A B737 first officer reported that mia does not report the ungrooved condition of the newly paved ru...

Narrative:

Runway 8R mia was recently resurfaced with asphalt over a significant portion. When we took position for takeoff we asked if the runway had been grooved. Tower said it had not; but it was planned for the future. This time of the year it basically rains every afternoon in mia. This has significance for a 737 takeoff since we are to use maximum thrust if the runway is wet and non-grooved. Also; I would think being non-grooved would affect abort capabilities and landing performance. The non-grooved nature of runway 8L does not appear on the ATIS or field notes for mia. Nor does the time table for installing grooves. I believe the non-grooved nature of the runway was a recent factor in a recent accident. With the tempo of operations at mia and the rainy season; this is a significant safety issue. Include the non-grooved nature of runway in ATIS; field notes; and special messages until situation is resolved.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 First Officer reported that MIA does not report the ungrooved condition of the newly paved Runway 8L. B737's are required to do full power takeoff's on wet and ungrooved runways. However; without NOTAMs or other notice methods crew will not know the runways groove statue.

Narrative: Runway 8R MIA was recently resurfaced with asphalt over a significant portion. When we took position for takeoff we asked if the runway had been grooved. Tower said it had not; but it was planned for the future. This time of the year it basically rains every afternoon in MIA. This has significance for a 737 takeoff since we are to use maximum thrust if the runway is wet and non-grooved. Also; I would think being non-grooved would affect abort capabilities and landing performance. The non-grooved nature of Runway 8L does not appear on the ATIS or field notes for MIA. Nor does the time table for installing grooves. I believe the non-grooved nature of the runway was a recent factor in a recent accident. With the tempo of operations at MIA and the rainy season; this is a significant safety issue. Include the non-grooved nature of runway in ATIS; field notes; and special messages until situation is resolved.

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.

Attributes
ACN	893873
Time
Date	201006
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A B737 first officer reported that mia does not report the ungrooved condition of the newly paved runway 8L. B737's are required to do full power takeoff's on wet and ungrooved runways. However; without notams or other notice methods crew will not know the runways groove statue.