Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 494
Confusion; Distraction; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Other / Unknown; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Airport
Lighted taxiway signs A-5 and A-6 on the east side of the approach end of Runway 11L obscure a portion of the PAPI lighting system when on approach at night. If there was any additional obscuration of the airfield/runway due to weather or dust; it would be difficult to accurately follow the visual cues provided by the PAPI lighting system.
Pilot reported lighted taxiway signs A-5 and A-6 on the east side of the approach end of Runway 11L obscure a portion of the PAPI at TUS.