Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Troubleshooting; Workload
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Flight Crew Diverted; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft
Center tank fuel was not feeding. Captain conferred with Dispatch and diverted to an enroute airport (good weather). Landing uneventful; under Max Landing Weight (MLW) and with well over FAR reserves in wing tanks. Maintenance could not determine cause of issue. Captain and I declined to have our duty day extended to wait for an inbound aircraft to continue flight to the filed destination.
Because an MD-82 center fuel tank would not feed the engines; the flight diverted to a nearby airport while sufficient wing tank fuel remained.