AAAE ACE Operations Module 1 with questions and answers

How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included? 3,380 airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service airports? 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? Primary airport Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are they defined? 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? between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year What characterizes a reliever airport? 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? 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? Master Plan What is the set of drawings that shows the airport's long-term development, updated in accordance with grant assurance number 29? Airport Layout Plans Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors? 1) airplane design group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach category (approach speed); 3) approach visibility minimums