Narrative:

We were descending toward bdl with bdl approach cleared to 4;000 ft MSL; flying direct to hunee FAF. The first officer was the pilot flying and had briefed the visual approach to runway 6 at bdl at cruise altitude. The arrival to bdl from the west is over a ridge of hills that requires vigilance and both pilots had the terrain feature of the egpws activated. The weather was excellent VFR. We identified the airport and called it in sight to approach control. We were cleared for the visual approach to runway 6 and told to contact bdl tower. We reset the altitude window to 1;800 ft MSL; the crossing altitude for the FAF; and called bdl tower. Bdl tower cleared us to land on runway 6. The pilot flying commented on the terrain below us and was reducing the airspeed for the landing and to reduce our descent rate. Dawn was starting to break and we could see terrain below us dimly. At 2;300 ft MSL; bdl tower advised us of a low altitude alert. We asked if they were communicating with us. They replied affirmative; they had a low altitude alert and the lowest altitude in our area was 2;500 ft MSL. We advised we would climb 200 to 2;500 ft. At this time the radio altimeter read 1;300 AGL and we could still see the ground below us. When the radio altitude increased about 500 ft; we continued descent and landed normally. At no time did we get a low altitude or terrain warning from the egpws. The terrain was green on our terrain displays for the entire approach and landing. Supplemental information from acn 827536: 1800 ft had been selected in the altitude window and we were on an extended left base.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757-200; on a left base and cleared for a visual approach to Runway 6 at BDL received a low altitude alert from the Approach Controller.

Narrative: We were descending toward BDL with BDL Approach cleared to 4;000 FT MSL; flying direct to HUNEE FAF. The First Officer was the Pilot Flying and had briefed the visual approach to Runway 6 at BDL at cruise altitude. The arrival to BDL from the west is over a ridge of hills that requires vigilance and both pilots had the terrain feature of the EGPWS activated. The weather was excellent VFR. We identified the airport and called it in sight to Approach Control. We were cleared for the visual approach to Runway 6 and told to contact BDL Tower. We reset the altitude window to 1;800 FT MSL; the crossing altitude for the FAF; and called BDL Tower. BDL Tower cleared us to land on Runway 6. The Pilot Flying commented on the terrain below us and was reducing the airspeed for the landing and to reduce our descent rate. Dawn was starting to break and we could see terrain below us dimly. At 2;300 FT MSL; BDL Tower advised us of a low altitude alert. We asked if they were communicating with us. They replied affirmative; they had a low altitude alert and the lowest altitude in our area was 2;500 FT MSL. We advised we would climb 200 to 2;500 FT. At this time the radio altimeter read 1;300 AGL and we could still see the ground below us. When the radio altitude increased about 500 FT; we continued descent and landed normally. At no time did we get a low altitude or terrain warning from the EGPWS. The terrain was green on our terrain displays for the entire approach and landing. Supplemental information from ACN 827536: 1800 FT had been selected in the altitude window and we were on an extended left base.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.