Answers.
What document, that provides information to the pilot, must be updated on an annual
basis? - Correct Answer Airport Facility Directory
What is the NPIAS? - Correct Answer Plan that identifies 3,300+ public airports, their
role, and amounts and types of airport development eligibility (AIP)
What are the FAA principles related to airports? - Correct Answer Safe and efficient
Affordable
Flexible & Expandable
Permanent
Maintain a balance
Support national objectives
Extensive
Why are state and/or regional plans conducted? - Correct Answer To form a connected
system of transportation
What are the steps of an airport master plan? - Correct Answer Technical Report
Summary Report
ALP
Web Page
Public Info Kit
What are the goals of public involvement and environmental reviews during the master
plan update? - Correct Answer Balance the need for stakeholder involvement with the
costs and time
What does the existing conditions tell the airport operator? - Correct Answer Historical
review of the airport and its facilities, airspace structures and NAVAIDS, land use,
activity and socioeconomic factors
What are the various methods of forecasting, the factors that affect the forecasts, and
the forecast models - Correct Answer Factors:
Economic characteristic
Demographics
Geographic attributes
Aviation related factors
Other factors
Methods:
, Regression Analysis - ties demand to enplanements, population and income
Trend Analysis and Extrapolation - Historical pattern
Market Share Analysis - local forecasts represent shares of larger forecasts
Smoothing - focuses on recent trends and conditions
Whats the difference between Facility Requirements and the Forecasts? - Correct
Answer Facility Requirements compare the current facilities to the forecasted demand
of the facilities
What is the function of the Facilities Implementation Plan? - Correct Answer List of
potential projects to meet the Facility Requirements
What is the function of the Financial Feasibility Analysis? - Correct Answer Projects the
impact the projects will have on operating revenues and expenses, etc.
What is a Safety Area and why does it exist? - Correct Answer Rectangular area
including runway or taxiway to use in an event of an undershoot, overshoot or excursion
What is the function of the Runway Protection Zone (RPZ)? - Correct Answer Designed
to protect the final approach areas
What is the function of the Obstacle Free Zone (OBZ)? - Correct Answer Extends 200
feet beyond each runway and 150 feet high to represent clear airspace
What is the function of the Object Free Area (OFA)? - Correct Answer Nothing except
fixed by function, frangible or mobile
Ground area centered on runway
Explain how Stopways and Clearways are used - Correct Answer Stopways - used to
support and minimize damage to an airplane in the event of an overrun
Clearways - end of a runway suitable for use in calculating aircraft takeoff performance
Why are Declared Distanced sometimes used? - Correct Answer For takeoff
performance
What are taxiway design principles? - Correct Answer Main Gear Width
Cockpit to Main Gear Distance
3 types of aprons - Correct Answer 1. Terminal - passenger and cargo
2. Remote - for Remain Overnight parking or storage, also known as hardstands