L30 CTLR CONCERNED WITH RECENT AIRSPACE AND DEP RTE CONFIGN THAT ALLOWS ANOTHER ACFT TO FLY THROUGH THE ADJOINING CTLR'S AIRSPACE WITH QUICK-LOOK FUNCTION ONLY.

2001-01 · NASA ASRS report 535549

Date: 2001-01

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|conflict-airborne-conflict|inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown|other-internal-airspace-restructure-reorganization

Synopsis

L30 CTLR CONCERNED WITH RECENT AIRSPACE AND DEP RTE CONFIGN THAT ALLOWS ANOTHER ACFT TO FLY THROUGH THE ADJOINING CTLR'S AIRSPACE WITH QUICK-LOOK FUNCTION ONLY.

Narrative

MULTIPLE ACR'S DEPARTING RWY 7 AT LAS. ON THIS CURRENT RWY CONFIGN LNDG DEPARTING RWY 1 (PRIMARY ARR RWY) DEPARTING RWY 7 (PRIMARY DEP RWY). ACFT DEPARTING RWY 7 ON THE MINEY 1 AND MCCARREN 1 DEP FLY OVER BOULDER CITY VOR (BLD) CLBING TO 7000 FT INITIALLY. THEY DEPART IN E DEP'S AIRSPACE; THEY TALK TO W DEP. THEY ENTER W DEP'S AIRSPACE AFTER ABOUT 20 FLYING MILES. SO THEY STAY IN E DEP'S AIRSPACE UNTIL THEY ALMOST REACH THE VERT LIMITS OF E DEP'S AIRSPACE WITH ZLA. THERE IS KNOWN SKYDIVING OPS DAILY AT BOULDER CITY ARPT (61B). BLD 162 DEG RADIAL; 2.88 DME; WHICH IS IN THE FLT PATH OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED DEPS. THE SKYDIVE ACFT REQUEST 10500 FT THROUGH 12500 FT FOR THEIR DROP. BEING THAT SKYDIVE IS ON E DEP'S FREQ AND THESE DEPS ARE ON W DEP'S FREQ; AGAIN THESE DEPS ARE IN E DEP'S AIRSPACE. MANY OF US (THE CTLRS) BELIEVE THIS IS TOTALLY UNSAFE. DEPS IN ONE CTLR'S AIRSPACE TALKING TO ANOTHER. WHEN THERE ARE OVERFLTS IN THIS AREA THEY TALK TO E DEP. THIS CREATES A COORD NIGHTMARE. MANY CTLRS WORKING THE FLOOR; FEEL THAT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THERE IS AN OPERROR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED THAT THE AIRSPACE REORGANIZATION IS AGAIN UNDER REVIEW. THERE IS LOTS OF FINGER POINTING THAT HAS BECOME COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FOR BOTH CTLR AND SUPVR. A NATIONAL AIRSPACE WORK GROUP HAS ALSO BECOME INVOLVED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO: A SPECIALIST ADVISED THAT THE AIRSPACE IMPLEMENTATION WAS NOT WELL HANDLED. EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO RESOLVE ISSUES AND CONCERNS.

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

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