Definition
HOLD PROCEDURE
A predetermined maneuver which keeps aircraft within a specified airspace while awaiting further clearance from air traffic control. Also used during ground operations to keep aircraft within a specified area or at a specified point while awaiting further clearance from air traffic control.
Source: FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary (verbatim from the Federal Aviation Regulations).
Where This Term Is Used
- 14 CFR § 91.1705 — § 91.1705 Required pilot training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1109 — § 91.1109 Aircraft maintenance: Inspection program.
- 14 CFR § 91.1101 — § 91.1101 Pilots: Initial, transition, and upgrade ground training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1095 — § 91.1095 Initial and transition training and checking: Flight instructors (aircraft), flight instructors (simulator).
- 14 CFR § 91.1069 — § 91.1069 Flight crew: Instrument proficiency check requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1065 — § 91.1065 Initial and recurrent pilot testing requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1001 — § 91.1001 Applicability.
- 14 CFR § 91.711 — § 91.711 Special rules for foreign civil aircraft.
- 14 CFR § 91.611 — § 91.611 Authorization for ferry flight with one engine inoperative.
- 14 CFR § 91.529 — § 91.529 Flight engineer requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.409 — § 91.409 Inspections.
- 14 CFR § 91.403 — § 91.403 General.
- 14 CFR § 91.191 — § 91.191 Category II and Category III manual.
- 14 CFR § 91.189 — § 91.189 Category II and III operations: General operating rules.
- 14 CFR § 91.176 — § 91.176 Straight-in landing operations below DA/DH or MDA using an enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) under IFR.
- 14 CFR § 91.175 — § 91.175 Takeoff and landing under IFR.
- 14 CFR § 91.171 — § 91.171 VOR equipment check for IFR operations.
- 14 CFR § 91.161 — § 91.161 Special awareness training required for pilots flying under visual flight rules within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME.
- 14 CFR § 91.131 — § 91.131 Operations in Class B airspace.
- 14 CFR § 61.55 — § 61.55 — Second-in-Command Qualifications
- 14 CFR § 61.56 — § 61.56 — Flight Review
- 14 CFR § 61.57 — § 61.57 — Recent Flight Experience: Pilot in Command
22 sections reference this term in their FAR Decoded content.