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The importance of recording taxi instructions and reviewing taxi routes on the airport diagram.

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  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › Runway Incursion Avoidance

    Review airport layouts as part of preflight planning, before descending to land and while taxiing, as needed. • Know airport signage. • Review NOTAM for information on runway/ taxiway closures and construction areas. • Request progressive taxi instructions from ATC when unsure ... taxi route. • Check for traffic before crossing any runway hold line and before entering a taxiway. • Turn on aircraft lights and the rotating beacon or strobe lights while taxing. • When landing, clear the active runway as soon as possible, then…

  • Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-18. Taxiing

    When issuing taxi instructions to any point other than an assigned takeoff runway, ATC will specify the point to taxi to, issue taxi instructions, and state any hold short instructions or runway crossing clearances if the taxi route will cross ... runway. NOTEATC is required to obtain a readback from the pilot of all runway hold short instructions. 8. If a pilot is expected to hold short of a runway approach/departure (Runway XX APPCH/Runway XX DEP) hold area or ILS holding…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Collision Avoidance › ATC Instructions—“Hold Short”

    Instructions—“Hold Short” The most important sign and marking on the airport is the hold sign and hold marking. These are located on a stub taxiway leading directly to a runway. They depict the holding position or the location where ... marking for Runway 13 and Runway 31. When ATC issues a “hold short” clearance, you are expected to taxi up to, but not cross any part of the runway holding marking. At a towered airport, runway hold markings should never…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-6. Flight Plan - IFR Flights

    Airways and Jet Routes Depiction on Flight Plan 1. It is vitally important that the route of flight be accurately and completely described in the flight plan. To simplify definition of the proposed route, and to facilitate ATC, pilots ... requested to file via airways or jet routes established for use at the altitude or flight level planned. 2. If flight is to be conducted via designated airways or jet routes, describe the route by indicating the type and number…

  • CHAPTER 4. FLIGHT REVIEW › 4.3 Planning and Recording the Review › 4.3.5 Review of Maneuvers and Procedures

    satisfactory flight review, the pilot should be able to perform all maneuvers in accordance with the ACS or PTS, as applicable, for the pilot certificate that they hold. Therefore, the FAA encourages the use of ACS/PTS during flight reviews ... flight instructor may wish to prepare a preliminary plan of action for the flight review based on an interview or other assessment of the pilot’s qualifications and skills. See Appendix D for suggested interview questions. Appendix D provides…

  • Chapter 1: The National Airspace System › Teardrop Procedure › Airport Sketch /Airport Diagram

    Pilots should identify critical times and locations on the taxi route (e.g., transitioning through complex intersections, crossing intervening runways, entering and lining up on the runway for takeoff, and approaching and lining up on the runway for landing). By knowing ... layout of the airport and their particular procedures, pilots are able to anticipate, understand, and safely execute all ATC directives and procedures. A major contributor to runway incursions is pilots not knowing the airport layout and procedures. This lack…