An air carrier captain believed that a windsock located near the approach end of ewn runway 22 may n...

Attributes
ACN	984836
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	EWN.Tower
State Reference	NC
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 19000
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Ewn airport: the windsock installed near the air carrier apron; and at the approach end of runway 22 appears to be of an off brand manufacturer; and in most likelihood a non-approved item. Even in calm wind; half of the windsock remain parallel to the ground. It seems that it has some form of internal stiffener built within it. This gives the deceiving appearance of wind approximately 5-10 knots when in fact the winds are light and variable; or calm. The airport management should replace the sock as soon as possible with an FAA approved version as soon as possible to augment safe operations for the flying public.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Captain believed that a windsock located near the approach end of EWN Runway 22 may not conform to FAA Specifications because it indicates a wind when none exists.

Narrative: EWN Airport: The windsock installed near the air carrier apron; and at the approach end of Runway 22 appears to be of an off brand manufacturer; and in most likelihood a non-approved item. Even in calm wind; half of the windsock remain parallel to the ground. It seems that it has some form of internal stiffener built within it. This gives the deceiving appearance of wind approximately 5-10 knots when in fact the winds are light and variable; or calm. The airport management should replace the sock as soon as possible with an FAA approved version as soon as possible to augment safe operations for the flying public.

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.

An air carrier captain believed that a windsock located near the approach end of ewn runway 22 may not conform to FAA specifications because it indicates a wind when none exists.