AAAE CERTIFIED MEMBER EXAM FINAL PAPER 2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL SOLUTION GRADED A+

AAAE CERTIFIED MEMBER EXAM FINAL PAPER
2026 TESTED QUESTIONS WITH FULL
SOLUTION GRADED A+

◉ Grant Assurance 39 relates to competitive access for air carriers.
If an Airport Sponsor is already served by one air carrier and doesn't
have existing facilities to accommodate a 2nd interested air carrier
in establishing service, the Airport Sponsor
- Has met its obligation if there are no existing facilities remaining to
add another airline
- Should report this to the Secretary of Transportation
- Should work to accommodate the interested air carrier
- can prohibit the new air carrier from operating at the airport
Answer: Should work to accommodate the interested air carrier


◉ Far Part 43, Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding,
and Alteration provides pilots the ability to perform maintenance on
any aircraft they own or operate, provided the plane is not used to
conduct
- Commercial flight operations
- IFR flight operations
- TTF flights

,- Flights with passengers other than the pilot Answer: Commercial
Flight Operations


◉ Airports must generate revenue in order to provide for the safe,
secure and efficient transportation system that is expected by the
public and the FAA. Revenue can be categorized as all of the
following except
- Capital
- Aeronautical
- Non-aeronautical
- non-operating Answer: Capital


◉ (T/F) Airport tenants do not expect to be charged more than it
costs to cover the expenses associated with providing a safe, secure,
and efficient airport operation. Answer: True


◉ Which of the following is not an example of airport operating
revenue
- Passenger Facility Charges
- Fuel flowage fees
- Rental cars
- Concessions Answer: Passenger Facility Charges

,◉ Utilizing airport revenue for purposes other than airport capital
or operating costs is a violation of Grant Assurance 25 and is known
as
- Non-aeronautical subsidies
- Posserory tax violation
- Revenue diversion
- Payments in Lieu of Taxes Answer: Revenue diversion


◉ The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 requires
airports to be as self-sustaining as possible. Self-sustaining means
- The airport has built up large revenue surpluses
- The airport does not accept federal or state grant monies for
capital projects
- The airport fees are fair and reasonable
- The airport relies only on its revenue streams for operational
expenses Answer: The airport relies only on its revenue streams for
operational expenses


◉ The FAA's Rates and Charges Policy provides comprehensive
guidance on the legal requirement that airport fees be (select all that
apply)
- Not unjustly discriminatory
- Reasonable
- Sweetheart deal

, - Fair Answer: Not unjustly discriminatory, Reasonable, Fair


◉ Fair market fees for use of the airport are required for non-
aeronautical use of the airport and are
- Required for non-airfield aeronautical use
- Optional for non-airfield aeronautical use Answer: Optional for
non-airfield aeronautical use


◉ The Airport Sponsor would not need to recieve Fair Market Value
(FMV) if it leased property to which of the following
- Corporation
- Limited Liability Company
- Angel Flights
- Sole Propietorship Answer: Angel Flights


◉ The residual method of rates and charges setting can best be
described as
- The airport applies excess non-aeronautical revenue to the airfield
costs to reduce air carrier fees.
- A hybrid between a compensatory and rate-based method
- The airport is required to make sure the expenses do not exceed
the revenue received
- The airport assumes all liability for airport costs and retains all
airport revenue and the user is charged only for the cost of the