B757 flight crew and the dispatcher involved describe an unplanned diversion to sbn which is then ch...

Narrative:

West bound approximately around bna received ACARS from dispatch to divert to sbn. Enroute to sbn passing ind second ACARS message advising to cancel the divert due to another aircraft with more uplift ability would be recovering the freight and we would now be diverting back to ZZZ. Fuel on board was now insufficient for us to return to ZZZ. Dispatch advised to continue to sbn. Shortly after received another ACARS to cancel divert to sbn and now divert to ind for gas and go. Believe ind was closer at the time also. Numbers from dispatch for ind had us slightly above emergency fuel at ind. Minimum fuel was declared at this time with ATC. Believe the fuel was projected to land with 5.2 at ind. ATC was trying to accommodate us without delay but while on very short final to 5L the fuel quantity dropped just below 5.0. Landing was continued and taxied to the gate uneventful. Blocked into the gate with 4.4 onboard and contribute this quantity due to the longer taxi in from 5L.the divert to a distant airport without a lot of extra fuel. The diversions enroute due to weather. The multiple revisions as to where we were diverting to. The initial heading from chicago center causing an initial delay in heading back towards ind. If designated as [an airborne back up] flight carry more fuel to divert airport for unplanned events; ie enroute WX; change of divert airport; traffic etc...

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew and the Dispatcher involved describe an unplanned diversion to SBN which is then changed again to IND. Due to weather and ATC handling the crew reports landing at IND with less than 5000 pounds of fuel.

Narrative: West bound approximately around BNA received ACARS from Dispatch to divert to SBN. Enroute to SBN passing IND second ACARS message advising to cancel the divert due to another aircraft with more uplift ability would be recovering the freight and we would now be diverting back to ZZZ. Fuel on board was now insufficient for us to return to ZZZ. Dispatch advised to continue to SBN. Shortly after received another ACARS to cancel divert to SBN and now divert to IND for gas and go. Believe IND was closer at the time also. Numbers from Dispatch for IND had us slightly above Emergency fuel at IND. Minimum fuel was declared at this time with ATC. Believe the fuel was projected to land with 5.2 at IND. ATC was trying to accommodate us without delay but while on very short final to 5L the fuel quantity dropped just below 5.0. Landing was continued and taxied to the gate uneventful. Blocked into the gate with 4.4 onboard and contribute this quantity due to the longer taxi in from 5L.The divert to a distant airport without a lot of extra fuel. The diversions enroute due to weather. The multiple revisions as to where we were diverting to. The initial heading from Chicago Center causing an initial delay in heading back towards IND. If designated as [an airborne back up] flight carry more fuel to divert airport for unplanned events; ie enroute WX; change of divert airport; traffic etc...

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.

Attributes
ACN	1282603
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZAU.ARTCC
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Person 2
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

B757 flight crew and the dispatcher involved describe an unplanned diversion to sbn which is then changed again to ind. Due to weather and ATC handling the crew reports landing at ind with less than 5000 pounds of fuel.