B737 CREW; TAXIING FOR TKOF AT SFO; FOLLOWED OLD HABIT INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE TXWY'S NEWLY ASSIGNED DESIGNATOR.
Synopsis
B737 CREW; TAXIING FOR TKOF AT SFO; FOLLOWED OLD HABIT INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE TXWY'S NEWLY ASSIGNED DESIGNATOR.
Narrative
SFO TAXI OUT INSTRUCTIONS WERE TXWY A; TXWY F; TXWY B; RWY 1L. TAXIED OUT TXWY A; TXWY F1; TXWY B; RWY 1L. AS ENTERED TXWY F1; GND SAID WE WERE NOW ON TXWY F1 WHICH WAS OLD TXWY F. NO CONFLICT. REVIEWED 10-9; 10-8; AND NOTAMS AGAIN. NO MENTION OF NEW TXWY F1. 10-8;9 PAGES STILL SHOW AS TXWY F. RETURNED TO SFO LATER IN DAY AND TXWY SIGNS ARE CORRECT FOR TXWY F AND NEW TXWY F1 (OLD TXWY F). PUBS ARE NOT ACCURATE. LAST POSTED JUL/XB/02 REVISION 1515. FOLLOWED HABIT PATTERN OF TXWY F AND CHARTED LOCATION; DID NOT FOLLOW NEW SIGNS. RECOMMEND NEW 10-8; 10-9 PAGES BE ISSUED NEXT REVISION AND IMMEDIATE NOTAM NOTING CHANGE FROM OLD TXWY F TO NEW TXWY F1. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH AN SFO AIRFIELD OPS SUPVR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ON JUL/XA/02 AT XA00 LCL; THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE SFO TXWY SYS WERE TO TAKE EFFECT: 1) EXISTING TXWY F BTWN TXWYS B AND L WAS REDESIGNATED AS TXWY F1. (THIS TXWY IS AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL SIGNAGE IS INSTALLED.) 2) NEW TXWY F ORIGINATES AT TXWY B BTWN TXWYS J AND TXWY F1; THEN INTERSECTS BOTH RWYS 1L&R; TERMINATING AT THE RWY 28L THRESHOLD. 3) TXWYS A AND B BTWN TXWYS D AND G HAVE BEEN WIDENED AND REALIGNED TO THE NE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE PROVIDER OF THE COMMERCIAL ARPT DIAGRAM CHART HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE TXWY CHANGES.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.