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I finally found the charts for the new airport opening across the river from me this week. It's KXWA, which stands for Williston Basin International. Their plan is to close the old airport (KISN) on October 9 after the last commercial flight leaves and open the new one on October 10 in time for the first commercial flight to land. I won't list the things I think are half-baked with the plan, the airport identifier, and so on. But there is one thing I feel compelled to ask about.
The airport diagram says "READBACK OF ALL RUNWAY HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS IS REQUIRED." There is no control tower. Who would issue runway holding instructions that would need to be read back? Has anyone seen anything like this on the diagram for any other uncontrolled airport?
Here is the airport diagram I am asking about:
https://www.aopa.org/ustprocs/20191010/NC-1/xwa_airport_diagram.pdf
The airport diagram says "READBACK OF ALL RUNWAY HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS IS REQUIRED." There is no control tower. Who would issue runway holding instructions that would need to be read back? Has anyone seen anything like this on the diagram for any other uncontrolled airport?
Here is the airport diagram I am asking about:
https://www.aopa.org/ustprocs/20191010/NC-1/xwa_airport_diagram.pdf