Commercial Fixed WIng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 144; Flight Crew Type 8618
No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types
General None Reported / Taken
Environment - Non Weather Related; Airport
The overnight remote aircraft parking location for ABQ between Taxiway 'A' and the airport terminal gates presents a hazard to aircraft parking at gates [at the south side of the terminal]. To terminate an aircraft at gate [those gates] when aircraft are 'remoted'; taxiing aircraft do not have a lead-in line to follow as the extended safety zone for [these gates] to taxi way 'A' is partially blocked by the remoted aircraft. This requires aircraft to taxi between unlit aircraft with no taxi lines to follow to ensure aircraft clearance.At the western end of the remote parking spots there is a taxi line that goes around the remote parking spots and the terminal for the first two of the eight remote parking spots. This line provides taxi guidance between the first two remote parking spots and the gates but then goes into a terminal gate. Taxi lines should be painted that give aircraft a safe taxi route from taxiway Alpha to the terminal gates with aircraft parked at the remote parking spots to the south of the terminal.
An air carrier Captain expressed concern that the remote parking area between the gates on the south side of the terminal and Taxiway A at ABQ is hazard for taxiing aircraft inbound to those gates. This is of particular concern because there is no taxi lead in line on the ramp to insure an aircraft is centered in the remaining gap. The Captain also notes that aircraft at both the terminal and the remote area are unlit; further compromising safe passage.