Air carrier flight crew reported the taxiway signage at rno airport was confusing and contributed to...

Attributes
ACN	1752313
Time
Date	202007
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RNO.Airport
State Reference	NV
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

Taxied off runway 16L at lima. Was cleared to taxi to the gate via alpha. After crossing 16R the signage on the airport made me believe the first right turn would have been alpha. Ground called and said I was on bravo and to continue to the gate via bravo now. No other discussion was had with ground. I should have verified on my airport diagram that in fact I should have crossed the first taxiway to get to alpha taxiway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported the taxiway signage at RNO airport was confusing and contributed to a taxiway incursion.

Narrative: Taxied off runway 16L at Lima. Was cleared to taxi to the gate via Alpha. After crossing 16R the signage on the airport made me believe the first right turn would have been Alpha. Ground called and said I was on Bravo and to continue to the gate via Bravo now. No other discussion was had with ground. I should have verified on my airport diagram that in fact I should have crossed the first taxiway to get to Alpha taxiway.

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.

Air carrier flight crew reported the taxiway signage at rno airport was confusing and contributed to a taxiway incursion.