Baton rouge TRACON controllers reported an unsafe operation relating to opposite direction operation...

Attributes
ACN	1456251
Time
Date	201706
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	BTR.TRACON
State Reference	LA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure Approach Instructor
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.5
Person 2
Function	Approach Departure Trainee
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Developmental
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Aircraft X was approved for an opposite direction arrival to runway 22R. He was cleared for the visual approach and switched to the tower at 12 miles out. Aircraft Y was an IFR departure off of 4L. The tower controller forgot to get a release for aircraft Y and cleared it for takeoff with aircraft X within 10 miles and called to let me know that they were turning the aircraft out towards his destination to the east.recommend facility wide review of opposite direction procedures.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Baton Rouge TRACON controllers reported an unsafe operation relating to opposite direction operations.

Narrative: Aircraft X was approved for an opposite direction arrival to runway 22R. He was cleared for the visual approach and switched to the tower at 12 miles out. Aircraft Y was an IFR departure off of 4L. The tower controller forgot to get a release for Aircraft Y and cleared it for takeoff with Aircraft X within 10 miles and called to let me know that they were turning the aircraft out towards his destination to the east.Recommend facility wide review of opposite direction procedures.

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.

Baton rouge TRACON controllers reported an unsafe operation relating to opposite direction operations.