<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1313804, November 2015

Two A11 TRACON controllers reported a communication breakdown with the nearby mri tower controller during the coordination of a military airport arrival.

Attributes
ACN	1313804
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	A11.TRACON
State Reference	AK
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Globemaster (C-17)
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Trainee Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Developmental
Person 2
Function	Instructor Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

An aircraft was inbound to elmendorf AFB (edf) via ILS runway 6. This final approach course is protected from VFR traffic via far-93. Coordination with merrill field (mri) airport traffic control tower (ATCT) by landline is required to allow/restrict aircraft VFR from penetrating the far-93 with or without coordination. I called mri to make them 'red light'; instead of saying 'red light' I said 'green light'.stopping departures and restricting lake hood (lhd) VFR traffic into and out of the far-93 is an automated button. We could possibly use the same button or another button to indicate red lights for mri and anc.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two A11 TRACON controllers reported a communication breakdown with the nearby MRI Tower Controller during the coordination of a military airport arrival.

Narrative: An aircraft was inbound to Elmendorf AFB (EDF) via ILS Runway 6. This final approach course is protected from VFR traffic via FAR-93. Coordination with Merrill Field (MRI) Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) by landline is required to allow/restrict aircraft VFR from penetrating the FAR-93 with or without coordination. I called MRI to make them 'red light'; instead of saying 'red light' I said 'green light'.Stopping departures and restricting Lake Hood (LHD) VFR traffic into and out of the FAR-93 is an automated button. We could possibly use the same button or another button to indicate red lights for MRI and ANC.

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.