Narrative:

On taxi -out tower instructed us to taxi to runway 1L; which is a temporary runway at fai via juliet. No hold short was issued and we expected to taxi-back on the temporary runway. I began to taxi and noticed small flags along the ramp edge; which stopped at the taxiways. I approached juliet which was identified by a taxiway sign and the absence of the flags. I turned the aircraft onto the taxiway and began to look for the runway hold point. I said something to the first officer about 'where is the hold point?' and questioned if we had been cleared to back-taxi. About this time I heard tower issue a takeoff clearance to a prop commuter aircraft and the first officer and I saw only the runway ahead and no hold line. I immediately stopped the aircraft. The first officer made a call to tower informing him that we believed we had crossed the hold point at which time he canceled the takeoff clearance of the commuter. The commuter aircraft began to slow and turned off the runway at kilo; which was prior to our aircraft location. At no time was our aircraft actually on the runway; and there was approximately 30 ft between the nose of the aircraft and the runway. We were subsequently cleared to back-taxi down the runway and exit at the south deice pad. We then stopped short of the runway and subsequently were cleared for takeoff; which was uneventful.construction at fairbanks has turned the taxiway into a temporary runway. The new runway was originally part of the ramp near the terminal and has small flags along it; which terminate at taxiways. It was not readily identifiable that the hold line on juliet taxiway begins immediately past an extension of the flags and does not allow a turn onto the taxiway. Additionally the taxi line on the ramp area placed us very close to this hold line; which just appeared to be part of the ramp area. Also the winds were shifting around which caused the first officer to go heads down to retrieve new data for a tailwind takeoff and place this into the FMC. This was both a distraction and increase in workload for both of us. Familiarity also played a role as this was only the second time I had been to fai with the construction and temporary runway. During this event; the controller did not issue a hold short clearance and it lead to a moment of confusion as to whether we had been cleared onto the runway. However; the main cause was the lack of and recognition of the hold point. The biggest help would be a readily identifiable hold line. Additionally; a remark in the field and faciliteis and/or the airport construction diagram notifying crews that the temporary runway hold line is at the intersection of the ramp and the taxiway and doesn't allow the aircraft to turn onto the taxiway would have been extremely helpful. Also being unfamiliar with the airport during this construction phase points again how important it is to have both pilots looking outside during aircraft movement.

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Title: An air carrier Captain did not notice the hold bars for Runway 1L at Taxiway J at FAI resulting in a conflict with departing traffic. Runway 1L is a temporary runway due to construction and the hold bars are in a nonstandard location.

Narrative: On taxi -out Tower instructed us to taxi to Runway 1L; which is a temporary runway at FAI via Juliet. No hold short was issued and we expected to taxi-back on the temporary runway. I began to taxi and noticed small flags along the ramp edge; which stopped at the taxiways. I approached Juliet which was identified by a taxiway sign and the absence of the flags. I turned the aircraft onto the taxiway and began to look for the runway hold point. I said something to the First Officer about 'where is the hold point?' and questioned if we had been cleared to back-taxi. About this time I heard tower issue a takeoff clearance to a prop commuter aircraft and the First Officer and I saw only the runway ahead and no hold line. I immediately stopped the aircraft. The First Officer made a call to tower informing him that we believed we had crossed the hold point at which time he canceled the takeoff clearance of the commuter. The commuter aircraft began to slow and turned off the runway at Kilo; which was prior to our aircraft location. At no time was our aircraft actually on the runway; and there was approximately 30 FT between the nose of the aircraft and the runway. We were subsequently cleared to back-taxi down the runway and exit at the south deice pad. We then stopped short of the runway and subsequently were cleared for takeoff; which was uneventful.Construction at Fairbanks has turned the taxiway into a temporary runway. The new runway was originally part of the ramp near the terminal and has small flags along it; which terminate at taxiways. It was not readily identifiable that the hold line on Juliet taxiway begins immediately past an extension of the flags and does not allow a turn onto the taxiway. Additionally the taxi line on the ramp area placed us very close to this hold line; which just appeared to be part of the ramp area. Also the winds were shifting around which caused the First Officer to go heads down to retrieve new data for a tailwind takeoff and place this into the FMC. This was both a distraction and increase in workload for both of us. Familiarity also played a role as this was only the second time I had been to FAI with the construction and temporary runway. During this event; the Controller did not issue a hold short clearance and it lead to a moment of confusion as to whether we had been cleared onto the runway. However; the main cause was the lack of and recognition of the hold point. The biggest help would be a readily identifiable hold line. Additionally; a remark in the field and faciliteis and/or the airport construction diagram notifying crews that the temporary runway hold line is at the intersection of the ramp and the taxiway and doesn't allow the aircraft to turn onto the taxiway would have been extremely helpful. Also being unfamiliar with the airport during this construction phase points again how important it is to have both pilots looking outside during aircraft movement.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.