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The AAAE Certified Member Modules are materials airport managers can use as... - Airport regulation
- Airport case Law
- Final authoritative documents
- A daily reference and field guide - correct answer A daily reference and field guide Which statement is False?
- Each Airport has its own unique geography
- it is impossible to accurately capture how each public-use airport in the US operates at all levels of its position
- When you've seen one airport, you've seen one airport
- Each airport has the same operating characteristics - correct answer Each airport has the same operating characteristics When using the term "Airport Sponsor", the authors of the AAAE modules are referring to the...
- Airport director
- Governing body
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Airport management - correct answer Governing body An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - correct answer Pilot In 1970, The Airport and Airway Development Act brought about all except the following
- Airport and Airway Trust Fund - Planning Grant Program (PGP)
- Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP)
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) - correct answer National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
(T/F) The FAA does not include in its planning or funding decision-making any private airports unless they are publicly accessible or military airports that do not host any civilian operations. - correct answer True The National Plan of integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) identifies 3,345 public-use airports that are important to the national air transportation system and eligible to receive grant funds under the FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP). An airport can be included in the NPIAS for all of the following reasons except...
- GA reliever airport
- Serving a community that is at least 15 minutes from the nearest NIPIAS airport - Publicly owned
- Part of a State Airport System - correct answer Serving a community that is at least 15 minutes from the nearest NPIAS airport Commercial service airports are grouped into two major categories
- National and Regional
- Civilian and Military
- Large hub and small hub
- Primary and non-primary - correct answer Primary and non-primary A passenger enplanement can be defined as...
- A passenger using a handicap ramp
- A take-off and a landing
- A passenger boarding a commercial flight
- A passenger getting off any type of aircraft - correct answer A passenger boarding a commercial flight The FAA uses three primary measurements to gauge airport activity. Which statistic is not one of the three?
- Total passenger traffic
- Passenger enplanements
- Aircraft operations
- Cargo tonnage - correct answer Total passenger traffic Although federally regulated, public-use airports can be operated by all of the following organizational structures except
- Airport Authority
- City
- State Government
- Department of Commerce - correct answer Department of Commerce Successful airports can be observed creating effective working relationships between
- An airport is a Department of Transportation sub-organization
- An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
- An airport is an enterprise fund with many departments - correct answer An airport is a public entity that is run like a business The most common positions at an airport that are outside of the vertical structure are the
- Finance and administration personnel
- Operations and maintenance positions
- Legal counsel and auditor
- Certification inspector and regulator - correct answer Legal counsel and auditor The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 resulted in the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 moving the airport and aircraft operator security regulations from the FAA to the newly created
- Transportation Security Administration
- Civil Aviation Office
- Dept. of Homeland Security
- National Transportation Security Board - correct answer Transportation Security Administration As a new airport manager trying to inventory all applicable airport laws, and regulations, he or she be careful not to omit which form of hidden regulation?
- FARs
- FAA orders
- Cert. Alerts
- Grant Assurances - correct answer Grant Assurances The Flight Standards District Office, commonly known as FSDO, is responsible for
- Food safety on the concourses
- Flow of air traffic and NAVAID maintenance
- Enforcing laws for aircraft and pilot certification and licensing
- Regulating all aviation safety in the US - correct answer Enforcing laws for aircraft and pilot certification and licensing Federal Grant Assurances require the airport operator to do all of the following except:
- Operate the airport in the public interest
- Use specific lands approved by the FAA for non-aeronautical use to generate revenue to support the airport's aviation needs
- Grant exclusive rights for aeronautical purposes or uses
- Maintain the airport in good and serviceable condition - correct answer Grant exclusive rights for aeronautical purposes or uses
If the FAA or an aeronautical user believes that the airport is in violation of its Grant Assurances, it may file a complaint with the FAA through the Part 13 or Part 16 process. Part 13 complaints are...
- Considered informal
- Handled with definitive timelines
- submitted straight to FAA headquarters
- Typically used for Grant Assurance Violations - correct answer Considered Informal (T/F) The Federal government has complete authority over airspace and aircraft operations. - correct answer True Airport land use is critical component of airport management. Grant Assurance 5. Preserving Rights and Powers prevents an airport Sponsor from taking any action that may deprive the Airport Sponsor of its rights to
- Charge fees consistent with the sustainability rule
- Create jobs and payroll
- Direct and control airport development
- Regulate interstate commerce - correct answer Direct and control airport development (T/F) The FAA Grant Assurances require the Airport Executive to attempt to prevent both incompatible land use and obstructions to the navigable airspace around the airport even it it's beyond the airports property boundaries - correct answer True The airport property map does all of the following except
- Show funding source used to acquire tracts
- Show proposed airport development
- Indicate use of land
- Indicate how tracts were acquired - correct answer Show proposed airport development Defending the airport from incompatible off-airport land use starts with which document?
- Airport Master Plan
- ALD Drawing
- Airport Rules and Regulations
- "Exhibit A" Property Map - correct answer Airport Master Plan While the FAA has traditionally opposed residential land use on and around airports, all of the following are allowable except
- Aircraft rescue and fire fighting facilities with 24-hour coverage requirement
- Finance manager sleeping room during single-audit
- Temporary pilot or crew rest facilities
- Air ambulance operations - correct answer Finance manager sleeping room during single-audit
- Capital
- Aeronautical
- Non-aeronautical
- non-operating - correct answer Capital (T/F) Airport tenants do not expect to be charged more than it costs to cover the expenses associated with providing a safe, secure, and efficient airport operation. - correct answer True Which of the following is not an example of airport operating revenue
- Passenger Facility Charges
- Fuel flowage fees
- Rental cars
- Concessions - correct answer Passenger Facility Charges Utilizing airport revenue for purposes other than airport capital or operating costs is a violation of Grant Assurance 25 and is known as
- Non-aeronautical subsidies
- Posserory tax violation
- Revenue diversion
- Payments in Lieu of Taxes - correct answer Revenue diversion The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 requires airports to be as self-sustaining as possible. Self-sustaining means
- The airport has built up large revenue surpluses
- The airport does not accept federal or state grant monies for capital projects
- The airport fees are fair and reasonable
- The airport relies only on its revenue streams for operational expenses - correct answer The airport relies only on its revenue streams for operational expenses The FAA's Rates and Charges Policy provides comprehensive guidance on the legal requirement that airport fees be (select all that apply)
- Not unjustly discriminatory
- Reasonable
- Sweetheart deal
- Fair - correct answer Not unjustly discriminatory, Reasonable, Fair Fair market fees for use of the airport are required for non-aeronautical use of the airport and are
- Required for non-airfield aeronautical use
- Optional for non-airfield aeronautical use - correct answer Optional for non-airfield aeronautical use
The Airport Sponsor would not need to recieve Fair Market Value (FMV) if it leased property to which of the following
- Corporation
- Limited Liability Company
- Angel Flights
- Sole Propietorship - correct answer Angel Flights The residual method of rates and charges setting can best be described as
- The airport applies excess non-aeronautical revenue to the airfield costs to reduce air carrier fees.
- A hybrid between a compensatory and rate-based method
- The airport is required to make sure the expenses do not exceed the revenue received - The airport assumes all liability for airport costs and retains all airport revenue and the user is charged only for the cost of the aeronautical facility - correct answer The airport applies excess non-aeronautical revenue to the airfield costs to reduce air carrier fees. (T/F) The FAA will not allow airport improvement program grant funding to be used for Value Engineered projects - correct answer False There are many IT systems at airports. All the systems below are examples of common IT systems at airports except
- Airfield lighting
- Flight information Displays
- Majority-of-interest (MII)
- Property and Asset Management Systems - correct answer Majority-of-interest (MII) Most will agree that a __________ year lease, is a life-time lease
- 75
- 99
- 65
- 35 - correct answer 99 A current trend in airport concessions at medium to large-hub airports are the
- Duty-free shops
- Local Mom & Pop Shops
- Self-serve coffee shops
- Shopping center and/or brand-name concessions - correct answer Shopping center and/or brand-name concessions All of the following are common types of lease agreements except
- Modified gross
- Straight
- FARs
- Program Guidance Letters (PGL)
- Airport Directives (ADs) - correct answer Program Guidance Letters (PGL) The Law requires that AIP entitlement funds be apportioned by formula each year. The apportionment, depending on the type of airport, can be based upon all of the following except - Passenger enplanements
- Aircraft operations
- Fuel flowage
- Amount of cargo - correct answer Fuel flowage The funds remaining after the entitlement apportionment are known as
- Slush fund
- Discretionary funds
- Set-aside funds
- Reliever funds - correct answer Discretionary funds (T/F) With the ADO being responsible for carrying out the grant process, it would be in the airport executive's best interest to have their local government lobby and influence the ADO federal employees. - correct answer False (T/F) PFC's have caused problems for bond rating companies because the legislation creating PFC's allowed the FAA to terminate PFC authorization under certain circumstances. - correct answer True Which of the following is an advantage to issuing General Obligation Bonds for financing airport capital improvements?
- Typically issued at a lower interest rate than other types of bonds
- Secured by the revenue generated by the indebted facility
- Payment is backed by the full faith and credit of the airport lessee
- Can be issued for up to 40 years - correct answer Typically issued at a lower interest rate than other types of bonds The Air Traffic Control (ATC) system in our industry is seeing significant changes due to the use of
- Localizer
- VORs
- GPS
- Glideslope - correct answer GPS (T/F) Planning is a critical component in maintaining the airport as a valuable community asset. Airport planning is performed at the national, state, regional and local levels of government and
industry. - correct answer True The federal plan for airports provides the federal government perspective on the role of each public-use airport in the national air transportation system. This plan is known as the
- National Master Plan
- National Plan of Integrated Airport System
- Federal Airport Improvement Program
- State Aviation System Plan - correct answer National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems Which of the following are the primary areas of an airport (check all that apply)
- Roadside
- Landside
- Terminal
- Airside - correct answer Landside, Terminal, Airside Grant Assurance #29 (Airport Layout Plan) requires that the Airport Sponsor keep the Airport Layout Plan updated at all times. The primary functions of the ALP include all the following except
- Blueprint for airport development
- Necessary for the airport to receive AIP funding
- Public document that serves as a record of aeronautical requirements
- Depicts aviation forecast demands - correct answer Depicts aviation forecast demands (T/F) A standard Airport Layout Plan is comprised of one or two sketches. - correct answer False The ALP becomes a legal document after it is approved and signed by the
- Transportation Security Administration
- Airport Sponsor governing body
- Federal Aviation Administration
- State Department of Transportation - correct answer Federal Aviation Administration The FAA ADO office can make the following type of changes on the ALP if they are minor in scope.
- Draft watermarked
- Pen-and-Ink
- Penciled in
- Preliminary - correct answer Pen-and-Ink The FAA provides for which three levels of ALP approval (select all three)
- Unqualified
- Unconditional
- Conditional
- Taxiway Design Group (TDG)
- Aircraft Approach Category (AAC) - correct answer Airplane Design Group (ADG), Taxiway Design Group (TDG), Aircraft Approach Category (AAC) Airports can be divided into 3 major areas. Which is not considered a major area?
- Terminal
- Landside
- Airside
- Movement Area - correct answer Movement Area (T/F) The Movement Area generally corresponds to those areas that are under the positive control of ATCT. - correct answer True All of the following are basic types of approaches except
- Precision
- Missed
- Non-precision
- Visual - correct answer Missed The Runway Design Code (RDC) denotes the design standard for which the runway is to be built. The RDC takes into account which three factors? (Select 3)
- Approach category (speed)
- Airplane design group (wingspan and tail height)
- Whether or not the runway has an instrument approach
- Number of anticipated operations (NOA) - correct answer Approach category (speed), Airplane design group (wingspan and tall height), Whether or not the runway has an instrument approach When calculating the dimensional standards appropriate for the Design Aircraft, the planners must determine the largest aircraft making substantial use of the airport. Substantial use means ________ or more annual itinerant operations or the largest scheduled commercial aircraft. - 50 per month
- 500 per month
- 500 per year
- 1500 per year - correct answer 500 per year When 2 or more runways cross, they are classified as _______________________ runways. - Open V
- Intersecting
- Cross Winds
- Dual Lanes - correct answer Intersecting
Runway Safety Areas and Taxiway Safety Areas must be inspected by airport operations personnel daily for problems such as rutting, rough and/or uneven terrain and debris. All obstructions such as lights and signs within the safety areas must be
- Less than 12" in height
- Made of EMAs material
- Cleaned daily
- Mounted on frangible couplings - correct answer Mounted on frangible couplings (T/F) Heliports located at public use facilities are subject to the same FAA part 139 requirements as airports. Therefore, they cannot conduct commercial passenger operations at GA airports. - correct answer False (T/F) FAR Part 77 has been established for the safety and preservation of navigable airspace. However, this regulation does not give FAA the authority to prevent construction or alteration to a structure that might impede navigable airspace. - correct answer True The passenger terminal system is composed of which three elements (select all 3).
- Flight interface
- Concessionaire interface
- Passengers processing
- Access Interface - correct answer Flight Interface, Passenger Processing, Access interface The FAA ALP approval process requires an environmental determination. This decision could result in all of the following except - Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
- Environmental Order
- Categorical Exclusion
- Environmental Assessment (EA) - correct answer Environmental order The heaviest concentrations at certain times of the day are known as the
- Peak day demand
- Peak volume
- Design volume
- Peak hour demand - correct answer Peak hour demand Select the three categories of passengers
- Non-revenue passengers
- Leisure travelers
- Business travelers
- International travelers - correct answer Leisure travelers, Business travelers, International travelers Airports can be classified by the dominant type of passenger traffic. Origination / Destination
The consequences of failing to comply with environmental law on an airport can range from delayed construction to
- Criminal charges
- Grant assurance violations
- Loss of part 139 certification
- Reduced AIP participation - correct answer Criminal charges The FAA has determined that some projects, by their very nature will not, or very unlikely to have an environmental impact. These projects are considered ____________________________as it relates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
- Categorically excluded
- unable to meet environmental law obligations
- To be approved without further documentation
- Immaterial to the project as a whole - correct answer Categorically excluded Should a sponsor no longer need a parcel of land located within the federally obligated portions of the airport and on the Exhibit A property map, the sponsor will be required to obtain - An FAA release
- A Categorical exclusion
- A VALE credit
- An approval for non-aeronautical use - correct answer An FAA release (T/F) Airport owners and operators can be forced to assume liability for cleanup of contamination on the property returned to them through a tenant bankruptcy. - correct answer True The FIS system employed at most international airports which provides separate immigration and customs checkpoints is the
- Red-green
- Custom Accelerated Passenger Inspection Services (CAPIS)
- One-stop
- Federal Inspection Services - correct answer Custom Accelerated Passenger Inspection Services (CAPIS) The government has established airways that are divided into which two types? (Above and Below 18,000')
- Restricted
- Victor Airways
- Jet Routes
- Unrestricted - correct answer Victor Airways, Jet Routes
"Close calls" between aircraft flying on instrument flight plans and aircraft flying using VFRs led to the creation of
- Alert Areas
- Transition areas
- Approach Controllers
- Airspace Categories - correct answer Transition Areas (T/F) In all instances, "controlled" airspace means that the aircraft is controlled by ATC. - correct answer False Which type of airspace is the larger area of navigable airspace that covers the nation and exists between the terminal airspace areas?
- En-route Airspace
- NAS
- Class E
- Jet Route - correct answer En-route Airspace Which airspace is associated with "fast-moving" air traffic?
- Class A
- Vector Airspace
- Class B
- En-route Airspace - correct answer Class A (T/F) There are certain instances when a pilot can depart from an airport and fly their entire route without ever talking to anyone on the radio, a controller or radio operator. - correct answer True Air traffic control towers may have multiple controller positions. Select all the possible positions.
- Ground Controller
- Ramp Controller
- Tower (or Local)
- CTAF Controller - correct answer Ground Controller, Ramp Controller, Tower (or Local) Which leg of the Airport rectangular traffic pattern is horizontally perpendicular to the extended centerline of the takeoff runway and is entered by making a 90 degree turn from the upwind leg?
- Base Leg
- Upwind Leg
- Crosswind Leg
- Departure Leg - correct answer Crosswind Leg In the Contract Tower Program, the FAA contracts with the _______________________________ to provide ATC services at certain VFR airports. - National Air Traffic Controller's Association
- Metering
- Slotting - correct answer Metering After the FAA approves the sponsor's Airport Certification Manual (ACM), it becomes - Guidance
- Operation's manual
- Maintenance planner
- Regulation - correct answer Regulation If an airfield discrepancy is identified, which of the following must occur?
- Airport operations must conduct a special inspection - Discrepancy resolves before any aircraft operations occur.
- Noncompliance reported to the FAA ADO office
- Discrepancy reported to FAA Part 139 inspector - correct answer Discrepancy resolved before any aircraft operations occur. Aircraft accidents investigate by the NTSB generally show that the accident occurred because of a...
- Chain of events
- Pavement issue
- FAR Part 139 violation
- Single preventable event - correct answer Chain of events The Implementation of a _______________________ program aids in the management of safety risk through a systematic process of procedures, practices and polices.
- ACN/PCN
- Safety Management Program
- NPRM
- Airport Certification - correct answer Safety Management Program A class IV airport under the classification for airport certification is defined as
- Scheduled operations of small air carrier and unscheduled operations of large air carrier
- Small air carrier aircraft only
- Serving unschedule large air carrier aircraft
- All types of scheduled operations - correct answer Serving unscheduled large air carrier aircraft Airports that are operated by the military and allow commercial air carrier operations in addition to military operations are considered
- Exceptions to Part 139
- Shared-use
- Military base
- Joint-use - correct answer Shared-use
For exemptions to ARFF requirements under FAR Part 139, the airport must enplane
- Less than 2,500 annual enplanements
- Less than 10,000 annual enplanements - < 4% of total US annual enplanements
- < 1/4% of total US annual enplanements - correct answer < 1/4% of total annual enplanements During an airport emergency, an airport sponsor may be in a situation whereby they break a Part 139 regulation. This is referred to as a
- Discrepancy
- Exemption
- Violation
- Deviation - correct answer Deviation (T/F) Inspections for FAR 139 purposes can be assigned to individual air carriers or tenants of the sponsor. - correct answer True A successful self-inspection program should include all of the following components (Select all that apply)
- Periodic condition inspections
- Regularly scheduled inspections
- NOTAM inspections
- Special inspections
- Continuous Surveillance inspections - correct answer Periodic condition inspections, Regularly scheduled inspections, Special inspections, Continuous surveillance inspections At federally obligated airports, the FAA invests significant dollars in the pavement on airports. The key to the pavement longevity is
- Regular inspections
- Preventative maintenance
- regular slurry coats
- erosion control - correct answer Preventative maintenance The FAA's Advisory Circular on guidelines and procedures for maintenance of airport pavements establishes which index for qualifying airfield pavements?
- ARC
- PCN
- ACN
- PCI - correct answer PCI Pavement deterioration generally has which two causes? (Select both)
- Environmental
- Non-Structural
