Mia controller expressed frustration regarding runway idents on new parallel runway.

Attributes
ACN	590448
Time
Date	200308
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl single value : 600
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 5 controller radar : 7 controller time certified in position1 : 1
ASRS Report	590448
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

New runway 8, not open, one of numerous acrs mistaking this for runway 9L. To prevent reoccurrence, rename runway so that parallels runways 9L/9R closer together and on same side at the airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MIA CTLR EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION REGARDING RWY IDENTS ON NEW PARALLEL RWY.

Narrative: NEW RWY 8, NOT OPEN, ONE OF NUMEROUS ACRS MISTAKING THIS FOR RWY 9L. TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE, RENAME RWY SO THAT PARALLELS RWYS 9L/9R CLOSER TOGETHER AND ON SAME SIDE AT 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.