AAAE ACE- Operations Module 1 Study
Guide Questions and Answers.
How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included? - Answer 3,380
airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
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
How is aircraft approach category determined and categorized? - Answer Based on aircraft
approach speed; 5 categories, A thru E, where A is the slowest and E is the fastest
What are the 6 categories of airplane design group? - Answer I (tail height <20', wingspan
<49'); II (tail height 20 - <30', wingspan 49 - <79'); III (tail height 30 - <45'), wingspan 79-<118');
IV (tail height 45 - <60', wingspan 118 - <171'); V (tail height 60 - <66', wingspan 171 - <214'); VI
(tail height 66 - <80', wingspan 214 - <262')
What are the 5 aircraft approach categories and the criteria for each category? - Answer A
(<91 knots); B (91 - <121 knots); C (121 - <141 knots); D (141 - <166 knots); E (>166 knots)
When is a cross-runway recommended? - Answer When a runway orientation provides less
than 95% wind coverage for any aircraft forecasted to use the airport
What are some of the factors affecting the location and orientation of runways? - Answer
wind, available airspace, environmental factors, obstructions, topography, ATCT visibility, wildlife
hazards
To ensure water run-off, what is the normal grade of a runway and runway shoulder? - Answer
1 - 1.5% cross-section grade for the runway and 1.5 - 5% for the runway shoulder
What is the purpose of a runway shoulder? - Answer resist runway erosion, passage of
vehicles and surface for aircraft that veer off the runway
How is runway width determined and what is the range of standard widths? - Answer ARC and
approach visibility minimums; 60 - 200'
What is the range of widths for a runway safety area (RSA)? - Answer 120 - 150'
What is the term for an area formed by imaginary lines connecting the visibility points of two
different runways? - Answer Runway Visibility Zones (RVZ)
What is the term for the beginning or end of the full-strength runway pavement available for
takeoff and landing? - Answer Runway threshold
Guide Questions and Answers.
How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included? - Answer 3,380
airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
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
How is aircraft approach category determined and categorized? - Answer Based on aircraft
approach speed; 5 categories, A thru E, where A is the slowest and E is the fastest
What are the 6 categories of airplane design group? - Answer I (tail height <20', wingspan
<49'); II (tail height 20 - <30', wingspan 49 - <79'); III (tail height 30 - <45'), wingspan 79-<118');
IV (tail height 45 - <60', wingspan 118 - <171'); V (tail height 60 - <66', wingspan 171 - <214'); VI
(tail height 66 - <80', wingspan 214 - <262')
What are the 5 aircraft approach categories and the criteria for each category? - Answer A
(<91 knots); B (91 - <121 knots); C (121 - <141 knots); D (141 - <166 knots); E (>166 knots)
When is a cross-runway recommended? - Answer When a runway orientation provides less
than 95% wind coverage for any aircraft forecasted to use the airport
What are some of the factors affecting the location and orientation of runways? - Answer
wind, available airspace, environmental factors, obstructions, topography, ATCT visibility, wildlife
hazards
To ensure water run-off, what is the normal grade of a runway and runway shoulder? - Answer
1 - 1.5% cross-section grade for the runway and 1.5 - 5% for the runway shoulder
What is the purpose of a runway shoulder? - Answer resist runway erosion, passage of
vehicles and surface for aircraft that veer off the runway
How is runway width determined and what is the range of standard widths? - Answer ARC and
approach visibility minimums; 60 - 200'
What is the range of widths for a runway safety area (RSA)? - Answer 120 - 150'
What is the term for an area formed by imaginary lines connecting the visibility points of two
different runways? - Answer Runway Visibility Zones (RVZ)
What is the term for the beginning or end of the full-strength runway pavement available for
takeoff and landing? - Answer Runway threshold
