TEMPORARILY DISPLACED AND THE DISTANCE BY WHICH THEY WILL BE DISPLACED. THE ARPT AUTH DID FORWARD THE INFO TO ALL KNOWN ARPT TENANTS.

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.