Construction of fire house obstructs tower view of runway.

Attributes
ACN	282766
Time
Date	199409
Day	Fri
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	282766
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:

At lihue airport, kauai, hi, portions of runway 35 not visible from tower due to construction of crash/fire/rescue building, but air traffic manager directs the controllers to continue to land and depart runway 35.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE HOUSE OBSTRUCTS TWR VIEW OF RWY.

Narrative: AT LIHUE ARPT, KAUAI, HI, PORTIONS OF RWY 35 NOT VISIBLE FROM TWR DUE TO CONSTRUCTION OF CRASH/FIRE/RESCUE BUILDING, BUT AIR TFC MGR DIRECTS THE CTLRS TO CONTINUE TO LAND AND DEPART RWY 35.

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.