B767 PIC CONCERNED WITH EXTENDED TXWY K CLOSURE WITH OPERATING TXWY LIGHTS.

Date: 2001-03 · Aircraft: B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: other-txwy-signage-and-availability

Synopsis

B767 PIC CONCERNED WITH EXTENDED TXWY K CLOSURE WITH OPERATING TXWY LIGHTS.

Narrative

THERE IS A CLOSED HIGH SPD TXWY AT SFO FROM RWY 28L TO TXWY A; BTWN TXWY D AND TXWY K. IT IS DEPICTED ON CHART 10-9 BY A PAIR OF DOTTED LINES. THIS TXWY HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR YRS; BUT IT HAD ILLUMINATED GREEN CTRLINE LIGHTS ON. WHEN EXITING RWY 28L ON THE HIGH SPD TURNOFF; TXWY T; IT LOOKS LIKE A CONTINUATION OF SAME UNTIL LNDG LIGHTS ILLUMINATE THE FLAGGED BARRIERS. FOR SOMEONE THAT DOES NOT KNOW THE ARPT WELL; IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO FOLLOW THE GREEN CTRLINE LIGHTS TO TXWY A. I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE LIGHTS BE RENDERED INOP OR THE BARRIERS TO BE ILLUMINATED AT LEAST AS WELL AS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING WK THE TXWY HAD BEEN REOPENED. HIS PRIMARY CONCERN WAS THE VISUAL EFFECT CAUSED BY THE CLOSED TXWY BEING LIT/BLOCKED. WHEN EXITING RWY 28L OR RWY 28R; THE RWY BEING CROWNED; CAUSING VISUAL IMPAIRMENT OF THE TXWY; MIGHT NOT ALLOW A FLC SUFFICIENT TIME TO REACT; EXITING THE RWY AND ROLL DIRECTLY ONTO A CLOSED TXWY. BUT THE PROB HAS BEEN RESOLVED WITH THE OPENING OF TXWY K BTWN TXWY B AND THE RAMP.

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