B767-300 captain reports being dispatched to obbi which is NOTAM'd closed at the ETA. Error is disco...

Narrative:

The flight was dispatched to a closed airport. The NOTAM that I reviewed appeared to state that the airport would only be closed at XA45. Or flight was scheduled to arrive at XC40Z. The estimated time of departure was xx:15Z on the previous day; ete 3.30 hours and our dispatched ete was 01.45 hours. A cell call was received at 2.27 hrs prior to our ETA. The message from dispatch concerning the airport closure was relayed to our flight at that time. The flight was then redispatched to okbk via phone patch at the redispatched point. The closure was also not indicated in the flight release. The flight received a selcall and a message over commercial radio; relayed from dispatch; concerning the airport closure. The aircraft was slowed to arrive at obbi after the airport would be open. The event occurred due to misinterpretation of notams. Air carriers will occasionally receive permission to dispatch to a closed airport. If this ever occurs a note should be in the dispatch release pointing out that fact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 Captain reports being dispatched to OBBI which is NOTAM'd closed at the ETA. Error is discovered enroute by dispatcher and aircraft is slowed to arrive after OBBI opening.

Narrative: The flight was dispatched to a closed airport. The NOTAM that I reviewed appeared to state that the airport would only be closed at XA45. Or flight was scheduled to arrive at XC40Z. The estimated time of departure was XX:15Z on the previous day; ETE 3.30 hours and our dispatched ETE was 01.45 hours. A cell call was received at 2.27 hrs prior to our ETA. The message from dispatch concerning the airport closure was relayed to our flight at that time. The flight was then redispatched to OKBK via phone patch at the redispatched point. The closure was also not indicated in the flight release. The flight received a selcall and a message over commercial radio; relayed from Dispatch; concerning the airport closure. The aircraft was slowed to arrive at OBBI after the airport would be open. The event occurred due to misinterpretation of NOTAMs. Air carriers will occasionally receive permission to dispatch to a closed airport. If this ever occurs a note should be in the dispatch release pointing out that fact.

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.

Attributes
ACN	830514
Time
Date	200903
Place
Locale Reference	OBBI.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

B767-300 captain reports being dispatched to obbi which is NOTAM'd closed at the ETA. Error is discovered enroute by dispatcher and aircraft is slowed to arrive after obbi opening.