<< >> NASA ASRS Report 962467, August 2011

An air carrier captain noted that no taxiway line exists in the ramp area between mke concourses D and east to provide taxiing aircraft centerline guidance for clearance from parked aircraft or vehicles.

Attributes
ACN	962467
Time
Date	201108
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MKE.Airport
State Reference	WI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Type 6000
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Flying into mke I have noted each time that there is no taxi line from the primary taxiway to our gates. You enter into an alley way with aircraft on both sides; but there is no taxi line to stay on to ensure wingtip clearance. With the other air carriers at the airport; it would seem wise to have a taxi line to follow to our gates as is the norm at most airports. The cost of paint is [much] less than the cost to repair a wingtip.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier Captain noted that no taxiway line exists in the ramp area between MKE Concourses D and E to provide taxiing aircraft centerline guidance for clearance from parked aircraft or vehicles.

Narrative: Flying into MKE I have noted each time that there is no taxi line from the primary taxiway to our gates. You enter into an alley way with aircraft on both sides; but there is no taxi line to stay on to ensure wingtip clearance. With the other air carriers at the airport; it would seem wise to have a taxi line to follow to our gates as is the norm at most airports. The cost of paint is [much] less than the cost to repair a wingtip.

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.