TPA APCH CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING ARPT NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS THAT RESULT IN FREQUENT RWY CROSSINGS FOR NON ACR OPS.
Synopsis
TPA APCH CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING ARPT NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS THAT RESULT IN FREQUENT RWY CROSSINGS FOR NON ACR OPS.
Narrative
AT TAMPA INTL; WE HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER AN INFORMAL NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM FOR MANY YRS. WHEN ON A N OP; WE LAND ALL JETS (INCLUDING CPR AND GA) ON RWY 36L. FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINERS THIS IS MERELY AN INCONVENIENCE REQUIRING SOME TO TAXI A FURTHER DISTANCE. FOR ALL CPR AND GA JETS THIS PROC REQUIRES THEM TO CROSS OUR OTHER MAIN RWY 36R; TO GET TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FBO FOR PARKING. EVERY DAY WE LAND ANYWHERE FROM 30-60 GA JETS AND ARE ON A N OP AT LEAST 60% OF THE YR. THIS MEANS THAT WE ARE XING AN ACTIVE RWY UNNECESSARILY OVER 6000 TIMES A YR. WE RECENTLY HAD A RWY INCURSION IN WHICH A LCL CTLR FORGOT HE HAD GIVEN GND CTL PERMISSION TO CROSS RWY 36R WITH A CPR JET WHO HAD LANDED ON THE L SIDE PER THE INFORMAL NOISE ABATEMENT AGREEMENT. HE CLRED A B737 FOR TKOF. THE B737 SAW THE CITATION XING DOWN FIELD AND ABORTED HIS TKOF. CONSIDERING THE STAGGERING AMOUNT OF TIMES THIS PROC IS USED; IT SEEMS AMAZING MORE RWY INCURSIONS HAVE NOT OCCURRED. BY SIMPLY ALLOWING THESE CPR JETS TO LAND ON RWY 36R; NOT ONLY WOULD THIS RWY INCURSION HAVE BEEN AVERTED; BUT OVER 6000 OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN INCURSION EVERY YR WOULD BE ELIMINATED.
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