AAAE CM Module 2 UPDATED 2026
Question and Answer | Real Previously
Tested Questions | Latest Verified
Answers | Grade A+
• What is the NPIAS? -✓✓Plan that identifies 3,300+ public airports, their role, and
amounts and types of airport development eligibility (AIP)
• What are the FAA principles related to airports? -✓✓Safe and efficient
Affordable
Flexible & Expandable
Permanent
Maintain a balance
Support national objectives
Extensive
• Why are state and/or regional plans conducted? -✓✓To form a connected system of
transportation
• What are the steps of an airport master plan? -✓✓Technical Report
Summary Report
ALP
Web Page
Public Info Kit
• What are the goals of public involvement and environmental reviews during the master
plan update? -✓✓Balance the need for stakeholder involvement with the costs and time
• What does the existing conditions tell the airport operator? -✓✓Historical review of the
airport and its facilities, airspace structures and NAVAIDS, land use, activity and
socioeconomic factors
• What are the various methods of forecasting, the factors that affect the forecasts, and
the forecast models -✓✓Factors:
Economic characteristic
Demographics
Geographic attributes
Aviation related factors
Other factors
Methods:
, Regression Analysis - ties demand to enplanements, population and income
Trend Analysis and Extrapolation - Historical pattern
Market Share Analysis - local forecasts represent shares of larger forecasts
Smoothing - focuses on recent trends and conditions
• Whats the difference between Facility Requirements and the Forecasts? -✓✓Facility
Requirements compare the current facilities to the forecasted demand of the facilities
• What is the function of the Facilities Implementation Plan? -✓✓List of potential
projects to meet the Facility Requirements
• What is the function of the Financial Feasibility Analysis? -✓✓Projects the impact the
projects will have on operating revenues and expenses, etc.
• What is a Safety Area and why does it exist? -✓✓Rectangular area including runway
or taxiway to use in an event of an undershoot, overshoot or excursion
• What is the function of the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ)? -✓✓Designed to protect
the final approach areas
• What is the function of the Obstacle Free Zone (OBZ)? -✓✓Extends 200 feet beyond
each runway and 150 feet high to represent clear airspace
• What is the function of the Object Free Area (OFA)? -✓✓Nothing except fixed by
function, frangible or mobile
Ground area centered on runway
• Explain how Stopways and Clearways are used -✓✓Stopways - used to support and
minimize damage to an airplane in the event of an overrun
Clearways - end of a runway suitable for use in calculating aircraft takeoff performance
• Why are Declared Distanced sometimes used? -✓✓For takeoff performance
• What are taxiway design principles? -✓✓Main Gear Width
Cockpit to Main Gear Distance
• 3 types of aprons -✓✓1. Terminal - passenger and cargo
2. Remote - for Remain Overnight parking or storage, also known as hardstands
Question and Answer | Real Previously
Tested Questions | Latest Verified
Answers | Grade A+
• What is the NPIAS? -✓✓Plan that identifies 3,300+ public airports, their role, and
amounts and types of airport development eligibility (AIP)
• What are the FAA principles related to airports? -✓✓Safe and efficient
Affordable
Flexible & Expandable
Permanent
Maintain a balance
Support national objectives
Extensive
• Why are state and/or regional plans conducted? -✓✓To form a connected system of
transportation
• What are the steps of an airport master plan? -✓✓Technical Report
Summary Report
ALP
Web Page
Public Info Kit
• What are the goals of public involvement and environmental reviews during the master
plan update? -✓✓Balance the need for stakeholder involvement with the costs and time
• What does the existing conditions tell the airport operator? -✓✓Historical review of the
airport and its facilities, airspace structures and NAVAIDS, land use, activity and
socioeconomic factors
• What are the various methods of forecasting, the factors that affect the forecasts, and
the forecast models -✓✓Factors:
Economic characteristic
Demographics
Geographic attributes
Aviation related factors
Other factors
Methods:
, Regression Analysis - ties demand to enplanements, population and income
Trend Analysis and Extrapolation - Historical pattern
Market Share Analysis - local forecasts represent shares of larger forecasts
Smoothing - focuses on recent trends and conditions
• Whats the difference between Facility Requirements and the Forecasts? -✓✓Facility
Requirements compare the current facilities to the forecasted demand of the facilities
• What is the function of the Facilities Implementation Plan? -✓✓List of potential
projects to meet the Facility Requirements
• What is the function of the Financial Feasibility Analysis? -✓✓Projects the impact the
projects will have on operating revenues and expenses, etc.
• What is a Safety Area and why does it exist? -✓✓Rectangular area including runway
or taxiway to use in an event of an undershoot, overshoot or excursion
• What is the function of the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ)? -✓✓Designed to protect
the final approach areas
• What is the function of the Obstacle Free Zone (OBZ)? -✓✓Extends 200 feet beyond
each runway and 150 feet high to represent clear airspace
• What is the function of the Object Free Area (OFA)? -✓✓Nothing except fixed by
function, frangible or mobile
Ground area centered on runway
• Explain how Stopways and Clearways are used -✓✓Stopways - used to support and
minimize damage to an airplane in the event of an overrun
Clearways - end of a runway suitable for use in calculating aircraft takeoff performance
• Why are Declared Distanced sometimes used? -✓✓For takeoff performance
• What are taxiway design principles? -✓✓Main Gear Width
Cockpit to Main Gear Distance
• 3 types of aprons -✓✓1. Terminal - passenger and cargo
2. Remote - for Remain Overnight parking or storage, also known as hardstands
