An air carrier captain advised that taxiway ww at nr is not marked at iah. As a result he missed the turn given by ground control after exiting runway 26L.

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Attributes
ACN	1001020
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	IAH.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	McDonnell Douglas Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

After landing on 26L [at iah]; I was instructed to exit at taxiway nr. After exiting; ground first instructed us to taxi via na-northeast-wa-to parking. After read back it was changed to nr-ww-wa-to parking. Looking at diagram we appeared to be on northeast; so I taxied straight ahead looking for ww. The intersection of nr and ww is not marked. After we passed it ground instructed us to continue and join wb to parking; which we did.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain advised that Taxiway WW at NR is not marked at IAH. As a result he missed the turn given by Ground Control after exiting Runway 26L.

Narrative: After landing on 26L [at IAH]; I was instructed to exit at Taxiway NR. After exiting; Ground first instructed us to taxi via NA-NE-WA-to parking. After read back it was changed to NR-WW-WA-to parking. Looking at diagram we appeared to be on NE; so I taxied straight ahead looking for WW. The intersection of NR and WW is not marked. After we passed it Ground instructed us to continue and join WB to parking; which we did.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.