An A319 flight crew experienced low fuel condition on arrival; declared an emergency; and landed nor...

Attributes
ACN	818804
Time
Date	200901
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 6000
Events
Anomaly	Other Min Fuel

Narrative:

Due to numerous enroute issues; we arrived in the ZZZ airspace with 'minimum fuel' which had been relayed to center. While being vectored by ZZZ approach control; our projected touchdown fuel; as predicted by dual fmss showed less than 5;000 pounds. In order to limit any further delays due to vectors; speed restriction; etc; a fuel emergency was declared; expeditious handling by ZZZ ATC; followed by an uneventful landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 flight crew experienced low fuel condition on arrival; declared an emergency; and landed normally.

Narrative: Due to numerous enroute issues; we arrived in the ZZZ airspace with 'minimum fuel' which had been relayed to Center. While being vectored by ZZZ Approach Control; our projected touchdown fuel; as predicted by dual FMSs showed less than 5;000 LBS. In order to limit any further delays due to vectors; speed restriction; etc; a fuel emergency was declared; expeditious handling by ZZZ ATC; followed by an uneventful landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.