What's a LAHSO?

Question

What exactly is a 'Land and hold short operation?', can someone give me an example

Answer 1

Let's say for instance you have an airport with intersecting runways.  Tower may instruct smaller aircraft to land and hold short of the intersecting runway (if sufficient distance is available) in order to expedite the flow of traffic.  As with all ATC requests, the pilot can choose to deny it for a variety of reasons.

If you plan to accept LAHSO requests, it's a good idea to read up on what you're actually accepting.

Answer 2

A LAHSO is a procedure done at airports where two or more runways intersect.  On approach when given a LAHSO clearance, the PIC either accepts or rejects the clearance and lands normally.  The only difference being to land and hold short of the runway markings that direct the LAHSO before being cleared to taxi or otherwise maneuver on the ground.  

A solid striped, yellow line atop a row of 3 dashes in a line, along with the runway intersection numbers on lit signs off the side of the runway and usually a row of white flashing lights on the runway designate the hold line.  

This clearance is not mandatory and is at the discretion of the PIC.  This clearance should only be accepted if the PIC thinks that it can be completed and the aircraft stopped before the LAHSO hold line.

Answer 3

It's 2 runways that cross each other or intersect and each are landing airplanes. One runway is long enough for a specific point (usually a taxi-way) for an aircraft to stop before crossing the other runway. Usually it is noted in the landing ATIS and aircraft are advised to tell the tower if unable to hold short of the crossing runway. 2 airports with common LAHSO ops that come to mind are MIA and ORD