Plain English Meaning
A holding pattern that is already drawn on the chart at a fix. If you are told to hold there, you fly it the way the chart shows it, unless the controller tells you something different.
Full Definition
A holding pattern that is depicted on an aeronautical chart at a specific fix, showing the inbound course, turn direction, and leg length to be flown. When ATC clears a pilot to hold at a fix where a pattern is charted, the pilot flies the pattern as depicted unless ATC issues different holding instructions.
Context Anchor
Seen on instrument approach charts and en route charts when a pilot may need to hold at a published point during instrument flying.
Why Pilots Care
Allows ATC to clear an aircraft into a published pattern without describing every leg and turn over the radio.
Intuition Check
Do not read “charted” as merely “drawn somewhere on a map.” In this context, it means the holding instructions are officially published on the aviation chart and are meant to be flown unless ATC changes them.
Example Sentence 1
ATC issued the clearance "hold east of LENDY as published," so the pilot flew the charted holding pattern shown on the approach plate.
Example Sentence 2
ATC cleared the flight to hold in the charted holding pattern at 6,000 feet with one-minute legs.