Air carrier landing ord described the need to s-turn on final to allow time for a heavy departure; t...

Attributes
ACN	996605
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Heavy Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 129
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Narrative:

The captain was flying a VFR approach into runway 10 at ord. We were assigned 170-180 KTS to the marker as usual. At the marker; we contacted tower and he instructed us to slow immediately to final approach speed for departing traffic; as usual. A foreign heavy was cleared for take off and crept onto the runway. We performed tower approved s-turns to create spacing and landed safely on runway 10 after the foreign heavy finally lifted off. Ord ATC needs to increase spacing for departures; especially a foreign heavy which takes more time to taxi; spool-up; and reach rotation speed for liftoff. Tower should not expect the landing aircraft to destabilize their approach to create the needed spacing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier landing ORD described the need to S-turn on final to allow time for a heavy departure; the reporter noting ATC should increase spacing of arrivals to allow for departures.

Narrative: The Captain was flying a VFR approach into Runway 10 at ORD. We were assigned 170-180 KTS to the marker as usual. At the marker; we contacted Tower and he instructed us to slow immediately to final approach speed for departing traffic; as usual. A foreign Heavy was cleared for take off and crept onto the runway. We performed Tower approved S-turns to create spacing and landed safely on Runway 10 after the foreign Heavy finally lifted off. ORD ATC needs to increase spacing for departures; especially a foreign Heavy which takes more time to taxi; spool-up; and reach rotation speed for liftoff. Tower should not expect the landing aircraft to destabilize their approach to create the needed spacing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Air carrier landing ord described the need to s-turn on final to allow time for a heavy departure; the reporter noting ATC should increase spacing of arrivals to allow for departures.