Air taxi pilot reported bright lights from a hangar made it difficult to see the taxiway lights and ...

Narrative:

Noticed upon landing rollout; bright lights positioned on the [other company] hangar. These are new and recently installed hangar lights. We taxied off A3 and onto bravo taxiway. Ground gave us bravo; cross runway 24; sierra charlie to the ramp. Taxiing down bravo the hangar lights were so bright they washed out any taxiway stripes and as we approached runway 24 to cross the lights washed out the blue taxiway lights making it difficult to see the taxiway. We turned onto sierra and away from the lights and I asked ground about the lights on the hangar and they replied you mean the ones harvested from the sun. These are a distraction especially during wet conditions and are in my opinion a blinding safety concern. Remove or dim lights as not to be directed out onto the airport operations area.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Taxi pilot reported bright lights from a hangar made it difficult to see the taxiway lights and markings at STL airport.

Narrative: Noticed upon landing rollout; bright lights positioned on the [other company] hangar. These are new and recently installed hangar lights. We taxied off A3 and onto Bravo taxiway. Ground gave us Bravo; cross Runway 24; Sierra Charlie to the ramp. Taxiing down Bravo the hangar lights were so bright they washed out any taxiway stripes and as we approached Runway 24 to cross the lights washed out the blue taxiway lights making it difficult to see the taxiway. We turned onto Sierra and away from the lights and I asked Ground about the lights on the hangar and they replied you mean the ones harvested from the sun. These are a distraction especially during wet conditions and are in my opinion a blinding safety concern. Remove or dim lights as not to be directed out onto the airport operations area.

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Attributes
ACN	1704839
Time
Date	201911
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	STL.Airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Air taxi pilot reported bright lights from a hangar made it difficult to see the taxiway lights and markings at stl airport.