AAAE CM Module 2 Questions and Answers (Graded A)

What document, that provides information to the pilot, must be updated on an annual basis? - Answer- Airport Facility Directory What is the NPIAS? - Answer- 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? - Answer- Safe and efficient Affordable Flexible & Expandable Permanent Maintain a balance Support national objectives Extensive Why are state and/or regional plans conducted? - Answer- To form a connected system of transportation What are the steps of an airport master plan? - Answer- 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? - Answer- Balance the need for stakeholder involvement with the costs and time What does the existing conditions tell the airport operator? - Answer- 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 - Answer- 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? - Answer- Facility Requirements compare the current facilities to the forecasted demand of the facilities What is the function of the Facilities Implementation Plan? - Answer- List of potential projects to meet the Facility Requirements What is the function of the Financial Feasibility Analysis? - Answer- Projects the impact the projects will have on operating revenues and expenses, etc. What is a Safety Area and why does it exist? - Answer- 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)? - Answer- Designed to protect the final approach areas What is the function of the Obstacle Free Zone (OBZ)? - Answer- Extends 200 feet beyond each runway and 150 feet high to represent clear airspace What is the function of the Object Free Area (OFA)? - Answer- Nothing except fixed by function, frangible or mobile Ground area centered on runway Explain how Stopways and Clearways are used - Answer- 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? - Answer- For takeoff performance What are taxiway design principles? - Answer- Main Gear Width Cockpit to Main Gear Distance 3 types of aprons - Answer- 1. Terminal - passenger and cargo 2. Remote - for Remain Overnight parking or storage, also known as hardstands 3. Hangar - surface in front of a hangar used for aircraft movement What is a Stand Guidance System? - Answer- Visual aids for aircraft parking locations What are heliport design principles? - Answer- Maximum Wight/Minimum Contact Area Rotor Diameter Describe the construction safety meeting process - Answer- 1. Pre-design - discuss parameters (pre-bids) 2. Design 3. Preconstruction - discuss phasing, security, labor, safety 4. Construction 5. Inspection 5 imaginary surfaces - Answer- PATCH 1. Primary surface - centered on runway 200 ft past runway end 2. Approach surface - 200 ft from the runway end outward from the primary surface up to 50,000 ft 3. Transitional Surface - Extends upward at a 7:1 ration 4. Conical Surface - perimeter of horizontal surface up to 4,000 ft at 20:1 5. Horizontal Surface - level plane at 150 ft. Difference between 7460-1 and 7460-2? - Answer- -1: Notice of proposed construction or alteration -2: Actual Construction or alteration (popped up) What are options the FAA could take related to an identified hazard to air navigation? What wont they do? - Answer- FAA will request the airport or obstruction owner to remove, light, mark the hazard or relocate threshold or raise minimums 3 components of the terminal system - Answer- 1. Flight interface 2. Passenger Processing 3. Access Interface Desires related to location and design? - Answer- Passengers - close parking and protection from weather Airlines - short taxi distances and minimal runway crossings FAA - Terminal building not interfere Airport - Efficient HVAC, Asthetic and close business community 3 types of airports - Answer- 1. O/D - high percentage of local and turnaround flights 2. Transfer - significant enplaned passengers transferring 3. Through - HIgh originating passengers/low originating flights How much terminal space is available for rent? - Answer- 55% How much space is usable by concessions? - Answer- 15-25% What are the landside planning assumptions? - Answer- Curb length - 20 taxis, 25 private, 30 limos, 50 public bus Parking - 1,000 to 1,400 parking spaces per 1,000,000 annual originating passengers What are the 5 types of horizontal distribution models related to terminal design? - Answer- Simple, Linear, Concourses, Pier, Satellite Explain common use and its advantages - Answer- Efficient use of space, reduced expenses, reduction of ticket counters Design principles of wayfinding? - Answer- Location, Conspicuous, Comprehensible, Legible, Concise 3 types of FIS facilities - Answer- 1. Custom Accelerated Passenger Processing Service - two step, slowest 2. One stop - combined steps 3. Red-Green - nothing to declare proceed through Whats the FAA's position on co-located ARFF/SRE facilities? - Answer- Can be centralized at smaller airports due to staffing What's ADA? - Answer- Disabilities What piece of legislation started environmental awareness in the US? - Answer- NEPA (1969) What is the FAA responsible for related to environmental actions? - Answer- ALP approvals Federal funding requests AIP funded maintenance projects PFC approvals What is the airport operator responsible for related to environmental actions? - Answer- 1. Reviews potentially affected environmental resources 2. Special purpose laws 3. Consults with the FAA 3 types of ALP environmental approval? - Answer- Unconditional - approved Conditional - design good, enviro. not Mixed - short term good, long term not Categorical exclusion - Answer- some projects by their very nature are unlikely to have an environmental impact Environmental Assessment - Answer- little to no impact expected, "hard look" Environmental Impact Statement - Answer- impacts are expected and mitigation measures may be necessary FONSI - Answer- Finding of No Significant Impact - mitigation would not reduce environmental impacts below applicable thresholds Who does the EA? EIS? - Answer- EA - AO EIS - FAA What is the airport priority related to environmental compliance? - Answer- protecting the environment and protecting the airport and managing its liability What is a good-faith-effort? - Answer- Systematic program for ensuring regulatory compliance What is the best means for ensuring tenant and contractor compliance with environmental law? - Answer- Establish specific criteria What is EMS? - Answer- Environmental Management Systems serves a strategic plan for addressing environmental matters What are the air quality issues related to airport operations? - Answer- 25 percent of airports in nonattainment areas must conform to State Implementation Plans What is a point source? - Answer- A specific source of pollution that can be identified What is a non-point source? - Answer- storm water discharge What are the plans that help mitigate and manage water quality? - Answer- NPDES - regulates discharge into waste and stormwater SWPPP - requires Best-Management Practices in terms of pollutants in storm water What is a PRP and how can someone be a PRP? - Answer- PRP - Potentially Responsible Party if you have anything to do with a pollutant at all What is sustainability and LEEDs? - Answer- Sustainability - establish processes benefitting future societies LEEDs - certification levels gained through the implementation of sustainable processes Radar - Answer- Marco Polo Whats the function of a transponder and what is its weakness? - Answer- Radio that identifies an aircraft, but it can be turned off from the plane What are the types of radar used in ATC? - Answer- Airport Surveillance Radar - 60 nm range (terminal) Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR) - 100 to 250 nm range (en route) Airport Surface Detection Equipment Precision Runway Monitoring - inbound aircraft on ILS Precision Approach Radar - military What are the NAVAIDs primarily in use in the US? - Answer- Non-Directional Beacon - use in bad terrain VHF Omni-directional Range - provides distance and headings What is WAAS? - Answer- allows Cat I ILS What is GBAS? - Answer- Allows Cat II and III ILS Components of ILS System - Answer- 1. Localizer - lateral 2. Glideslope - vertical 3. Marker Beacons - distance What does the Flight Service Station do? - Answer- Pilot briefing and weather, NOTAMs, DUATS (software) AWOS/ASOS - Answer- AWOS - cheaper ASOS - FAA installs Level A - major hubs Level B - smaller hubs Level C - augmented tower controllers Level D - completely automated Datacom - Answer- Texting for pilots ADS-B - Answer- Always on, provides "radar-like" surveillance, continuously broadcasts position SWIM - Answer- Integrates all weather systems Capacity - Answer- Ability to handle a given volume of traffic Factors involved in a capacity analysis? - Answer- Airspace Airfield Terminal Ground Access Throughput Capacity - Answer- Rate aircraft operate without regard for delay How does Practical Annual Capacity and Practical Hourly Capacity work? - Answer- Combined capacity measure of runway, taxiway and gate area for time frames What is the Airport Acceptance Rate? - Answer- Agreed upon number of aircraft that can land at a given airport in an hour, used by ATC What are the traffic mgmt initiatives used by the FAA to manage capacity and delay? - Answer- Mile-in-trail Traffic reroutes Ground delay