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When may a pilot accept a land and hold short (LAHSO) clearance?

Choices

✓ Only when confident of stopping within the available landing distancecorrect
A pilot accepts LAHSO only if sure of stopping in the published available landing distance.
Whenever ATC issues it, without exception
A pilot may decline a LAHSO clearance and is not obligated to accept it.
Only at night
LAHSO is not restricted to nighttime.
Only in a multi-engine airplane
Aircraft type is not the deciding factor; stopping distance is.

Why

A pilot may accept a LAHSO clearance only when confident of stopping within the available landing distance and may decline it if it cannot be conducted safely. Student pilots are generally advised not to accept LAHSO.

FAA source: AIM 4-3-11browse the reference library →

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