Narrative:

Upon taxi out to runway 4 in aby; the first officer made a radio announcement to aby traffic stating that we were leaving the ramp and taxing to runway 4. On taxi out; he received the clearance from jax center. At all times; we both had the volume on the #2 radios turned full up. At no point did we hear any other advisories. Prior to taking runway 4; he made another call stating that we were taking 4 with a directional turnout. We both cleared the directions and didn't see or hear anyone else. While taking the runway; he turned the light intensity down a notch. It wasn't until I taxied on the runway and the lights went down that I saw the lights of an approaching plane coming down runway 22. At this point; I began a tight turn back off of the runway. They stated that they were clearing at B. We asked if they had heard us and they said yes they knew we were there and had chosen to abort. I never did completely exit the runway; but was able to reposition and resume the takeoff. We were never in close proximity; but I'm not sure how both the first officer and I could have missed a taxi; takeoff; and abort radio call from them if they made them. They didn't pick up their clearance until they were airborne after us; so I think they were trying to beat us out.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 flight crew discoverd another aircraft approaching from the opposite direction as they took Runway 4 at ABY. The other aircraft aborted their takeoff and cleared the runway. CTAF procedures were in effect but the first call heard from the other aircraft was the abort announcement.

Narrative: Upon taxi out to Runway 4 in ABY; the First Officer made a radio announcement to ABY traffic stating that we were leaving the ramp and taxing to Runway 4. On taxi out; he received the clearance from JAX Center. At all times; we both had the volume on the #2 radios turned full up. At no point did we hear any other advisories. Prior to taking Runway 4; he made another call stating that we were taking 4 with a directional turnout. We both cleared the directions and didn't see or hear anyone else. While taking the runway; he turned the light intensity down a notch. It wasn't until I taxied on the runway and the lights went down that I saw the lights of an approaching plane coming down Runway 22. At this point; I began a tight turn back off of the runway. They stated that they were clearing at B. We asked if they had heard us and they said yes they knew we were there and had chosen to abort. I never did completely exit the runway; but was able to reposition and resume the takeoff. We were never in close proximity; but I'm not sure how both the First Officer and I could have missed a taxi; takeoff; and abort radio call from them if they made them. They didn't pick up their clearance until they were airborne after us; so I think they were trying to beat us out.

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.