Construction of fire house obstructs controller view of a portion of runway.

Attributes
ACN	282421
Time
Date	199409
Day	Wed
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lih
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
ASRS Report	282421
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Qualification	controller : non radar
Experience	controller non radar : 6
ASRS Report	282367
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

The state of hawaii is building a new fire station that blocks line of sight visibility to runway 35 from the tower, midfield of the runway for a couple hundred ft. As construction continues, an even larger portion of the runway will be obstructed. Supplemental information from acn 282367: rescue building built so as to obstruct view of runway 35/17 from the tower.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE HOUSE OBSTRUCTS CTLR VIEW OF A PORTION OF RWY.

Narrative: THE STATE OF HAWAII IS BUILDING A NEW FIRE STATION THAT BLOCKS LINE OF SIGHT VISIBILITY TO RWY 35 FROM THE TWR, MIDFIELD OF THE RWY FOR A COUPLE HUNDRED FT. AS CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES, AN EVEN LARGER PORTION OF THE RWY WILL BE OBSTRUCTED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 282367: RESCUE BUILDING BUILT SO AS TO OBSTRUCT VIEW OF RWY 35/17 FROM THE TWR.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.