Holding Instructions

When issuing holding instructions, specify:

1. Direction of holding from the fix/waypoint.
2. Holding fix or waypoint.
3. Radial, course, bearing, track, azimuth, airway, or route on which the aircraft is to hold.
4. Leg length in miles if DME or RNAV is to be used. Specify leg length in minutes if the pilot requests it or you consider it necessary.
5. Direction of holding pattern turns only if left turns are to be made, the pilot requests it, or you consider it necessary.
6. Issue maximum holding airspeed advisories when an aircraft is:
   1. Approved to exceed the maximum airspeed of a pattern, and is cleared into a holding pattern that will protect for the greater speed; or
   2. Observed deviating from the holding pattern airspace area; or
   3. Cleared into an airspeed restricted holding pattern in which the icon has not been published.