Who is responsible for establishing hold lines and signs?

The responsibility for establishing hold lines and signs falls to the airport manager. This individual oversees the operations and facilities at the airport, ensuring that safety measures and navigational aids are properly implemented. Hold lines and signs are critical for the safe movement of aircraft on the ground, helping to define boundaries for runways and taxiways to maintain safe distances during operations.

While controllers, such as ground and local controllers, play crucial roles in directing traffic and ensuring safety during operations, they rely on the physical infrastructure and guidelines set by the airport manager. The air traffic manager also has a broad operational oversight role but does not establish hold lines and signs directly. Therefore, it is the airport manager who is ultimately responsible for setting these crucial components within the airport environment.