AAAE CM Module 4 Exam Questions and
Answers Verified Solutions Latest Update
2026/2027
Answer:
"1) Making Safety rules
2) Conducting aircraft investigations
3) economic regulation of airlines"
■ This Act split the CAA into two agencies, the CAA and the CAB.
Answer:
Reorganization Act of 1940
■ What phased out CAB economic regulation of airlines?
Answer:
"Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) would control the economics of the airline industry for nearly
four decades, approving air routes and regulating airfares, until finally being dissolved by the
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978"
■ Federal Aviation Act of 1958
Answer:
"Driven by a the ""jet age,"" safety became a concern. A mid-air collision of 2 aircraft, killing 12
prompted the repeal of the Air Commerce Act. Federal Aviation Act
created the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), taking over rulemaking from the CAB.
Renamed to Federal Aviation Administration in 1966 and moved from the Commerce Department
to the Department of Transportation."
■ What government Act did Part 139 evolve from?
Answer:
Airport and Airway Development Act (1970)
■ This establishes Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and establishes the National Airspace
System (NAS), which eventually becomes the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
,(NPIAS). NPIAS is reflected at the local airport level in the Airport Capital Improvement Program.
Answer:
Airport and Airways Improvement Act of 1982
■ How many enplanements per year does an airport have to have to be considered as commercial
service?
Answer:
2500 or more
■ This refers to the concept of a 'Next Generation Air Transportation System' or the ongoing
transformation of the NAS, moving from land based navigation to satellite.
Answer:
NextGen
■ "This Act endorsed the concept of a Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
NextGen is a multi-faceted series of initiatives designed to make air travel more efficient, more
secure, and safer overall.
""Reauthorization of FAA Funding launches NEXTGEN"""
Answer:
Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act of 2003.
■ What are the type types of airport land use?
Answer:
Aeronautical and Non-aeronautical
■ Publicly or privately owned airports with scheduled air carrier service with 2500 enplanements
per year are categorized as...
Answer:
included in the NPIAS
■ An airport that doesn't meet qualifications to be part of the NPIAS may be considered if...
Answer:
,"Other airports that do not meet the criteria may be included if they are:
1. Part of a State Airport System Plan;
2. Serving a community more than 30 minutes from the nearest NPIAS
airport;
3. Forecast to have 10 or more based aircraft within the next 5 years; and
4. Currently being considered by an eligible public sponsor who is
willing to undertake ownership and development of the airport.
Airports that do not meet any of the aforementioned criteria may still be included through special
justification, such as:
1. A determination that the benefits of the airport will exceed its
development costs;
2. Written documentation describing isolation;
3. Airports serving the needs of American Indian communities;
4. Airports needed to support recreation areas; and
5. Airports needed to develop or protect important national resources."
■ What are the NPIAS airports and roughly how many are there?
Answer:
Commercial service, GA Relivers, National Guard base of average airport, airport with US Mail
contract; Roughly 3300 (3345)
■ What are the three measurements the FAA uses to gauge airport activity?
Answer:
1) Enplanements 2) Operations 3) Cargo Tonnage
"butts, boxes, and bad landings"
■ What is an Commercial Service Airport?
Answer:
Publicly owned airport with at least 2500 passengers per year annual boarding that receives
scheduled passenger service
■ This type of airport has more than 100 million pounds of total annual landed weight
Answer:
Cargo Airport
■ What is a shared airport?
, Answer:
US Government owned airport co- located w/ a civil airport specified under, and at which, portions
of the movement areas and safety areas are shared by both parties
■ DOD and Civilians share an airfield but is owned by the DOD is called what?
Answer:
"Joint Use Airport
Tip: ""Owned by the Joint Chiefs"""
■ This Airport Type has scheduled Air Carrier Service with more than 10,000 enplanements per
year.
Answer:
Primary Airports
■ This Airport Type is mainly used by GA Aircraft, Scheduled passenger service with between
2,500-9,999 enplanements per year
Answer:
Non- Primary
■ This Airport Type serve at least 1% or more of US passenger enplanements
Answer:
Large Hub Airports
■ This Airport Type enplanes.25%-1% of all US enplanements
Answer:
Medium Hub Airports
■ This Airport Type has less than.05% but at least more than 10,000 enplanements per year
Answer:
Non-Hub Primary Airports
■ This Airport Type has enplanements between.05% to.25%
Answer:
Answers Verified Solutions Latest Update
2026/2027
Answer:
"1) Making Safety rules
2) Conducting aircraft investigations
3) economic regulation of airlines"
■ This Act split the CAA into two agencies, the CAA and the CAB.
Answer:
Reorganization Act of 1940
■ What phased out CAB economic regulation of airlines?
Answer:
"Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) would control the economics of the airline industry for nearly
four decades, approving air routes and regulating airfares, until finally being dissolved by the
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978"
■ Federal Aviation Act of 1958
Answer:
"Driven by a the ""jet age,"" safety became a concern. A mid-air collision of 2 aircraft, killing 12
prompted the repeal of the Air Commerce Act. Federal Aviation Act
created the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), taking over rulemaking from the CAB.
Renamed to Federal Aviation Administration in 1966 and moved from the Commerce Department
to the Department of Transportation."
■ What government Act did Part 139 evolve from?
Answer:
Airport and Airway Development Act (1970)
■ This establishes Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and establishes the National Airspace
System (NAS), which eventually becomes the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
,(NPIAS). NPIAS is reflected at the local airport level in the Airport Capital Improvement Program.
Answer:
Airport and Airways Improvement Act of 1982
■ How many enplanements per year does an airport have to have to be considered as commercial
service?
Answer:
2500 or more
■ This refers to the concept of a 'Next Generation Air Transportation System' or the ongoing
transformation of the NAS, moving from land based navigation to satellite.
Answer:
NextGen
■ "This Act endorsed the concept of a Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).
NextGen is a multi-faceted series of initiatives designed to make air travel more efficient, more
secure, and safer overall.
""Reauthorization of FAA Funding launches NEXTGEN"""
Answer:
Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act of 2003.
■ What are the type types of airport land use?
Answer:
Aeronautical and Non-aeronautical
■ Publicly or privately owned airports with scheduled air carrier service with 2500 enplanements
per year are categorized as...
Answer:
included in the NPIAS
■ An airport that doesn't meet qualifications to be part of the NPIAS may be considered if...
Answer:
,"Other airports that do not meet the criteria may be included if they are:
1. Part of a State Airport System Plan;
2. Serving a community more than 30 minutes from the nearest NPIAS
airport;
3. Forecast to have 10 or more based aircraft within the next 5 years; and
4. Currently being considered by an eligible public sponsor who is
willing to undertake ownership and development of the airport.
Airports that do not meet any of the aforementioned criteria may still be included through special
justification, such as:
1. A determination that the benefits of the airport will exceed its
development costs;
2. Written documentation describing isolation;
3. Airports serving the needs of American Indian communities;
4. Airports needed to support recreation areas; and
5. Airports needed to develop or protect important national resources."
■ What are the NPIAS airports and roughly how many are there?
Answer:
Commercial service, GA Relivers, National Guard base of average airport, airport with US Mail
contract; Roughly 3300 (3345)
■ What are the three measurements the FAA uses to gauge airport activity?
Answer:
1) Enplanements 2) Operations 3) Cargo Tonnage
"butts, boxes, and bad landings"
■ What is an Commercial Service Airport?
Answer:
Publicly owned airport with at least 2500 passengers per year annual boarding that receives
scheduled passenger service
■ This type of airport has more than 100 million pounds of total annual landed weight
Answer:
Cargo Airport
■ What is a shared airport?
, Answer:
US Government owned airport co- located w/ a civil airport specified under, and at which, portions
of the movement areas and safety areas are shared by both parties
■ DOD and Civilians share an airfield but is owned by the DOD is called what?
Answer:
"Joint Use Airport
Tip: ""Owned by the Joint Chiefs"""
■ This Airport Type has scheduled Air Carrier Service with more than 10,000 enplanements per
year.
Answer:
Primary Airports
■ This Airport Type is mainly used by GA Aircraft, Scheduled passenger service with between
2,500-9,999 enplanements per year
Answer:
Non- Primary
■ This Airport Type serve at least 1% or more of US passenger enplanements
Answer:
Large Hub Airports
■ This Airport Type enplanes.25%-1% of all US enplanements
Answer:
Medium Hub Airports
■ This Airport Type has less than.05% but at least more than 10,000 enplanements per year
Answer:
Non-Hub Primary Airports
■ This Airport Type has enplanements between.05% to.25%
Answer:
