AAAE ACE – Operations Latest 2024

AAAE ACE – Operations Latest 2024 ADG Group I - Answer ️️ -Tail Height: 20 Wingspan: 49 ADG Group II - Answer ️️ -Tail Height: 20-30 Wingspan: 49-79 ADG Group III - Answer ️️ -Tail Height: 30-45 Wingspan: 79-118 ADG Group IV - Answer ️️ -Tail Height: 45-60 Wingspan: 118-171 ADG Group V - Answer ️️ -Tail Height: 60-66 Wingspan: 171-214 ADG Group VI - Answer ️️ -Tail Height: 66-80 Wingspan: 214-262 AAC Category A - Answer ️️ -91 Knots AAC Category B - Answer ️️ -91-121 Knots AAC Category C - Answer ️️ -121-141 Knots AAC Category D - Answer ️️ -141-166 Knots AAC Category E - Answer ️️ -166 Knots or more Runway Widths - Answer ️️ -60 - 200 Feet Pavement Deteroriation - Answer ️️ -1. Cracking 2. Disintegration 3. Distortion 4. Loss of Skid Resistance 5. Joint Seal Damage (Rigid Only) Ways to minimize the loss of friction - Answer ️️ -1. Pavement Grooving 2. Wire Combing 3. Porous Friction Course Factors that determine movement versus non-movement - Answer ️️ -1. Operational Control 2. FAA Design Standards Design Aircraft is classified by - Answer ️️ -1. Aircraft Approach Category (AAC) 2. Airplane Design Group (ADG) 3. Taxiway Design Group (TDG) A displaced threshold is required - Answer ️️ -1. An object obstructs the airspace needed for landing aircraft 2. Environmental considerations (noise abatement) 3. Runway safety area or obstacle free area lengths are needed Runway Safety Area Dimensions - Answer ️️ -Width: 120' - 500' Length: 240' - 1000' Taxiway Safety Area Dimensions - Answer ️️ -49' - 262' Small Aircraft (Wake Turbulence) - Answer ️️ -Less than 41,000lbs Large Aircraft (Wake Turbulence) - Answer ️️ -41,000lbs - 300,000lbs Heavy Aircraft (Wake Turbulence) - Answer ️️ -300,000lbs or more Class A Airspace - Answer ️️ -18,000 MSL up to FL600 including 12NM of coast over the continuous 48 states Class B Airspace - Answer ️️ -Surface up to 10,000 ft MSL surrounding nation's busiest airports; upside-down wedding cake. ATC clearance required; VFR operations is "clear of clouds" Class C Airspace - Answer ️️ -Surface to 4,000 ft above airport elevation within 5 NM radius. From 5-10 NM out, 1,200 ft to 4,000 ft above airport elevation. Class D Airspace - Answer ️️ -Surface up to 2,500 ft MSL surrounding airports with operational control tower. Class E Airspace - Answer ️️ -Unless designated at lower altitudes; 14,500' MSL up to 17,999' MSL. 1. Federal Airways 2. Offshore Airspace Areas 3. Transition Airspace 4. En-route Domestic Areas 5. Surface Area designated for an Airport 6. Extension to a Surface Area Restricted Areas - Answer ️️ -Area where flight is not prohibited but subject to certain limitations Prohibited Areas - Answer ️️ -Area where flight is not allowed Warning Areas - Answer ️️ -Extending 3NM outward from the US coast, contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft Special Use Airspace - Answer ️️ -Activities must be confined because of there nature or limitations imposed on aircraft operations Non-Regulatory Airspace - Answer ️️ -1. Military Operations Areas 2. Warning Areas 3. Alert Areas 4. Controlled Firing Areas Regulatory Airspace - Answer ️️ -1. Class A,B,C,D,E 2. Restricted Areas 3. Prohibited Areas Two Types of Airspace - Answer ️️ -Regulatory and Non-regulatory Sub Types of Airspace - Answer ️️ -1. Controlled 2. Uncontrolled (Class