Airport closed for runway repair. Reporter helicopter received ATC approval to land.

Attributes
ACN	302716
Time
Date	199504
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hks
State Reference	MS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	302716
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The hawkins airport was notamed closed for runway resurfacing. Discussions were held with controllers as to whether or not helicopters could use the airport with some informal agreement allowing rotorcraft usage. While landing at the airport after dark the crew agreed that night operations would not be continued due to uncontrolled vehicles on the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ARPT CLOSED FOR RWY REPAIR. RPTR HELI RECEIVED ATC APPROVAL TO LAND.

Narrative: THE HAWKINS ARPT WAS NOTAMED CLOSED FOR RWY RESURFACING. DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD WITH CTLRS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HELIS COULD USE THE ARPT WITH SOME INFORMAL AGREEMENT ALLOWING ROTORCRAFT USAGE. WHILE LNDG AT THE ARPT AFTER DARK THE CREW AGREED THAT NIGHT OPS WOULD NOT BE CONTINUED DUE TO UNCTLED VEHICLES ON THE ARPT.

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.