FA50 FLC CONCERNED WITH LACK OF N90; FSS AND TEB AWARENESS OF CHANGE OF TEB RWY 19 WX MINIMA AND GENERAL NOTAM DISSEMINATION.
Synopsis
FA50 FLC CONCERNED WITH LACK OF N90; FSS AND TEB AWARENESS OF CHANGE OF TEB RWY 19 WX MINIMA AND GENERAL NOTAM DISSEMINATION.
Narrative
TEB WX RPTED ON ATIS WAS 800 FT OVCST AND VIS 1 1/2 MI. THE APCH IN USE WAS ILS RWY 19. WE INFORMED NEW YORK APCH THAT WE COULD NOT ACCEPT THIS APCH BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE REQUIRED VIS. AFTER QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH; I NOTIFIED NEW YORK TRACON THAT WE HAD AN FDC NOTAM STATING CATEGORY C VIS FOR LOC 19 WAS 1 3/4 MI. NEW YORK VECTORED US AWAY FROM TEB WHILE 'CHKING OUT' OUR RPT. WE WERE ULTIMATELY VECTORED FOR THE VOR 24 APCH TO A LNDG. THE REASON FOR THIS RPT IS THIS: MOST BIZJETS LNDG AT TEB ARE CATEGORY C OR D! AS A MATTER OF COURSE (AND TO FACILITATE EWR TFC); ACFT ARE BEING 'CLRED FOR APCHS' THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PUT THEM IN HARM'S WAY. THERE IS A TWR ON THE RWY 19 FINAL THAT NECESSITATED THE FDC NOTAM AND YET CREWS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THE NOTAM ARE BEING 'LED DOWN THE PATH.' THIS FDC NOTAM NEEDS WIDER CIRCULATION AT NEW YORK TRACON; FSS AND TEB TWR AND THE 3 AGENCIES SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND COORDINATE OPTIONS IN LOW VIS (IE; LESS THAN 1 3/4 MI) CONDITIONS. LUCKY FOR US WE WERE AWARE!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.