<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1151568, February 2014

C172 instructor pilot reports difficulty identifying runway 26R at elp during RNAV 26R approach. Runway markings are called into question.

Attributes
ACN	1151568
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ELP.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 1080 Flight Crew Type 1080
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Was conducting instrument training at elp. We were cleared for GPS 26R approach. When approaching the runway I became confused due runway 26R marked as a visual runway. There are no bars on the runway for 26R and momentarily started to turn to runway 26L. We were able to determine the right runway; however the runway should be marked properly to avoid confusion. The airport should mark runway 26R with the proper runway markings.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 instructor pilot reports difficulty identifying Runway 26R at ELP during RNAV 26R approach. Runway markings are called into question.

Narrative: Was conducting instrument training at ELP. We were cleared for GPS 26R approach. When approaching the runway I became confused due Runway 26R marked as a visual runway. There are no bars on the Runway for 26R and momentarily started to turn to Runway 26L. We were able to determine the right runway; however the runway should be marked properly to avoid confusion. The airport should mark Runway 26R with the proper runway markings.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.