Airside Driving Test - Airside Safety Officer
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
For what reasons can you be refused entrance to Checkpoint Charlie? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔- Not carrying Airside Driving Permit or airport identification card
- Attempting to use another person's Airside Driving Permit or another person's airport
identification card
- Airside Driving or Vehicle Permit not current
- Vehicle has no Vehicle Permit and is not under escort
- Driver does not have access to Checkpoint Charlie Gate Gate
Who should you report an animal or pedestrian seen entering or attempting to enter the
airfield to? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Airport Monitoring
Who should you report any damage witnessed or caused to? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Operations Monitoring
What must you do after a vehicle has passed through the Checkpoint Charlie gate? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Wait for the gate to close
How do Quick Gates work? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Gates from public roads to airside,
where you use your access card. Must wait till green light is displayed before entering or
using
How many vehicles are allowed on a green light? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔One
Who do you report open gates to? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Operations Monitoring
Can Stage 1 Airside Driving Permits operate within the manoeuvring area? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔No
,Are Stage 1 drivers permitted to drive on runways or taxiways? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔No
What is the exception for driving on a taxiway? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When the red
and white road forms part of a taxiway, but should never cross the red and white checked line
which is the boundary to the manoeuvring area
How many hours of supervised practical driving is required for Stage 1? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔10 hours
How can Stage 1 Drivers enter the airside? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Only through
Checkpoint Charlie or any unstaffed access point
How can Stage 1 ADP drive on the apron? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔By only using the red
and white, or blue and white road system and the Perimeter Road. Driving on taxiways or
runways is prohibited.
What taxiways may occasionally be closed for parking of aircraft? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Bravo, Delta, Echo and Lima
How is the manoeuvring area identified? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Red and white
checked line
Where does the red and white checked line span from/to? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Taxiway C1, south of the Domestic Terminal Apron, and across the apron south of the
International Terminal
Who always has rights of way? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Aircraft
Who else also has right of way? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Emergency vehicles, equipment
responding to an incident and airfield operational vehicles when operating under a siren/lights
When do drug or alcohol tests occur? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔After an accident
, When must you display a flashing beacon? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When operating
outside the red and white road system
What is the policy on spills? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Report all spills to Auckland
Airport
When can the worker clean up the spill? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When it is 2m2 or less,
however must still contact Auckland Airport to check it has been done so correctly
What happens with a spill larger than 2m2? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Report it to
Auckland Airport AOT or Incident Control Room
Driving under an ..... is strictly prohibited... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Airbridge
Driving under an airbridge is strictly prohibited unless... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Transiting on a red and white road or inner pier road which passes underneath the
airbridge
"Keep clear" areas... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔No driving or parking
What road system must be used? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Red and white OR blue and
white using designated entry and exit points
- Transiting or cutting through an aircraft stand is not permitted unless the vehicle is directly
involved in the servicing of an aircraft on the stand being driven on. Driving across taxiways
is not permitted
Headlights on high beam is.... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Prohibited
What is the RESA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Runway end safety area
What must you do in the RESA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔STOP signs and road markings
have been installed on either side of the RESA. All vehicles using the Perimeter Road must
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
For what reasons can you be refused entrance to Checkpoint Charlie? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔- Not carrying Airside Driving Permit or airport identification card
- Attempting to use another person's Airside Driving Permit or another person's airport
identification card
- Airside Driving or Vehicle Permit not current
- Vehicle has no Vehicle Permit and is not under escort
- Driver does not have access to Checkpoint Charlie Gate Gate
Who should you report an animal or pedestrian seen entering or attempting to enter the
airfield to? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Airport Monitoring
Who should you report any damage witnessed or caused to? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Operations Monitoring
What must you do after a vehicle has passed through the Checkpoint Charlie gate? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Wait for the gate to close
How do Quick Gates work? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Gates from public roads to airside,
where you use your access card. Must wait till green light is displayed before entering or
using
How many vehicles are allowed on a green light? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔One
Who do you report open gates to? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Operations Monitoring
Can Stage 1 Airside Driving Permits operate within the manoeuvring area? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔No
,Are Stage 1 drivers permitted to drive on runways or taxiways? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔No
What is the exception for driving on a taxiway? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When the red
and white road forms part of a taxiway, but should never cross the red and white checked line
which is the boundary to the manoeuvring area
How many hours of supervised practical driving is required for Stage 1? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔10 hours
How can Stage 1 Drivers enter the airside? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Only through
Checkpoint Charlie or any unstaffed access point
How can Stage 1 ADP drive on the apron? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔By only using the red
and white, or blue and white road system and the Perimeter Road. Driving on taxiways or
runways is prohibited.
What taxiways may occasionally be closed for parking of aircraft? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Bravo, Delta, Echo and Lima
How is the manoeuvring area identified? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Red and white
checked line
Where does the red and white checked line span from/to? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Taxiway C1, south of the Domestic Terminal Apron, and across the apron south of the
International Terminal
Who always has rights of way? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Aircraft
Who else also has right of way? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Emergency vehicles, equipment
responding to an incident and airfield operational vehicles when operating under a siren/lights
When do drug or alcohol tests occur? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔After an accident
, When must you display a flashing beacon? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When operating
outside the red and white road system
What is the policy on spills? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Report all spills to Auckland
Airport
When can the worker clean up the spill? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔When it is 2m2 or less,
however must still contact Auckland Airport to check it has been done so correctly
What happens with a spill larger than 2m2? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Report it to
Auckland Airport AOT or Incident Control Room
Driving under an ..... is strictly prohibited... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Airbridge
Driving under an airbridge is strictly prohibited unless... - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Transiting on a red and white road or inner pier road which passes underneath the
airbridge
"Keep clear" areas... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔No driving or parking
What road system must be used? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔- Red and white OR blue and
white using designated entry and exit points
- Transiting or cutting through an aircraft stand is not permitted unless the vehicle is directly
involved in the servicing of an aircraft on the stand being driven on. Driving across taxiways
is not permitted
Headlights on high beam is.... - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Prohibited
What is the RESA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Runway end safety area
What must you do in the RESA? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔STOP signs and road markings
have been installed on either side of the RESA. All vehicles using the Perimeter Road must
