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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
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
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 →
Original study question written for this course — representative of FAA knowledge-test topics, not an actual current FAA exam question.