Plain English Meaning

The part of a holding pattern where you fly away from the fix in a straight line, before turning back to fly toward it again. It is one of the two long sides of the racetrack-shaped pattern.

Full Definition

In a holding pattern, the straight segment flown away from the holding fix, parallel to the inbound course and on the non-holding side of the racetrack. In a standard (no-wind) holding pattern, the outbound leg is timed for one minute at or below 14,000 feet MSL and one minute and 30 seconds above 14,000 feet MSL, beginning when the aircraft is abeam the fix or wings level after the outbound turn, whichever occurs later.

Context Anchor

Seen in instrument holding procedures, especially when reading diagrams or the in no-.