DC9 ACFT TAXIING AT CLE ARPT AND CLRED TO TAXI TO SPOT Z WHICH THE FLC COULD NOT LOCATE ON THE ARPT CHART. GND CTLR THEN CLRED ACFT TO RWY 23L AT TXWY W. FLC DIDN'T HAVE WTS FOR THE INTXN SO SAID THEY NEEDED FULL LENGTH RWY 23L. THEY WERE THEN CLRED VIA TXWY J AND WHEN FLC ASKED IF THEY WERE CLRED ACROSS RWY 28; CTLR TOLD THEM YES. AFTER TKOF FLC RECEIVED MESSAGE TO CALL CLE AND WAS TOLD A DEV HAD BEEN FILED FOR XING THE HOLD LINE FOR RWY 23L. ARPT MARKINGS ARE RPTEDLY CONFUSING.
Synopsis
DC9 ACFT TAXIING AT CLE ARPT AND CLRED TO TAXI TO SPOT Z WHICH THE FLC COULD NOT LOCATE ON THE ARPT CHART. GND CTLR THEN CLRED ACFT TO RWY 23L AT TXWY W. FLC DIDN'T HAVE WTS FOR THE INTXN SO SAID THEY NEEDED FULL LENGTH RWY 23L. THEY WERE THEN CLRED VIA TXWY J AND WHEN FLC ASKED IF THEY WERE CLRED ACROSS RWY 28; CTLR TOLD THEM YES. AFTER TKOF FLC RECEIVED MESSAGE TO CALL CLE AND WAS TOLD A DEV HAD BEEN FILED FOR XING THE HOLD LINE FOR RWY 23L. ARPT MARKINGS ARE RPTEDLY CONFUSING.
Narrative
WHILE TAXIING OUT TO RWY 23L; WE WERE TOLD TO CONTACT GND AT SPOT Z. WE BEGAN TAXIING FROM GATE. WHILE TAXIING OUT; I SAW 3 NUMBERS ON THE GND LABELED X; Y; Z. WHEN WE GOT TO #Z; I CALLED GND AND SHE TOLD ME WE WERE NOT AT SPOT #Z BUT INSTEAD AT SPOT #X AND TO CONTINUE TO SPOT #Z. WE BOTH CHKED OUR COMMERCIAL CHART AND COULD NOT FIND SPOT #X; #Y OR #Z. WE CONTINUED TAXIING TO RWY 23L. IN FRONT OF TXWY B11 WE WERE TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 23L INTXN W. I TOLD GND THAT WE WILL NEED FULL LENGTH SINCE WE DID NOT HAVE TKOF DATA FOR INTXN W. WE WERE THEN TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 23L VIA INTXN J. WHEN WE GOT TO INTXN J I ASKED GND IF WE WERE CLRED TO TAXI ACROSS RWY 28. SHE SAID YES; AND TO CONTACT TWR. WE CONTINUED TO TAXI; I CONTACTED TWR AND SAID WE WERE READY FOR TKOF. HE CLRED US FOR TKOF. AFTER DEP; ZOB GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL. MY CAPT WAS ISSUED A PLTDEV RPT FOR XING THE RWY 23L HOLD LINE. THEY SAID THAT THERE WERE 2 HOLD SHORT LINES ON RWY 28. THE HOLD SHORT LINES ARE NOT MARKED ON THE COMMERCIAL CHART PAGES. CLE HAS SO MANY NONSTANDARD MARKINGS ON THE GND AND THEY NEED TO EXPLAIN THESE MARKINGS. LCL PLTS MAY UNDERSTAND THE MARKINGS; BUT TO SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT FLY OUT OF THERE EVERY DAY; IT IS CONFUSING.
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