CPR PLT COMPLAINT REGARDING LENGTH OF ATIS. CLAIMS TOO MUCH INFO GIVEN.

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AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFO SVC (ATIS) THE ELP ATIS IS EXCESSIVE IN LENGTH -- 1 MIN AND 40 SECONDS LONG. IT FREQUENTLY TAKES SEVERAL TRIES TO COPY AND ADDS TO COCKPIT WORKLOAD. THIS FRUSTRATES PLTS AND CTLRS ALIKE. WHAT HAPPENED TO NOTAMS? FIGURE 3 MINS TO COPY; WE'VE TRAVELED 15-20 MI AND HAVE AT TIMES MISSED CALLS FROM ATC. I TALKED WITH TWR CHIEF; HE SAID THE CITY DETERMINES CONTENT. TALKED WITH CITY (ARPT). THEY SAID THE TWR DETERMINES CONTENT. WHAT GIVES? I WILL BET THAT ELP HAS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING THE NATION'S LONGEST ATIS. ANY TAKERS? CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES YES; THERE IS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR OVER A YR AND HE IS TOLD ANOTHER YR WILL PASS BEFORE COMPLETION. SAYS CTLRS ARE AS FRUSTRATED AS PLT. STATES OTHER ARPTS HAVE USED A COMMENT THAT 'NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION AREAS; USE CAUTION.' PROB WITH REFERRING PLTS TO GND FOR MORE INFO IS THAT ELP FREQUENTLY USES 1 MAN; SINGLE FREQ PROC. RPTR HAS TALKED WITH ATC PERSONNEL ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE CHKING WITH ABQ WHO HAS HAD CONSTRUCTION PROBS AS WELL.