What is a hold short instruction and when is it used?

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What is a hold short instruction and when is it used?

The hold short instruction is an ATC command that requires you to stop before a designated point, typically a runway hold-short line, and not enter or cross that point until you receive explicit clearance. It’s used to keep aircraft from entering a runway when another aircraft is using it or about to use it, or when ATC needs to sequence traffic safely and maintain separation. For example, while taxiing toward a runway, you might be told to hold short of the runway. You stop at the hold line and wait for further clearance to cross or to line up and take off. This prevents conflicts on the runway environment. This isn’t about continuing past a runway, departing without clearance, or simply holding after exiting a runway, all of which don’t align with the purpose of a hold-short instruction.

The hold short instruction is an ATC command that requires you to stop before a designated point, typically a runway hold-short line, and not enter or cross that point until you receive explicit clearance. It’s used to keep aircraft from entering a runway when another aircraft is using it or about to use it, or when ATC needs to sequence traffic safely and maintain separation.

For example, while taxiing toward a runway, you might be told to hold short of the runway. You stop at the hold line and wait for further clearance to cross or to line up and take off. This prevents conflicts on the runway environment.

This isn’t about continuing past a runway, departing without clearance, or simply holding after exiting a runway, all of which don’t align with the purpose of a hold-short instruction.

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