MD80 CREW MADE VISUAL APCH AND LNDG TO RWY 15 AT ROA. THEY DETERMINED THE NEXT DAY THAT THEIR COMPANY REGS PROHIBITED LNDG ON RWY 15.

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WE WERE HANDED OFF LATE BY ZDC TO ROA APCH. ON OUR FIRST XMISSION TO ROA APCH; WE RPTED ARPT IN SIGHT. WE WERE AT 11000 FT; 22 MI FROM ROA ARPT. ATIS WAS RPTING ACTIVE RWY 15 WITH WINDS 150 DEGS AT 12 KTS. ROA APCH CLRED US FOR A VISUAL RWY 15. WE WERE HANDED OFF TO ROA TWR AND WERE CLRED TO LAND RWY 15 BY ROA TWR. NORMAL LNDG. PROB: RWY 15 NOT AUTH TO LAND. COMPANY RESTR; NOT A FAR RESTR. CHAIN OF EVENTS: FIRST TIME INTO ROA ARPT. ATIS RPTED ACTIVE RWY 15 ONLY. APCH CLRED US FOR VISUAL RWY 15. TWR CLRED US TO LAND RWY 15. HUMAN PERFORMANCE: ARPT IN SIGHT 40 MI OUT. COMPLETED PRELIMINARY LNDG CHKLIST. REVIEWED ARPT ADVISORY PAGES. REVIEWED RWY 15 PICTORIAL PAGE WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT -- 'LNDGS ON RWY 15 ARE NOT AUTH AT NIGHT OR IFR CONDITIONS.' (OUR LNDG WAS DAY VFR.) MISSED REMARK ON ADVISORY PAGE (RWY 15 NOT AUTH TO LAND). POSSIBLE CORRECTIVE ACTION: REMARK SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED AND IN BOLD PRINT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 431489: BEEN A WHILE SINCE I WAS AT ROA. DISCOVERED: NEXT MORNING ON ARPT ADVISORY PAGES WHILE DISCUSSING DEP PROC OUT OF ROA.