B767 captain laments the lack of an alternate airport when flying to lsgg in good weather; with its ...

Narrative:

This is perhaps the sixth time in 2 years that I've flown to lsgg when the forecast weather was VFR and the flight was scheduled to arrive with around 13;000 pounds of fuel and no alternate airport. That may be okay at some international destinations; conditions permitting; but it should never be okay at lsgg because it has a single runway and the nearest alternate airport is 4;200 pounds of fuel away. If for any reason this single runway closes (pick a reason); you would find yourself with a precarious fuel load to divert to an alternate. This has always been discussed dispatch and we have always been in full agreement. Twice the dispatcher spoke of filing a report on this subject. I regret not filing it every time. It is probably caused by the fuel planning program; but this is an exceptional situation that should not conform to the 'standard' fuel-planning program and needs to be changed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 Captain laments the lack of an alternate airport when flying to LSGG in good weather; with its single runway and the nearest suitable alternate 4;200 LBS of fuel away.

Narrative: This is perhaps the sixth time in 2 years that I've flown to LSGG when the forecast weather was VFR and the flight was scheduled to arrive with around 13;000 LBS of fuel and no alternate airport. That may be okay at some international destinations; conditions permitting; but it should never be okay at LSGG because it has a single runway and the nearest alternate airport is 4;200 LBS of fuel away. If for any reason this single runway closes (pick a reason); you would find yourself with a precarious fuel load to divert to an alternate. This has always been discussed Dispatch and we have always been in full agreement. Twice the Dispatcher spoke of filing a report on this subject. I regret not filing it every time. It is probably caused by the fuel planning program; but this is an exceptional situation that should not conform to the 'standard' fuel-planning program and needs to be changed.

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	954423
Time
Date	201106
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LSGG.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 23000 Flight Crew Type 9000
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

B767 captain laments the lack of an alternate airport when flying to lsgg in good weather; with its single runway and the nearest suitable alternate 4;200 pounds of fuel away.