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Old Jan 23, 2020, 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by dblumenhoff
I have never heard of this happening before. Usually they have you wait on a taxiway or on a pull-off somewhere. I've never heard of them holding a plane on the runway where they tie up the departure airport.
When lay people say "the runway", they almost always mean "the taxiway" (or "the ramp"). Planes don't usually wait on (active) runways unless there's a major problem (i.e a mechanical issue that prevents them from moving).
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