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Taxi

Meaning in aviation, with examples

/ˈtæksi/verbCore term

In aviation, taxi means: To move an aircraft slowly on the ground under its own power, for example from the parking stand to the runway or from the runway back to the stand.

In Turkish: taksi yapmak

How it is used

A key word in calls with ground control: 'taxi to holding point runway 05 via Alpha'. The forms are taxi, taxied, taxiing (British English also writes taxying). Also used as a noun: taxi clearance, taxi time, taxi speed.

Example sentences

  1. Fastair 345, taxi to holding point runway 23 via Bravo and Alpha.

  2. We taxied for almost twenty minutes because of the queue for departure.

Common collocations

  • taxi to the holding point
  • taxi via
  • taxi clearance
  • taxi time
  • taxi in
  • taxiwayA paved path at an airport that connects the runways with the aprons, stands and hangars. Aircraft use taxiways to move around on the ground.
  • pushbackThe procedure in which a tug pushes an aircraft backwards out of its parking stand, because airliners do not normally reverse under their own power.
  • runwayA long, specially prepared strip at an airport that aircraft use to take off and land. Each runway is named by a number based on its magnetic direction.
  • hold shortAn ATC instruction to stop before a runway or another point and not go past it until you receive a clearance.
  • standA marked parking position on the apron where an aircraft is parked for boarding, loading, refuelling and other ground services.

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