TPA APCH CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING ARPT NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS THAT RESULT IN FREQUENT RWY CROSSINGS FOR NON ACR OPS.

Date: 2007-11

Anomalies: other-noise-abatement-proc

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.

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