FAA AIRCRAFT DISPATCHER FINAL EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the tropopause? - ✔✔The interference between the troposphere and
stratosphere
✔✔What does a TAF do? - ✔✔A terminal forecast that covers an area within 5 mile
radius of the reporting station
✔✔How long are flight plans kept for? - ✔✔30 Days
✔✔What 3 documents must a PIC carry to their destination? - ✔✔Loaded manifest,
dispatch release, and flight plan
✔✔Can a flight continue in an unsafe condition? - ✔✔Only when in the opinion of the
PIC and AD there is no safer procedure
✔✔What is the speed limit for class Bravo airspace? - ✔✔250
✔✔When should an aircraft dispatcher declare an emergency? - ✔✔If communication
with the flight is lost
✔✔ What is ARTCC? - ✔✔Air Route Traffic Control Centers
✔✔What is the composition of the atmosphere? - ✔✔78% Nitrogen 21% Oxygen 1%
Other gasses
✔✔What is ATIS - ✔✔Automated Terminal Information Service
✔✔What is a mode C transponder? - ✔✔A transponder with altitude encoding /
reporting capabilities
✔✔What are standard conditions? - ✔✔29.92" Hg | 15*C | 1013.2 mb
✔✔What is magnetic variation? - ✔✔The difference between true North and magnetic
North
✔✔What is the primary cause of all weather? - ✔✔Uneven heating of the earths surface
✔✔Where can a pilot identify jet routes? - ✔✔On enroute high altitude charts
✔✔What's an MEA? - ✔✔Minimum enroute altitude
✔✔What is windshear? - ✔✔Rapid shift in wind speed or direction
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the tropopause? - ✔✔The interference between the troposphere and
stratosphere
✔✔What does a TAF do? - ✔✔A terminal forecast that covers an area within 5 mile
radius of the reporting station
✔✔How long are flight plans kept for? - ✔✔30 Days
✔✔What 3 documents must a PIC carry to their destination? - ✔✔Loaded manifest,
dispatch release, and flight plan
✔✔Can a flight continue in an unsafe condition? - ✔✔Only when in the opinion of the
PIC and AD there is no safer procedure
✔✔What is the speed limit for class Bravo airspace? - ✔✔250
✔✔When should an aircraft dispatcher declare an emergency? - ✔✔If communication
with the flight is lost
✔✔ What is ARTCC? - ✔✔Air Route Traffic Control Centers
✔✔What is the composition of the atmosphere? - ✔✔78% Nitrogen 21% Oxygen 1%
Other gasses
✔✔What is ATIS - ✔✔Automated Terminal Information Service
✔✔What is a mode C transponder? - ✔✔A transponder with altitude encoding /
reporting capabilities
✔✔What are standard conditions? - ✔✔29.92" Hg | 15*C | 1013.2 mb
✔✔What is magnetic variation? - ✔✔The difference between true North and magnetic
North
✔✔What is the primary cause of all weather? - ✔✔Uneven heating of the earths surface
✔✔Where can a pilot identify jet routes? - ✔✔On enroute high altitude charts
✔✔What's an MEA? - ✔✔Minimum enroute altitude
✔✔What is windshear? - ✔✔Rapid shift in wind speed or direction
