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Air carrier first officer laments the lack of taxiway signs during taxi out from the ramp during darkness at cak.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 918001 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CAK.Airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
Two weeks in a row I was the first officer of a crew departing cak in darkness. After pushback from the gate (the south extremity of the airline terminal); I called akron ground for taxi clearance. 'Taxi to runway 1 via a' was the clearance received. At this point the aircraft is on the ramp; facing north-northwest; and the airport diagram clearly indicates that alpha is a spoke taxiway leading off the ramp. Looking out the window; however; there is no sign for alpha anywhere. A taxiway location sign should be expected somewhere near the beginning of the taxiway; but there is nothing. The only means to possibly identify this taxiway is by comparing the relative widths of taxiways C; a; and G from the airport diagram. This is insane; and occurs during a higher workload phase of the flight. We shouldn't condition ourselves to proceed towards a runway without being confident of our location on the airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier First Officer laments the lack of taxiway signs during taxi out from the ramp during darkness at CAK.
Narrative: Two weeks in a row I was the First Officer of a crew departing CAK in darkness. After pushback from the gate (the south extremity of the airline terminal); I called Akron Ground for taxi clearance. 'Taxi to Runway 1 via A' was the clearance received. At this point the aircraft is on the ramp; facing north-northwest; and the airport diagram clearly indicates that Alpha is a spoke taxiway leading off the ramp. Looking out the window; however; there is no sign for Alpha anywhere. A taxiway location sign should be expected somewhere near the beginning of the taxiway; but there is nothing. The only means to possibly identify this taxiway is by comparing the relative widths of Taxiways C; A; and G from the airport diagram. This is insane; and occurs during a higher workload phase of the flight. We shouldn't condition ourselves to proceed towards a runway without being confident of our location on the 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.