jspilot
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Yesterday I made an amazing XC flight on a really great day. It was one of those flights that makes having a PPL totally great. Anyway, I was returning to the local airport( KISP) and discovered that the wind had kicked up a bit but was relatively straight down the runway. KISP was using runway 33L yesterday and I made a really nice landing and because of the nice headwind, had the plane slowed down well before the first turnoff. The tower came on and told me to continue to the end of the runway and exit at the taxiway at the end- no big deal because the ramp is basically at the end of 33L anyway although it meant I would be taxing for about 4,000 ft of the 5,000 foot runway( should have asked for a long landing- oh well.) Runway 33L at KISP intersects with runway 24 about half way down 33L.
So now that you have the background here is the question, since I was given taxi instructions while on the runway, was it required to get permission to cross runway 24? When given the taxi instructions the tower did not specifically say "cleared to cross runway 24" so I asked and he said I was "cleared to cross" so it was a total non issue, however I thought about this after the flight and thought the tower might have left out the " cleared to cross" instruction because it was not required since I was still on the active runway. Clearly if I was still in the act of landing, like making a long landing or just a landing with a ton of float, I would not need to ask permission to cross the runway. However I guess in my case this time I was not considered to be in the act of landing since I clearly was at taxi speed.
So now that you have the background here is the question, since I was given taxi instructions while on the runway, was it required to get permission to cross runway 24? When given the taxi instructions the tower did not specifically say "cleared to cross runway 24" so I asked and he said I was "cleared to cross" so it was a total non issue, however I thought about this after the flight and thought the tower might have left out the " cleared to cross" instruction because it was not required since I was still on the active runway. Clearly if I was still in the act of landing, like making a long landing or just a landing with a ton of float, I would not need to ask permission to cross the runway. However I guess in my case this time I was not considered to be in the act of landing since I clearly was at taxi speed.
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