AAAE CERTIFIED MEMBER STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Airport marketing programs should not forget to include an active online presence
✔✔Which of the following would NOT be part of an invitation to submit information (RFP
or RFQ) for a consulting firm to update an Airport Master Plan? - ✔✔A request for
preliminary estimate of costs
✔✔The type of agreement between the airport operator and the consultant preparing an
FAA funded master plan that is not allowed by the FAA is the __________. - ✔✔Cost
plus percentage of cost
✔✔Modifications to the NPIAS tie airport system improvements to three levels of need
that do NOT include which of the following? - ✔✔Rehabilitate the system
✔✔The Technical expertise required to produce an Airport Master Plan is usually
provided by: - ✔✔A consulting Firm
✔✔Historical operations data for United States air carrier departures at towered airports
are obtained from: - ✔✔FAA Air Traffic Activity Reports.
✔✔The criteria for inclusion in the NPIAS include all of the following except
__________. - ✔✔That it serves a community that is at least a one hour drive from the
nearest small hub or non-hub airport.
✔✔All development carried out on federally obligated airports must be accomplished
according to an FAA approved: - ✔✔Airport Layout Plan (ALP)
✔✔__________, Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation and Deactivation of
Airports, requires airport owners and operators to notify the FAA 30 days in advance of
any construction, alteration, deactivation or changes in use of any airport. - ✔✔FAR
Part 157
✔✔On the Airport Layout Plan, airport management is required to keep up-to-date the
property lines; the location and nature of all existing and proposed facilities and
structures and the location of all existing and proposed non-aviation areas and
improvements in accordance with __________ - ✔✔the ALP Grant Assurance (Number
29)
✔✔The __________ of the ALP is to provide airport management with a plan for leasing
revenue producing areas on the airport, and also provides guidance to local planning
commissions for the establishment of appropriate airport-area zoning. - ✔✔Land-use
drawing
, ✔✔A __________ diagram shows the percentage of time the wind blows from a
particular direction and at a particular speed. This information helps in identifying the
orientation of runways. - ✔✔Windrose
✔✔A __________ maybe required when an object obstructs the airspace that is needed
for landing aircraft, or when environmental considerations such as noise abatement are
apparent, or if it is necessary to provide standard runway safety area dimensions or
runway obstacle free zone lengths. - ✔✔Displaced threshold
✔✔The Airport Reference Code is a coding system used to match the operational and
physical characteristics of the airplanes intended to operate at the airport with the
various design standards. __________ are the two components related directly to the
most demanding type of aircraft that is expected to use the airport on a regular basis. -
✔✔Approach speed and wingspan
✔✔__________ is an area around a runway that is prepared for reducing the risk of
damage to airplanes in the event of an undershoot, overshoot, or excursion from the
runway. - ✔✔Runway Safety Area (RSA)
✔✔With regard to seaplane bases, the __________ is charged with marking and
lighting navigable waterways and issuing permits for any markers used to identify a sea-
lane. - ✔✔U.S. Coast Guard
✔✔A __________ is a rectangular area off the departure end of a runway that is
cleared or suitable for use in lieu of a runway to satisfy a pilot's requirement for having a
specified takeoff distance for his or her aircraft. - ✔✔Clearway
✔✔__________ is an approach to airport development that attempts to optimize the
cost of building a proposed facility and still satisfies the needs of the intended users. -
✔✔Value Engineering (VE)
✔✔In the master planning process, the ALP becomes a legal document because
__________ - ✔✔The Airport Layout Plan (ALP) is approved and signed by the FAA.
✔✔The typical peak-hour passenger volume used as the hourly design volume for
terminal space is defined as __________ - ✔✔The peak hour of an average day in the
peak month.
✔✔Terminals Where passenger check-in, retail and food concessions, baggage claim,
and ground transportation are clustered in the landside facilities and where people
movers, shuttles, or walkways connect the airside and landside buildings are
characteristics of the __________ terminal design. - ✔✔Decentralized
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Airport marketing programs should not forget to include an active online presence
✔✔Which of the following would NOT be part of an invitation to submit information (RFP
or RFQ) for a consulting firm to update an Airport Master Plan? - ✔✔A request for
preliminary estimate of costs
✔✔The type of agreement between the airport operator and the consultant preparing an
FAA funded master plan that is not allowed by the FAA is the __________. - ✔✔Cost
plus percentage of cost
✔✔Modifications to the NPIAS tie airport system improvements to three levels of need
that do NOT include which of the following? - ✔✔Rehabilitate the system
✔✔The Technical expertise required to produce an Airport Master Plan is usually
provided by: - ✔✔A consulting Firm
✔✔Historical operations data for United States air carrier departures at towered airports
are obtained from: - ✔✔FAA Air Traffic Activity Reports.
✔✔The criteria for inclusion in the NPIAS include all of the following except
__________. - ✔✔That it serves a community that is at least a one hour drive from the
nearest small hub or non-hub airport.
✔✔All development carried out on federally obligated airports must be accomplished
according to an FAA approved: - ✔✔Airport Layout Plan (ALP)
✔✔__________, Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation and Deactivation of
Airports, requires airport owners and operators to notify the FAA 30 days in advance of
any construction, alteration, deactivation or changes in use of any airport. - ✔✔FAR
Part 157
✔✔On the Airport Layout Plan, airport management is required to keep up-to-date the
property lines; the location and nature of all existing and proposed facilities and
structures and the location of all existing and proposed non-aviation areas and
improvements in accordance with __________ - ✔✔the ALP Grant Assurance (Number
29)
✔✔The __________ of the ALP is to provide airport management with a plan for leasing
revenue producing areas on the airport, and also provides guidance to local planning
commissions for the establishment of appropriate airport-area zoning. - ✔✔Land-use
drawing
, ✔✔A __________ diagram shows the percentage of time the wind blows from a
particular direction and at a particular speed. This information helps in identifying the
orientation of runways. - ✔✔Windrose
✔✔A __________ maybe required when an object obstructs the airspace that is needed
for landing aircraft, or when environmental considerations such as noise abatement are
apparent, or if it is necessary to provide standard runway safety area dimensions or
runway obstacle free zone lengths. - ✔✔Displaced threshold
✔✔The Airport Reference Code is a coding system used to match the operational and
physical characteristics of the airplanes intended to operate at the airport with the
various design standards. __________ are the two components related directly to the
most demanding type of aircraft that is expected to use the airport on a regular basis. -
✔✔Approach speed and wingspan
✔✔__________ is an area around a runway that is prepared for reducing the risk of
damage to airplanes in the event of an undershoot, overshoot, or excursion from the
runway. - ✔✔Runway Safety Area (RSA)
✔✔With regard to seaplane bases, the __________ is charged with marking and
lighting navigable waterways and issuing permits for any markers used to identify a sea-
lane. - ✔✔U.S. Coast Guard
✔✔A __________ is a rectangular area off the departure end of a runway that is
cleared or suitable for use in lieu of a runway to satisfy a pilot's requirement for having a
specified takeoff distance for his or her aircraft. - ✔✔Clearway
✔✔__________ is an approach to airport development that attempts to optimize the
cost of building a proposed facility and still satisfies the needs of the intended users. -
✔✔Value Engineering (VE)
✔✔In the master planning process, the ALP becomes a legal document because
__________ - ✔✔The Airport Layout Plan (ALP) is approved and signed by the FAA.
✔✔The typical peak-hour passenger volume used as the hourly design volume for
terminal space is defined as __________ - ✔✔The peak hour of an average day in the
peak month.
✔✔Terminals Where passenger check-in, retail and food concessions, baggage claim,
and ground transportation are clustered in the landside facilities and where people
movers, shuttles, or walkways connect the airside and landside buildings are
characteristics of the __________ terminal design. - ✔✔Decentralized
