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B767-300 captain laments the lack of alternate fuel when flying into lsgg in VMC due to its single runway and no nearby alternate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 962964 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201107 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LSGG.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 22000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
This is the second time in a row I have been dispatched to lsgg; arriving with VFR weather to this facility with one active runway and no contingency fuel! Arrival fuel was supposed to be 12.5. This facility has only one concrete runway! If that single runway goes down for any reason; you pick it; it takes a minimum amount of fuel of 4;200 pounds to get anywhere else; lszh; blm or over the alps to milan. The computer program you use to calculate 'efficiency of flight'; obviously does not consider this safety issue. I added 4.2 to cleared fuel in consideration of safety. That particular leg to lsgg needs to have a biased additive of; minimum; 4.2 to the fuel load if there is no alternate planned.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767-300 Captain laments the lack of alternate fuel when flying into LSGG in VMC due to its single runway and no nearby alternate.
Narrative: This is the second time in a row I have been dispatched to LSGG; arriving with VFR weather TO THIS FACILITY WITH ONE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND NO CONTINGENCY FUEL! Arrival fuel was supposed to be 12.5. This facility has only ONE CONCRETE RUNWAY! If that single runway goes down for any reason; you pick it; it takes a minimum amount of fuel of 4;200 LBS to get anywhere else; LSZH; BLM or over the Alps to Milan. The computer program you use to calculate 'efficiency of flight'; obviously does NOT consider this safety issue. I added 4.2 to cleared fuel in consideration of safety. That particular leg to LSGG needs to have a biased additive of; minimum; 4.2 to the fuel load if there is no alternate planned.
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.