Narrative:

No lahso on ATIS. However, on initial contact with local tower control, we were cleared to land to hold short of taxiway south. We declined and were cleared to land with full length available. I thought that if lahso were in effect it was supposed to be on ATIS. Runway was runway 9R.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CAPT'S RPT ON THE ATIS AT ORD NOT CONTAINING ANY INFO REGARDING THE LAHSO BEING RUN ON RWY 9R, HOLD SHORT OF TXWY S.

Narrative: NO LAHSO ON ATIS. HOWEVER, ON INITIAL CONTACT WITH LCL TWR CTL, WE WERE CLRED TO LAND TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY S. WE DECLINED AND WERE CLRED TO LAND WITH FULL LENGTH AVAILABLE. I THOUGHT THAT IF LAHSO WERE IN EFFECT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON ATIS. RWY WAS RWY 9R.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.