A B737-800 flight crew was not notified of a partial runway closure at their low IMC destination.

Attributes
ACN	853687
Time
Date	200909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Captain called on the ground telling me that the runway was notamed shorted by 5;197 feet; the available runway was 8;000 feet. The flight plan paperwork showed no operational notams. The crew was notified by the tower of the NOTAM. I checked with flight service station and the FAA website to confirm that the notams were valid.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-800 flight crew was not notified of a partial runway closure at their low IMC destination.

Narrative: Captain called on the ground telling me that the runway was NOTAMed shorted by 5;197 feet; the available runway was 8;000 feet. The flight plan paperwork showed no operational NOTAMs. The crew was notified by the tower of the NOTAM. I checked with flight service station and the FAA website to confirm that the NOTAMs were valid.

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.