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Old 29th Jun 2005, 04:58
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"Have all US airports stopped giving clearances to "land and hold short"?"

No, a daily event at ORD among others. A number of years ago the land and hold short program was called SOIR, simo ops on intersecting runways. The burden on the airport and ATC was quite a bit lower and the program was extensively used. The new LAHSO program has tighter standards of implementation and at times equipment (visual aid, lighting, rwy markings, etc) and is not used at as many airports as the SOIR program. This might explain why you don't see it as much.
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