PC12 pilot reports requesting runway 12 for landing at row and being informed that the runway is clo...

Attributes
ACN	929335
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ROW.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PC-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 8050 Flight Crew Type 1450
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Narrative:

When cleared for visual approach to runway 17 at roswell; I requested landing on runway 12. ATC replied; 'runway 12 is closed.' flying closer to the airport; I saw at least 100 airplanes stored on/near runway 12. I had checked local notams and the a/FD for the airport as well as looking over the airport diagram from the aeronav (FAA) online service. The printed charts were looked at again and nowhere did it depict a closed runway 12/30. Normally; a closed runway would be depicted in 'grey' rather than 'black' on the airport diagram chart. However; on short final to runway 17; I saw a faint; faded; yellow 'x' on the end of runway 12. On the airnav.com web site; under runway information; it does show that runway 12/30 is closed indefinitely; however the faa a/FD and IAP charts do not. This could lead to a dangerous situation if a pilot needed to land his airplane into a strong wind at night and chose runway 12/30.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PC12 pilot reports requesting Runway 12 for landing at ROW and being informed that the runway is closed. Closer inspection reveals the runway is being used for long term aircraft storage; although airport diagrams and Notam's do not depict this.

Narrative: When cleared for visual approach to Runway 17 at Roswell; I requested landing on Runway 12. ATC replied; 'Runway 12 is closed.' Flying closer to the airport; I saw at least 100 airplanes stored on/near Runway 12. I had checked local Notams and the A/FD for the airport as well as looking over the airport diagram from the Aeronav (FAA) online service. The printed charts were looked at again and nowhere did it depict a closed Runway 12/30. Normally; a closed runway would be depicted in 'grey' rather than 'black' on the airport diagram chart. However; on short final to runway 17; I saw a faint; faded; yellow 'x' on the end of Runway 12. On the Airnav.com web site; under runway information; it does show that Runway 12/30 is closed indefinitely; however the faa A/FD and IAP charts do not. This could lead to a dangerous situation if a pilot needed to land his airplane into a strong wind at night and chose Runway 12/30.

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.

PC12 pilot reports requesting runway 12 for landing at row and being informed that the runway is closed. Closer inspection reveals the runway is being used for long term aircraft storage; although airport diagrams and notam's do not depict this.