B757 CAPT IS CONCERNED WITH THE HIGH VOLUME OF TFC BEING ALLOWED INTO LGA.

2000-09 · NASA ASRS report 489455

Date: 2000-09 · Aircraft: B757-200 · Phase: approach

Synopsis

B757 CAPT IS CONCERNED WITH THE HIGH VOLUME OF TFC BEING ALLOWED INTO LGA.

Narrative

AFTER 34 YRS FLYING IN AND OUT OF LGA; I NOW FEEL LGA HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS ARPT. VOICES OF APCH; TWR AND CTLRS ARE STRESSED TO THE MAX. ATC IS TRYING TO STUFF TOO MANY ACFT INTO TOO SMALL ARPT. OUR FLT; A B757 FROM STL-LGA ON 00/09/SAT WAS GIVEN A 2 HR WHEELS UP IN STL. ON APCH TO LGA ATIS WAS HIGH CLOUDS; EXCELLENT VIS; WIND 040/15; DEPARTING RWY 4; LOCALIZER APCH RWY 31. RWY CONFIGN SHOULD HAVE BEEN REVERSED WITH WIND 040/15 LNDG RWY 4 AND DEPARTING RWY 13/31. APCH CTLR TALKED NON-STOP AS ACFT WERE VECTORED OVER LGA ARPT; E OVER LONG ISLAND FOR A 20 MI FINAL. AT 10 MI FINAL; WE WERE TURNED OVER TO LGA TWR FOR THE LOCALIZER APCH; RWY 31. I ASKED FOR S TURNS AS I WAS 2 NM ON TCAS BEHIND TFC; LGA TWR STATED I WAS 3 1/2 MI BUT S TURNS OK. EITHER MY TCAS IS IN ERROR OR THE TWR RADAR. I BELIEVE MY TCAS AND MY EYES. ON SHORT FINAL RWY 31; WIND 040/15; A TAILWIND EXISTED AS WE WERE GOING TO LAND LONG. I ORDERED FO (FLYING PLT) TO GAR. AT LEAST 3 GAR OCCURRED THAT NIGHT WHILE I WAS THERE. ANOTHER ACR PLT AND MYSELF BOTH ASKED GND CTL FOR THE TWR PHONE #; SHE (LGA GND CTL) TOLD US SHE WAS TOO BUSY TO GIVE US THE PHONE #. I STRONGLY FEEL LGA IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN; AND HAS BECOME A DANGEROUS ARPT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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