Lesson D14 1:18 14 of 26
Learn what a runway approach area hold is, and where Oakland and Long Beach print them.
The video plays from YouTube. FAA airport diagrams, d-TPP cycle 2611, effective 29 OCT 2026. Not for navigation.
Some taxiways cross the approach area of a runway, where airplanes fly in to land. A hold line there keeps you out of the way of the airplanes that use that runway. It is a runway approach area hold. Its marking is the same four yellow lines as a runway hold.
Its red sign shows the runway number, a dash, and APCH, short for approach. An example is a 15-APCH sign. On the diagram, the label shows the runway and the words APCH HOLD. Oakland prints one for Runway 10L. Two hold lines sit on taxiway Kilo, one on each side of the approach path.
Oakland prints one for Runway 33 too, with a hold line on each side of the runway end. Long Beach prints one for Runway 26L. Its arrows point to two hold lines, north and south of the approach path. ATC tells you when to hold there. For example: hold short of Runway 10L approach.
Then stop so that no part of the airplane is past the lines. The Salinas diagram prints no approach holds. Look for them when you fly to a busy airport. Next, hot spots.
Before you fly, check the current airport diagram, the Chart Supplement and NOTAMs.
A discovery flight is actual flight training with a certified flight instructor at the Salinas Airport. Your hands on the controls, with the airport diagram on your knee.
