The hold-short rules described for VFR and IFR departures are true or false: Pilots awaiting VFR departures must hold short to the left of the taxiway centerline and IFR departures hold short to the right of the taxiway centerline.

The hold-short rules described for VFR and IFR departures are true or false: Pilots awaiting VFR departures must hold short to the left of the taxiway centerline and IFR departures hold short to the right of the taxiway centerline.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not Applicable
• D. Not Determined

Answer: (B)

Hold-short markings determine where you must stop to prevent a runway incursion, and the exact stopping point is set by the pavement marking and ATC clearance, not by whether you’re flying VFR or IFR. There isn’t a rule that VFR departures must hold to the left of the taxiway centerline and IFR departures to the right. Both types of departures stop at the same hold-short line or lines at the taxiway/runway intersection, and you only proceed when you have clearance. If ATC says to hold short of a runway, you stop at that line regardless of your flight rules, and you roll through only after being cleared for takeoff.

Hold-short markings determine where you must stop to prevent a runway incursion, and the exact stopping point is set by the pavement marking and ATC clearance, not by whether you’re flying VFR or IFR. There isn’t a rule that VFR departures must hold to the left of the taxiway centerline and IFR departures to the right. Both types of departures stop at the same hold-short line or lines at the taxiway/runway intersection, and you only proceed when you have clearance. If ATC says to hold short of a runway, you stop at that line regardless of your flight rules, and you roll through only after being cleared for takeoff.