AAAE ACE Operations Module 1 Questions and Correct Solutions 2024

AAAE ACE Operations Module 1 Questions and Correct Solutions 2024 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 When was the FAA established? - Answer -Formed in 1958 within the Department of Transportation. They have created the safest and most efficient airspace in the world. When was the Transportation Security Administration founded? - Answer -Nov. 19, 2001 in response to the attacks of 9/11 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%); NonHub (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 The runway design code (RDC) is based on what three primary factors? - Answer -1) airplane design group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach category (approach speed); 3) approach visibility minimums Taxiway design group (TDG) and taxilane design standards are based on what primary factor? -