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A ZJX controller claims numerous errors and deviations occurred because of WX avoidance, airport closures, and diversions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 469301 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zjx.artcc |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence Thunderstorm |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zjx.artcc |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller non radar : 2 controller radar : 10 |
| ASRS Report | 469301 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
I worked from XA30 until XB30 on the evening of mar/xa/00. WX was impacting the ZJX airspace along the east coast and gulf of mexico area. Almost all aircraft were rerted into the western half of florida for WX avoidance. Just off the west coast of florida we had MOA's hot surface to FL500 with a special operation going on that tied up a bunch of usable airspace. At one point, the east coast was shut down for 4-6 hours with all traffic being rerted into a few small sectors along the west coast of florida. Some aircraft were held down to FL200/FL220 because of high altitude sector saturation. Mia and fll airports were closed for a few hours. Some controllers including myself were plugged in and working in excess of 2 hours, some longer than 3 hours. There were just too many airplanes for these sectors to handle. Numerous operrors and airspace deviations occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A ZJX CTLR CLAIMS NUMEROUS ERRORS AND DEVS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF WX AVOIDANCE, ARPT CLOSURES, AND DIVERSIONS.
Narrative: I WORKED FROM XA30 UNTIL XB30 ON THE EVENING OF MAR/XA/00. WX WAS IMPACTING THE ZJX AIRSPACE ALONG THE EAST COAST AND GULF OF MEXICO AREA. ALMOST ALL ACFT WERE RERTED INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF FLORIDA FOR WX AVOIDANCE. JUST OFF THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA WE HAD MOA'S HOT SURFACE TO FL500 WITH A SPECIAL OP GOING ON THAT TIED UP A BUNCH OF USABLE AIRSPACE. AT ONE POINT, THE EAST COAST WAS SHUT DOWN FOR 4-6 HRS WITH ALL TFC BEING RERTED INTO A FEW SMALL SECTORS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA. SOME ACFT WERE HELD DOWN TO FL200/FL220 BECAUSE OF HIGH ALT SECTOR SATURATION. MIA AND FLL ARPTS WERE CLOSED FOR A FEW HRS. SOME CTLRS INCLUDING MYSELF WERE PLUGGED IN AND WORKING IN EXCESS OF 2 HRS, SOME LONGER THAN 3 HRS. THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY AIRPLANES FOR THESE SECTORS TO HANDLE. NUMEROUS OPERRORS AND AIRSPACE DEVS OCCURRED.
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.