Inner and outer designation on the ramp confusing.

Attributes
ACN	164865
Time
Date	199012
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bwi
State Reference	MD
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	164865
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Adjacent to runway 22 the ramp is divided into an inner and an outer taxiway. One would assume an inner would be physically separated from an outer. They are not, and this had led unfamiliar and familiar pilots to taxi onto runway 22 thinking this is the outer. Solution: remove inner and outer nomenclature. Have it called the ramp.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INNER AND OUTER DESIGNATION ON THE RAMP CONFUSING.

Narrative: ADJACENT TO RWY 22 THE RAMP IS DIVIDED INTO AN INNER AND AN OUTER TXWY. ONE WOULD ASSUME AN INNER WOULD BE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM AN OUTER. THEY ARE NOT, AND THIS HAD LED UNFAMILIAR AND FAMILIAR PLTS TO TAXI ONTO RWY 22 THINKING THIS IS THE OUTER. SOLUTION: REMOVE INNER AND OUTER NOMENCLATURE. HAVE IT CALLED THE RAMP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.