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The iad commercial airport diagram contains a large white space area which could be filled with the ramp information in order to increase flight crew situational awareness and safety.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 862467 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAD.Airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
The iad airport page has a lot of empty space on it. The ramp exit points are only depicted on the iad detailed page and not on the full airport diagram page. It would be extremely helpful if some of the empty space on the airport diagram could be used to show a small depiction of the ramp and the numbered ramp exit points. Look to the den airport diagram for an example of exactly what I'm talking about. It is much easier and probably safer to have to refer to only one taxi diagram instead of two when moving around on a busy airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The IAD commercial airport diagram contains a large white space area which could be filled with the ramp information in order to increase flight crew situational awareness and safety.
Narrative: The IAD airport page has a lot of empty space on it. The ramp exit points are only depicted on the IAD detailed page and not on the full airport diagram page. It would be extremely helpful if some of the empty space on the airport diagram could be used to show a small depiction of the ramp and the numbered ramp exit points. Look to the DEN airport diagram for an example of exactly what I'm talking about. It is much easier and probably safer to have to refer to only one taxi diagram instead of two when moving around on a busy airport.
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.