Quiz: Can You Identify These Airport Signs and Markings?

Taxiing around large airports is often one of the more challenging aspects when learning to fly. Studying the various signs and markings in preparation for operating at an airport with a complex taxiway and runway layout will help you better understand the system and improve your situational awareness as you move from the parking area to the active runway.

Take our quiz and see if you can correctly distinguish these signs and pavement markings that you will see at larger tower-controlled airports.

What might you expect when you see this sign?

Hold short here for aircraft landing on the ILS approach.

Hold short here while aircraft exit the runway.

You are exiting the ILS critical area.

Only pass this sign with explicit clearance from ATC.

Correct! Wrong!

What is on the dashed side of this double yellow line?

An active runway.

The movement area.

A closed taxiway.

Correct! Wrong!

Regardless of where they're located, white ground markings designate what?

Non-movement taxi areas.

Reserved ramp for company parking.

Ground vehicle traffic lanes.

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Where are you located when you see this sign?

On the approach end of Runway 27

On Taxiway Juliet

At Ramp 3

On Taxiway Sierra

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When on the runway, what information will this sign give you.

Your aircraft is on Runway 4

You are at the intersection of Runway 4.

There is 4,000 feet of runway remaining.

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What do the yellow chevrons indicate?

A blast pad.

A displaced threshold.

A taxiway.

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What does a large yellow "X" placed on each end of the runway mean.

The runway is temporarily closed.

Mayor Daley is an @$%hole.

The runway numbers have changed.

The runway is permanently closed.

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What does this sign mean?

Emergency services area ahead.

No U-turns.

Do not enter.

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What is the purpose of this marker?

To identify the location of taxiing aircraft during low visibility operations.

To designate "hot spot" areas with a potential for ground collision or runway incursions.

To define areas to be used by both fixed wing and helicopter aircraft.

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Having a childhood dream of aviation, Chris first became an Aviation Explorer, motivating him to earn his private pilot's certificate as a teenager. During his four years at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University he earned his commercial, multi-engine certificate with an instrument rating. While experimenting in seaplanes, gliders, and flying his personal vintage Cessna 172, Chris developed a passion for general aviation. As a flight instructor, he shares that passion creating aviation training apps and content for Sporty's Pilot Shop. Outside of flying, Chris enjoys collecting and repairing weird cars.

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