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What document, that provides information to the pilot, must be updated on an annual basis? - correct answer Airport Facility Directory What is the NPIAS? - correct answer Plan that identifies 3,300+ public airports, their role, and amounts and types of airport development eligibility (AIP) What are the FAA principles related to airports? - correct answer Safe and efficient Affordable Flexible & Expandable Permanent Maintain a balance Support national objectives Extensive Why are state and/or regional plans conducted? - correct answer To form a connected system of transportation What are the steps of an airport master plan? - correct answer Technical Report Summary Report ALP Web Page Public Info Kit What are the goals of public involvement and environmental reviews during the master plan update? - correct answer Balance the need for stakeholder involvement with the costs and time What does the existing conditions tell the airport operator? - correct answer Historical review of the airport and its facilities, airspace structures and NAVAIDS, land use, activity and socioeconomic factors What are the various methods of forecasting, the factors that affect the forecasts, and the forecast models - correct answer Factors: Economic characteristic Demographics Geographic attributes Aviation related factors
Other factors Methods: Regression Analysis - ties demand to enplanements, population and income Trend Analysis and Extrapolation - Historical pattern Market Share Analysis - local forecasts represent shares of larger forecasts Smoothing - focuses on recent trends and conditions Whats the difference between Facility Requirements and the Forecasts? - correct answer Facility Requirements compare the current facilities to the forecasted demand of the facilities What is the function of the Facilities Implementation Plan? - correct answer List of potential projects to meet the Facility Requirements What is the function of the Financial Feasibility Analysis? - correct answer Projects the impact the projects will have on operating revenues and expenses, etc. What is a Safety Area and why does it exist? - correct answer Rectangular area including runway or taxiway to use in an event of an undershoot, overshoot or excursion What is the function of the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ)? - correct answer Designed to protect the final approach areas What is the function of the Obstacle Free Zone (OBZ)? - correct answer Extends 200 feet beyond each runway and 150 feet high to represent clear airspace What is the function of the Object Free Area (OFA)? - correct answer Nothing except fixed by function, frangible or mobile Ground area centered on runway Explain how Stopways and Clearways are used - correct answer Stopways - used to support and minimize damage to an airplane in the event of an overrun Clearways - end of a runway suitable for use in calculating aircraft takeoff performance Why are Declared Distanced sometimes used? - correct answer For takeoff performance
from weather Airlines - short taxi distances and minimal runway crossings FAA - Terminal building not interfere Airport - Efficient HVAC, Asthetic and close business community 3 types of airports - correct answer 1. O/D - high percentage of local and turnaround flights
- Transfer - significant enplaned passengers transferring
- Through - HIgh originating passengers/low originating flights How much terminal space is available for rent? - correct answer 55% How much space is usable by concessions? - correct answer 15-25% What are the landside planning assumptions? - correct answer Curb length - 20 taxis, 25 private, 30 limos, 50 public bus Parking - 1,000 to 1,400 parking spaces per 1,000,000 annual originating passengers What are the 5 types of horizontal distribution models related to terminal design? - correct answer Simple, Linear, Concourses, Pier, Satellite Explain common use and its advantages - correct answer Efficient use of space, reduced expenses, reduction of ticket counters Design principles of wayfinding? - correct answer Location, Conspicuous, Comprehensible, Legible, Concise 3 types of FIS facilities - correct answer 1. Custom Accelerated Passenger Processing Service - two step, slowest
- One stop - combined steps
- Red-Green - nothing to declare proceed through Whats the FAA's position on co-located ARFF/SRE facilities? - correct answer Can be centralized at smaller airports due to staffing
What's ADA? - correct answer Disabilities What piece of legislation started environmental awareness in the US? - correct answer NEPA (1969) What is the FAA responsible for related to environmental actions? - correct answer ALP approvals Federal funding requests AIP funded maintenance projects PFC approvals What is the airport operator responsible for related to environmental actions? - correct answer 1. Reviews potentially affected environmental resources
- Special purpose laws
- Consults with the FAA 3 types of ALP environmental approval? - correct answer Unconditional - approved Conditional - design good, enviro. not Mixed - short term good, long term not Categorical exclusion - correct answer some projects by their very nature are unlikely to have an environmental impact Environmental Assessment - correct answer little to no impact expected, "hard look" Environmental Impact Statement - correct answer impacts are expected and mitigation measures may be necessary FONSI - correct answer Finding of No Significant Impact - mitigation would not reduce environmental impacts below applicable thresholds Who does the EA? EIS? - correct answer EA - AO EIS - FAA What is the airport priority related to environmental compliance? - correct answer protecting the environment and protecting the airport and managing its liability What is a good-faith-effort? - correct answer Systematic program for ensuring regulatory compliance
Precision Approach Radar - military What are the NAVAIDs primarily in use in the US? - correct answer Non-Directional Beacon - use in bad terrain VHF Omni-directional Range - provides distance and headings What is WAAS? - correct answer allows Cat I ILS What is GBAS? - correct answer Allows Cat II and III ILS Components of ILS System - correct answer 1. Localizer - lateral
- Glideslope - vertical
- Marker Beacons - distance What does the Flight Service Station do? - correct answer Pilot briefing and weather, NOTAMs, DUATS (software) AWOS/ASOS - correct answer AWOS - cheaper ASOS - FAA installs Level A - major hubs Level B - smaller hubs Level C - augmented tower controllers Level D - completely automated Datacom - correct answer Texting for pilots ADS-B - correct answer Always on, provides "radar-like" surveillance, continuously broadcasts position SWIM - correct answer Integrates all weather systems Capacity - correct answer Ability to handle a given volume of traffic Factors involved in a capacity analysis? - correct answer Airspace Airfield Terminal Ground Access Throughput Capacity - correct answer Rate aircraft operate without regard for delay
How does Practical Annual Capacity and Practical Hourly Capacity work? - correct answer Combined capacity measure of runway, taxiway and gate area for time frames What is the Airport Acceptance Rate? - correct answer Agreed upon number of aircraft that can land at a given airport in an hour, used by ATC What is the problem with differential pricing? - correct answer Discriminates against GA How do slots work? - correct answer Blocks of time issued by the FAA used by scheduled air carriers What are the traffic mgmt initiatives used by the FAA to manage capacity and delay? - correct answer Mile-in-trail Traffic reroutes Ground delay Ground stops Metering Sequencing
