Narrative:

At pwk the approach end of runway 30R is not visible from the tower due to a hangar. Tower personnel are unable to monitor the progress of aircraft taxiing onto an active runway. Controllers are already restr from taxiing an aircraft into position and hold at the full length and require the aircraft to taxi up to a point where they are visible. Therefore aircraft are still on the active runway in the non visibility area. The only way to alleviate this problem is to either remove hangar 3 or create access to the runway a few hundred ft north of the non visible area. Continuation of the operation as it is, is unsafe.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTED SIT IN WHICH THE APCH END OF A RWY IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE CTL TWR DUE TO A HANGAR. RPTR SAID ACFT ON THE APCH END OF THE RWY ARE NOT VISIBLE UNTIL THEY ARE A FEW HUNDRED FT DOWN THE RWY. RPTR FEELS CONTINUED OPS AS IT IS, IS UNSAFE.

Narrative: AT PWK THE APCH END OF RWY 30R IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE TWR DUE TO A HANGAR. TWR PERSONNEL ARE UNABLE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ACFT TAXIING ONTO AN ACTIVE RWY. CTLRS ARE ALREADY RESTR FROM TAXIING AN ACFT INTO POS AND HOLD AT THE FULL LENGTH AND REQUIRE THE ACFT TO TAXI UP TO A POINT WHERE THEY ARE VISIBLE. THEREFORE ACFT ARE STILL ON THE ACTIVE RWY IN THE NON VISIBILITY AREA. THE ONLY WAY TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROB IS TO EITHER REMOVE HANGAR 3 OR CREATE ACCESS TO THE RWY A FEW HUNDRED FT N OF THE NON VISIBLE AREA. CONTINUATION OF THE OP AS IT IS, IS UNSAFE.

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.