Sail Plane
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 13
Workload; Communication Breakdown; Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict
Air Traffic Control Separated Traffic; Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert
Aircraft; Company Policy
Multiple gliders maneuvering in the vicinity of 5C1; which happens to be on approximately a 15 mile for SAT. The gliders do not call for service and have intermittent transponders that occasionally not show altitudes. Multiple arrivals required stop descents and vectors around glider activity. Recommend Class B or at the very least a class C extension to protect arrivals from glider activity.
SAT TRACON Controller reported gliders in vicinity of 5C1 airport routinely conflict with SAT airport final approach course traffic.