AAAE -Certified Member Study Guide
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Answers 2026 Updated.
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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Governing body
An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - 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) - 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. -
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Department of Commerce
Successful airports can be observed creating effective working relationships between
- City and County
- Vendors and Customers
- Airlines and Pilots
- Airport policy makers and Management - Answer Airport policy makers and Management
(T/F) Airport sponsors must maintain their responsibility to the FAA to operate the airport as an
essential component of the national aviation system without regard to any negative impact to
the airport's community - Answer False
As a manager of a federally obligated public-use airport, your airport generates revenue, such as
landing fees, building rentals, and fuel flowage fees. What percentage of the income derived
must be utilized for airport purposes?
- 0%
- 100%
- 100% in excess of Fair Market Value (FMV)
- 50% - Answer 100%
Airports are distinctly different from traditional municipal operations in that they can operate as
- Centralized governments
- Federal agencies
- L.L.Cs
- Stand-alone enterprises - Answer Stand-alone enterprises
Generally, airport authority board members are compensated as follows:
- $1 a year to comply with federal and state labor laws
- Fair Market Value
- Minimum Wage
- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity - Answer Do not receive
compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity
, Each type of airport of ownership has advantages and disadvantages. What is a potential
disadvantage to the municipality owned structure?
- Power to tax and issue bonds
- access to other city/county departments
- Can be viewed as another department of the city/county
- Access to larger sources of funding - Answer Can be viewed as another department of the
City/County
The debate over the status of the airport as either a public entity or a business enterprise will
likely continue for decades, but the simplest understanding is that...
- An airport is a government entity run by elected officials
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Grant Assurances
Questions With 100% Correct/Verified
Answers 2026 Updated.
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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Governing body
An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - 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) - 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. -
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Department of Commerce
Successful airports can be observed creating effective working relationships between
- City and County
- Vendors and Customers
- Airlines and Pilots
- Airport policy makers and Management - Answer Airport policy makers and Management
(T/F) Airport sponsors must maintain their responsibility to the FAA to operate the airport as an
essential component of the national aviation system without regard to any negative impact to
the airport's community - Answer False
As a manager of a federally obligated public-use airport, your airport generates revenue, such as
landing fees, building rentals, and fuel flowage fees. What percentage of the income derived
must be utilized for airport purposes?
- 0%
- 100%
- 100% in excess of Fair Market Value (FMV)
- 50% - Answer 100%
Airports are distinctly different from traditional municipal operations in that they can operate as
- Centralized governments
- Federal agencies
- L.L.Cs
- Stand-alone enterprises - Answer Stand-alone enterprises
Generally, airport authority board members are compensated as follows:
- $1 a year to comply with federal and state labor laws
- Fair Market Value
- Minimum Wage
- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity - Answer Do not receive
compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity
, Each type of airport of ownership has advantages and disadvantages. What is a potential
disadvantage to the municipality owned structure?
- Power to tax and issue bonds
- access to other city/county departments
- Can be viewed as another department of the city/county
- Access to larger sources of funding - Answer Can be viewed as another department of the
City/County
The debate over the status of the airport as either a public entity or a business enterprise will
likely continue for decades, but the simplest understanding is that...
- An airport is a government entity run by elected officials
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Answer Grant Assurances
