taxi

Taxi clearances name a route by taxiway letters and any point to hold short of, and are read back in full. Taxi speed is walking-to-jogging pace on a straight, slower in turns.

This term does not auto-link inside captions, because "taxi" is an ordinary English noun for a car and a caption about the taxi rank outside a terminal should not link to a ground movement.

Nearby in Aviation

• TAF — A coded forecast of the weather expected at an aerodrome, typically covering the next 24 to 30 hours.
• tailwind — A wind blowing along the runway from behind, which lengthens the distance needed on the ground.
• taxiway — A paved route connecting runways, aprons and stands, on which aircraft move under their own power.
• TCAS — An onboard system that watches nearby transponder-equipped traffic and tells the crew how to avoid a collision.