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Glossary/Hold Short Line
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Hold Short Line

A pavement marking consisting of two solid yellow lines and two dashed yellow lines painted across a taxiway at the intersection with a runway. Aircraft must stop before the solid lines and may not cross onto the runway without ATC clearance (at towered airports) or verifying the runway is clear (at non-towered airports). The solid lines are always on the taxiway side, and the dashed lines are on the runway side.

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