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3-9-9. TAKEOFF CLEARANCE
Title through subparagraph a, no change.
b. When clearing an aircraft for takeoff from an intersection, first state the runway intersection.
PHRASEOLOGYRUNWAY
(number) AT (taxiway designator) CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
c. When two or more aircraft call the tower ready for departure, one or more at the full length of a
runway and one or more at an intersection, state the location of the aircraft at the full length of the runway
when clearing that aircraft for takeoff.
PHRASEOLOGYRUNWAY
(number), FULL-LENGTH, CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.
EXAMPLE-
“American Four Eighty-Two, Runway Three-Zero full length, cleared for takeoff.”
Renumber existing paragraphs (b) through (e) to read (d) through (g).
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3-10-5. LANDING CLEARANCE
a. When issuing a clearance to land, first state the runway number followed by the landing clearance.
PHRASEOLOGYRUNWAY
(designator) CLEARED TO LAND.
b. Procedures
1. Facilities without a safety logic system, or facilities with the safety logic system inoperative,
or in the limited configuration must not clear an aircraft for a full-stop, touch-and-go, stop-and-go, option, or
unrestricted low approach when a departing aircraft has been instructed to line up and wait or is holding in
position on the same runway. The landing clearance may be issued once the aircraft in position has started
takeoff roll.
2. Facilities using safety logic in the full core alert mode may issue a landing clearance, fullstop,
touch-and-go, stop-and-go, option, or unrestricted low approach to an arriving aircraft with an aircraft
holding in position or taxiing to LUAW on the same runway except when reported weather conditions are less
than ceiling 800 feet or visibility less than 2-miles.
c. “USN NOT APPLICABLE.” Inform the closest aircraft that is requesting a full-stop, touch-andgo,
stop-and-go, option, or unrestricted low approaches when there is traffic authorized to line up and wait on
the same runway.
EXAMPLE-
“Delta One, Runway One-Eight, continue, traffic holding in position.”
“Delta One, Runway One-Eight, cleared to land. Traffic holding in position.”
Delete subparagraph d, and renumber subparagraph e.
3-10-6. ANTICIPATING SEPARATION
a. Landing clearance to succeeding aircraft in a landing sequence need not be withheld if you observe
the positions of the aircraft and determine that prescribed runway separation will exist when the aircraft
crosses the landing threshold. Issue traffic information to the succeeding aircraft if a preceding arrival has not
been previously reported and when traffic will be departing prior to their arrival.
EXAMPLE-
“American Two Forty-Five, Runway One-Eight, cleared to land, number two following a United Seven-Thirty-Seven two
mile final. Traffic will depart prior to your arrival.”
“American Two Forty-Five, Runway One-Eight, cleared to land, traffic will depart prior to your arrival.”
NOTE–
Landing sequence number is optional at tower facilities where the arrival sequence to the runway is established by the
approach control.
b. Anticipating separation must not be applied when conducting LUAW operations, except as authorized
in paragraph 3-10-5b2. Issue applicable traffic information when using this provision.
EXAMPLE-
“American Two Forty-Five, Runway One-Eight, cleared to land, traffic will be a Boeing Seven-Fifty-Seven holding in
position.”
REFERENCE–
P/CG Term - Clear of the Runway
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3-12-2. DEPARTURE SEPARATION
Title through subparagraph a, no change.
b. A preceding landing aircraft has taxied out of the sea lane.
NOTEDue
to the absence of braking capability, caution should be exercised when instructing a float plane to hold a position as
the aircraft will continue to move because of prop generated thrust. Therefore, clearance to line up and wait should be
followed by takeoff or other clearance as soon as practical.
b. Pilot Controller Glossary. Delete the existing definition of “Position and Hold” in section “P,”
and add the following definition to section “L”:
LINE UP AND WAIT − Used by ATC to inform a pilot to taxi onto the departure runway to line up and
wait. It is not authorization for takeoff. It is used when takeoff clearance cannot immediately be issued
because of traffic or other reasons.
(See CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF)
6. Distribution. This notice is distributed to the following Air Traffic Organization (ATO) service
units: Terminal, En Route and Oceanic, and System Operations Services; the ATO Office of Safety;
Office of the Service Center; the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service; the William J. Hughes Technical
Center; and the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center.
7. Background. In FAA directives, an air traffic controller's instruction for a pilot to taxi onto the
runway and await takeoff clearance is "position and hold." The ICAO equivalent of this instruction is
"line up and wait."
In July 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended that FAA
Order JO 7110.65 be amended to require the use of standard ICAO phraseology for airport surface
operations (NTSB Recommendation A-00-71). In addition, the Air Traffic Procedures Advisory
Committee has requested the FAA revise U.S. policy to require the use of “line up and wait” rather than
“position and hold.”
Lastly, the FAA Runway Safety Call to Action Committee has issued several recommendations to
address improving runway safety across the National Airspace System. In response to these
recommendations, ATO Terminal Services convened an SRM panel of subject matter experts to evaluate
safety of the committee recommendations. The objective of the SRM panel was to identify and assess
the risks associated with changing the current phraseology from “position and hold” to “line up and
wait” per NTSB Recommendation A-00-71.
Nancy B. Kalinowski
Vice President, System Operations Services
Air Traffic Organization Date Signed