What does a flashing white light signal indicate?

What does a flashing white light signal indicate?

• A. Return to starting point
• B. Stop
• C. Cleared to taxi
• D. Exercise extreme caution

Answer: (A)

A flashing white light on the ground tells the pilot to return to the starting point on the airport (usually back to the apron or the point where taxiing began). It’s one of the standard surface signals used to direct aircraft on the airport. This signal isn’t about stopping (that’s steady red), nor does it grant a taxi clearance (that’s green and issued as “cleared to taxi”), and it isn’t a caution signal (alternating red and green is for extreme caution). So the instruction to return to where you started is the specific meaning here.

A flashing white light on the ground tells the pilot to return to the starting point on the airport (usually back to the apron or the point where taxiing began). It’s one of the standard surface signals used to direct aircraft on the airport. This signal isn’t about stopping (that’s steady red), nor does it grant a taxi clearance (that’s green and issued as “cleared to taxi”), and it isn’t a caution signal (alternating red and green is for extreme caution). So the instruction to return to where you started is the specific meaning here.