Narrative:

Bhm has two FBO's with the same name: atlantic. They are on separate ends of the field. They call themselves atlantic east and atlantic west. We have aircraft stop on the runway all of the time and try to figure out which one they are going to. We will ask them where they are parking; they say atlantic; we say they are two of them; then they slow or stop because of the confusion. We have one operational error already because of this and have sent several aircraft around because of this. The names need to be changed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BHM CTLR DESCRIBED AN FBO WITH TWO LOCATIONS; CAUSING ACFT TO STOP TO CLARIFY WHICH LOCATION TO GO TO; CREATING POTENTIAL GND CONFLICTIONS.

Narrative: BHM HAS TWO FBO'S WITH THE SAME NAME: ATLANTIC. THEY ARE ON SEPARATE ENDS OF THE FIELD. THEY CALL THEMSELVES ATLANTIC EAST AND ATLANTIC WEST. WE HAVE ACFT STOP ON THE RWY ALL OF THE TIME AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE THEY ARE GOING TO. WE WILL ASK THEM WHERE THEY ARE PARKING; THEY SAY ATLANTIC; WE SAY THEY ARE TWO OF THEM; THEN THEY SLOW OR STOP BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION. WE HAVE ONE OPERATIONAL ERROR ALREADY BECAUSE OF THIS AND HAVE SENT SEVERAL ACFT AROUND BECAUSE OF THIS. THE NAMES NEED TO BE CHANGED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 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.