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Old November 10th 03, 02:54 PM
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The hold lines mean absolutely nothing to ATC. The only thing that
matters is that you didn't actually get onto the runway, past the solid
white line. It is a quirk of the FAA about the hold lines and the
runway safety area. Air Traffic only cares about the solid white line.
Don't cross that and we don't care. Airports Division cares about the
runway safety area, which is defined by the hold short lines on the
taxiway and usually some kind of markers in the grass alongside the
runways at I think 150 feet from the centerline.

Koopas Ly wrote:
Hi all,

After a short local flight, I landed on 4L at HNL and forgot to hold
short of 4R. After I made the right turn on taxiway Echo from 4L, the
tower (sensing that I was taxiing a bit fast) tells me, in a rather
calm voice, "hold short of 4R!".

By that time, I had already crossed the 4R hold bars. I was not on
runway 4R, just between the hold bars and the runway edge. There was
neither departing nor landing traffic. I apologized, and the tower
told me to contact ground. Never heard from the tower again.

What should I do? Should I fill out the NASA form?

Thanks,
Alex