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LAND AND HOLD SHORT OPERATIONS

Instrument Procedures

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Operations that include simultaneous takeoffs and landings and/or simultaneous landings when a landing aircraft is able and is instructed by the controller to hold short of an intersecting runway or taxiway, a predetermined point, or an approach/departure flightpath. Pilots are expected to promptly inform the controller if the hold short clearance cannot be accepted.

Source FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary · checked 2026-08-25

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