Holding Procedures – Airplane Holding Patterns Easily Explained
Pilot Institute
JUNE 9, 2025
If it is obvious that the bad weather is transitory, air traffic control may ask approaching aircraft to take up a holding pattern while the weather subsides. To avoid airplanes constantly changing direction and approach procedures, ATC may ask them to take up the hold while the airport is reconfigured. Want an example? Is that it?
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