AAAE ACE Operations Module 1
Questions and Answers Graded A+
How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included? - Correct
answer-3,380 airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service airports? -
Correct 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? - Correct answer-Primary airport
Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are they
defined? - Correct 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? -
Correct answer-between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year
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, What characterizes a reliever airport? - Correct 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?
- Correct 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? - Correct 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? - Correct answer-Airport
Layout Plans
Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors? - Correct
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? - Correct
answer-airplane design group (wingspan)
How is airplane design group determined and categorized? - Correct 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
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included? - Correct
answer-3,380 airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service airports? -
Correct 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? - Correct answer-Primary airport
Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are they
defined? - Correct 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? -
Correct answer-between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year
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, What characterizes a reliever airport? - Correct 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?
- Correct 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? - Correct 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? - Correct answer-Airport
Layout Plans
Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors? - Correct
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? - Correct
answer-airplane design group (wingspan)
How is airplane design group determined and categorized? - Correct 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
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