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What colors are on a taxiway location sign, the one that tells you which taxiway you are on?

Yellow letters on black, with a yellow border.

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  1. Black letters on yellow
  2. Yellow letters on black ✔
  3. White letters on red

Why: Location signs have a black background with a yellow inscription and border. Direction signs are the reverse, black on yellow. White on red is for mandatory instruction signs.

Huh, didn't know that: Surface painted location signs on the pavement use the same black and yellow colors.

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Why did the taxiway sign wear black? It was going to a formal location.
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Answer: Yellow letters on black. Location signs have a black background with a yellow inscription and border. Direction signs are the reverse, black on yellow. White on red is for mandatory instruction signs.

  1. AIM Chapter 2 Section 3, Airport Marking Aids and Signs www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap2_section_3.html
    This sign has a black background with a yellow inscription and yellow border
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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