AAAE ACE Operations Module 1
1. How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included?: -
3,380 airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
2. What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service airports?-
: 1) open to the public 2) receive scheduled passenger service 3) 2,500 or more
enplaned passenger per year
3. What type of airport has commercial service and over 10,000 annual en-
planements?: Primary airport
4. Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are they
defined?: Large Hub (>1% of all US annual enplanements); Medium Hub (0.25%
to 1%); Small Hub (0.05-0.25%); Non-Hub (10,000 to 0.05%)
5. How many enplanements characterize a non-primary commercial service
airport?: between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year
6. What characterizes a reliever airport?: 1) open to the public; 2) 100 or more
based aircraft or 25,000 annual operations
7. General aviation airports can be included in the NPIAS under what circum-
stances?: If they have at least 10 locally based aircraft and are at least 20 miles
from a NPIAS airport
8. What plan provides guidelines for an airport's capital development over a
20-year timeframe?: Master Plan
9. What is the set of drawings that shows the airport's long-term development,
updated in accordance with grant assurance number 29?: Airport Layout Plans
10. Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors?: 1)
airplane design group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach category (approach speed);
3) approach visibility minimums
11. Taxiway and taxilane design standards are based on what primary factor?-
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: airplane design group (wingspan)
12. How is airplane design group determined and categorized?: Based on the
aircraft's wingspan and tail height whichever is most restrictive; 6 categories, I thru
VI, where I is the smallest/shortest and VI is the largest/tallest
13. How is aircraft approach category determined and categorized?: Based on
aircraft approach speed; 5 categories, A thru E, where A is the slowest and E is the
fastest
14. What are the 6 categories of airplane design group?: I (tail height <20',
wingspan <49'); II (tail height 20 - <30', wingspan 49 - <79'); III (tail height 30 - <45'),
wingspan 79-<118'); IV (tail height 45 - <60', wingspan 118 - <171'); V (tail height
60 - <66', wingspan 171 - <214'); VI (tail height 66 - <80', wingspan 214 - <262')
15. What are the 5 aircraft approach categories and the criteria for each
category?: A (<91 knots); B (91 - <121 knots); C (121 - <141 knots); D (141 - <166
knots); E (>166 knots)
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1. How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included?: -
3,380 airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
2. What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service airports?-
: 1) open to the public 2) receive scheduled passenger service 3) 2,500 or more
enplaned passenger per year
3. What type of airport has commercial service and over 10,000 annual en-
planements?: Primary airport
4. Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are they
defined?: Large Hub (>1% of all US annual enplanements); Medium Hub (0.25%
to 1%); Small Hub (0.05-0.25%); Non-Hub (10,000 to 0.05%)
5. How many enplanements characterize a non-primary commercial service
airport?: between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year
6. What characterizes a reliever airport?: 1) open to the public; 2) 100 or more
based aircraft or 25,000 annual operations
7. General aviation airports can be included in the NPIAS under what circum-
stances?: If they have at least 10 locally based aircraft and are at least 20 miles
from a NPIAS airport
8. What plan provides guidelines for an airport's capital development over a
20-year timeframe?: Master Plan
9. What is the set of drawings that shows the airport's long-term development,
updated in accordance with grant assurance number 29?: Airport Layout Plans
10. Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors?: 1)
airplane design group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach category (approach speed);
3) approach visibility minimums
11. Taxiway and taxilane design standards are based on what primary factor?-
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: airplane design group (wingspan)
12. How is airplane design group determined and categorized?: Based on the
aircraft's wingspan and tail height whichever is most restrictive; 6 categories, I thru
VI, where I is the smallest/shortest and VI is the largest/tallest
13. How is aircraft approach category determined and categorized?: Based on
aircraft approach speed; 5 categories, A thru E, where A is the slowest and E is the
fastest
14. What are the 6 categories of airplane design group?: I (tail height <20',
wingspan <49'); II (tail height 20 - <30', wingspan 49 - <79'); III (tail height 30 - <45'),
wingspan 79-<118'); IV (tail height 45 - <60', wingspan 118 - <171'); V (tail height
60 - <66', wingspan 171 - <214'); VI (tail height 66 - <80', wingspan 214 - <262')
15. What are the 5 aircraft approach categories and the criteria for each
category?: A (<91 knots); B (91 - <121 knots); C (121 - <141 knots); D (141 - <166
knots); E (>166 knots)
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