A super 80 flight crew is uncertain of taxiway markings and safe taxi rtes into the gate at ewr.

Attributes
ACN	365249
Time
Date	199704
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : slc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	365249
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Z time: XX30Z. Frequency/altitude, ground/ramp. ATC facility: ewr ground/ramp. Location: ewr. Ewr 10-7 admonishes taxi through parking areas lindy or amelia. 10-9 and 10-9B depicts islands between taxiway a and ramp which do not exist as old islands are now paved continuously from ramp to taxiway a. Absence of taxiway boundary lighting, poor ramp markings, make discrimination impossible at night. Needless to say, I taxied right through lindy from taxiway north without incident. Strongly recommend commercial chart company be notified to re-chart the ramp and ICAO standard ramp markings clearly define the no-taxi areas. Else I shall bid elsewhere.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A SUPER 80 FLC IS UNCERTAIN OF TXWY MARKINGS AND SAFE TAXI RTES INTO THE GATE AT EWR.

Narrative: Z TIME: XX30Z. FREQ/ALT, GND/RAMP. ATC FACILITY: EWR GND/RAMP. LOCATION: EWR. EWR 10-7 ADMONISHES TAXI THROUGH PARKING AREAS LINDY OR AMELIA. 10-9 AND 10-9B DEPICTS ISLANDS BTWN TXWY A AND RAMP WHICH DO NOT EXIST AS OLD ISLANDS ARE NOW PAVED CONTINUOUSLY FROM RAMP TO TXWY A. ABSENCE OF TXWY BOUNDARY LIGHTING, POOR RAMP MARKINGS, MAKE DISCRIMINATION IMPOSSIBLE AT NIGHT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I TAXIED RIGHT THROUGH LINDY FROM TXWY N WITHOUT INCIDENT. STRONGLY RECOMMEND COMMERCIAL CHART COMPANY BE NOTIFIED TO RE-CHART THE RAMP AND ICAO STANDARD RAMP MARKINGS CLRLY DEFINE THE NO-TAXI AREAS. ELSE I SHALL BID ELSEWHERE.

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.