AAAE ACE OPERATIONS MODULE 1 EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service
airports? Answer: 1) open to the public 2) receive scheduled passenger
service 3) 2,500 or more enplaned passenger per year
⩥ What type of airport has commercial service and over 10,000 annual
enplanements? Answer: Primary airport
⩥ Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are
they defined? Answer: Large Hub (>1% of all US annual enplanements);
Medium Hub (0.25% to 1%); Small Hub (0.05-0.25%); Non-Hub
(10,000 to 0.05%)
⩥ How many enplanements characterize a non-primary commercial
service airport? Answer: between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per
year
⩥ What characterizes a reliever airport? Answer: 1) open to the public;
2) 100 or more based aircraft or 25,000 annual operations
, ⩥ General aviation airports can be included in the NPIAS under what
circumstances? Answer: If they have at least 10 locally based aircraft
and are at least 20 miles from a NPIAS airport
⩥ What plan provides guidelines for an airport's capital development
over a 20-year timeframe? Answer: Master Plan
⩥ What is the set of drawings that shows the airport's long-term
development, updated in accordance with grant assurance number 29?
Answer: Airport Layout Plans
⩥ Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors?
Answer: 1) airplane design group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach
category (approach speed); 3) approach visibility minimums
⩥ Taxiway and taxilane design standards are based on what primary
factor? Answer: airplane design group (wingspan)
⩥ How is airplane design group determined and categorized? Answer:
Based on the aircraft's wingspan and tail height whichever is most
restrictive; 6 categories, I thru VI, where I is the smallest/shortest and VI
is the largest/tallest
SCRIPT 2026 UPDATED QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service
airports? Answer: 1) open to the public 2) receive scheduled passenger
service 3) 2,500 or more enplaned passenger per year
⩥ What type of airport has commercial service and over 10,000 annual
enplanements? Answer: Primary airport
⩥ Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are
they defined? Answer: Large Hub (>1% of all US annual enplanements);
Medium Hub (0.25% to 1%); Small Hub (0.05-0.25%); Non-Hub
(10,000 to 0.05%)
⩥ How many enplanements characterize a non-primary commercial
service airport? Answer: between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per
year
⩥ What characterizes a reliever airport? Answer: 1) open to the public;
2) 100 or more based aircraft or 25,000 annual operations
, ⩥ General aviation airports can be included in the NPIAS under what
circumstances? Answer: If they have at least 10 locally based aircraft
and are at least 20 miles from a NPIAS airport
⩥ What plan provides guidelines for an airport's capital development
over a 20-year timeframe? Answer: Master Plan
⩥ What is the set of drawings that shows the airport's long-term
development, updated in accordance with grant assurance number 29?
Answer: Airport Layout Plans
⩥ Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors?
Answer: 1) airplane design group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach
category (approach speed); 3) approach visibility minimums
⩥ Taxiway and taxilane design standards are based on what primary
factor? Answer: airplane design group (wingspan)
⩥ How is airplane design group determined and categorized? Answer:
Based on the aircraft's wingspan and tail height whichever is most
restrictive; 6 categories, I thru VI, where I is the smallest/shortest and VI
is the largest/tallest
