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Refer to Figure 65. Illustration L — a black sign with a single white numeral "4" — indicates what?
Choices
✓ 4,000 feet of runway remainingcorrect
A black sign with a white numeral is a runway distance-remaining sign; the number is thousands of feet of runway left.
You are on taxiway 4
A taxiway location sign is black with a yellow inscription and yellow border, not a plain white numeral.
Hold short of runway 4
Holding position signs are red with white inscriptions.
Turn toward runway 4
Direction signs are yellow with black inscriptions and arrows.
Why
Runway distance-remaining signs have a black background and a white numeral showing the remaining runway in thousands of feet, so a "4" means 4,000 feet remain.
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