A crj pilot reported there were inadequate markings for runway 9L at taxiway M2 at atl. This interse...

Narrative:

Atl has a procedure for taking off on 9L at intersection M2. Our airline has a procedure for verifying the runway of takeoff. The problem is that atl has 9 parallel pieces of pavement and there is no runway marking for 9L at M2 on the runway. I am familiar with atl but a lot of pilots that come there are not; especially on a dark rainy night. It couldn't be that hard to either paint 9L further down the runway or put a lighted sign beside the takeoff position on the runway. (This was one of the contributing factors of the comair accident in lex.) this problem also occurs on runways with displaced thresholds. You sometimes can't totally confirm the correct runway until about V1; and you are pretty busy at that time in the takeoff roll. I do confirm my heading when in position but with numerous airports with parallel runways and intersection or displaced threshold takeoffs; this really isn't of that much use.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ pilot reported there were inadequate markings for Runway 9L at Taxiway M2 at ATL. This intersection is routinely used for departures with 10;940 FT of runway remaining.

Narrative: ATL has a procedure for taking off on 9L at intersection M2. Our airline has a procedure for verifying the runway of takeoff. The problem is that ATL has 9 parallel pieces of pavement and there is no runway marking for 9L at M2 on the runway. I am familiar with ATL but a lot of pilots that come there are not; especially on a dark rainy night. It couldn't be that hard to either paint 9L further down the runway or put a lighted sign beside the takeoff position on the runway. (This was one of the contributing factors of the Comair accident in LEX.) This problem also occurs on runways with displaced thresholds. You sometimes can't totally confirm the correct runway until about V1; and you are pretty busy at that time in the takeoff roll. I do confirm my heading when in position but with numerous airports with parallel runways and intersection or displaced threshold takeoffs; this really isn't of that much use.

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	912687
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

A crj pilot reported there were inadequate markings for runway 9L at taxiway M2 at atl. This intersection is routinely used for departures with 10;940 ft of runway remaining.