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Before crossing any runway hold-short line, the PIC at a TOWERED airport must have
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✓ explicit clearance from ATC.correct
You must have an explicit ATC clearance to cross, and you confirm it by restating the runway crossing instruction in the readback. Per 14 CFR 91.129(i) and AIM 4-3-18, an EXPLICIT ATC clearance is required to cross any runway at a towered airport — including inactive ones. The pilot must read back the runway-crossing instruction including the runway number, every time. Hold-short instructions are mandatory readback items; runway crossings are too.
only visual confirmation that the runway is clear.
Visual confirmation is necessary but not sufficient — clearance is required.
the airport diagram open.
Diagram is helpful but not a clearance prerequisite.
completed the run-up checklist.
Runup status is unrelated to runway crossing authority.
Why
You must have an explicit ATC clearance to cross, and you confirm it by restating the runway crossing instruction in the readback. Per 14 CFR 91.129(i) and AIM 4-3-18, an EXPLICIT ATC clearance is required to cross any runway at a towered airport — including inactive ones. The pilot must read back the runway-crossing instruction including the runway number, every time. Hold-short instructions are mandatory readback items; runway crossings are too.
FAA source: 14 CFR 91.129(i), AIM 4-3-18; 14 CFR 91.129(i); AIM 4-3-18 Pilot Responsibility When Conducting Land and Hold Short Operationsbrowse the reference library →
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