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AAAE CERTIFIED MEMBER ACTUAL
EXAM PREP 2026 ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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FEEDBACK |NEW AND REVISED
The FAA uses three primary measurements to gauge airport activity.
Which statistic is not one of the three?
- Total passenger traffic
- Passenger enplanements
- Aircraft operations
- Cargo tonnage - ANSWER- Total passenger traffic
Although federally regulated, public-use airports can be operated by all
of the following organizational structures except
- Airport Authority
- City
- State Government
- Department of Commerce - ANSWER- Department of Commerce
Successful airports can be observed creating effective working
relationships between
- City and County
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- Vendors and Customers
- Airlines and Pilots
- Airport policy makers and Management - ANSWER- Airport policy
makers and Management
(T/F) Airport sponsors must maintain their responsibility to the FAA to
operate the airport as an essential component of the national aviation
system without regard to any negative impact to the airport's community
- ANSWER- False
As a manager of a federally obligated public-use airport, your airport
generates revenue, such as landing fees, building rentals, and fuel
flowage fees. What percentage of the income derived must be utilized
for airport purposes?
- 0%
- 100%
- 100% in excess of Fair Market Value (FMV)
- 50% - ANSWER- 100%
Airports are distinctly different from traditional municipal operations in
that they can operate as
- Centralized governments
- Federal agencies
- L.L.Cs
- Stand-alone enterprises - ANSWER- Stand-alone enterprises
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Generally, airport authority board members are compensated as follows:
- $1 a year to comply with federal and state labor laws
- Fair Market Value
- Minimum Wage
- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity -
ANSWER- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary
capacity
Each type of airport of ownership has advantages and disadvantages.
What is a potential disadvantage to the municipality owned structure?
- Power to tax and issue bonds
- access to other city/county departments
- Can be viewed as another department of the city/county
- Access to larger sources of funding - ANSWER- Can be viewed as
another department of the City/County
The debate over the status of the airport as either a public entity or a
business enterprise will likely continue for decades, but the simplest
understanding is that...
- An airport is a government entity run by elected officials
- An airport is a Department of Transportation sub-organization
- An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
- An airport is an enterprise fund with many departments - ANSWER-
An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
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The most common positions at an airport that are outside of the vertical
structure are the
- Finance and administration personnel
- Operations and maintenance positions
- Legal counsel and auditor
- Certification inspector and regulator - ANSWER- Legal counsel and
auditor
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 resulted in the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act of 2001 moving the airport and aircraft
operator security regulations from the FAA to the newly created
- Transportation Security Administration
- Civil Aviation Office
- Dept. of Homeland Security
- National Transportation Security Board - ANSWER- Transportation
Security Administration
As a new airport manager trying to inventory all applicable airport laws,
and regulations, he or she be careful not to omit which form of hidden
regulation?
- FARs
- FAA orders
- Cert. Alerts
- Grant Assurances - ANSWER- Grant Assurances
AAAE CERTIFIED MEMBER ACTUAL
EXAM PREP 2026 ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY A GRADED WITH EXPERT
FEEDBACK |NEW AND REVISED
The FAA uses three primary measurements to gauge airport activity.
Which statistic is not one of the three?
- Total passenger traffic
- Passenger enplanements
- Aircraft operations
- Cargo tonnage - ANSWER- Total passenger traffic
Although federally regulated, public-use airports can be operated by all
of the following organizational structures except
- Airport Authority
- City
- State Government
- Department of Commerce - ANSWER- Department of Commerce
Successful airports can be observed creating effective working
relationships between
- City and County
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- Vendors and Customers
- Airlines and Pilots
- Airport policy makers and Management - ANSWER- Airport policy
makers and Management
(T/F) Airport sponsors must maintain their responsibility to the FAA to
operate the airport as an essential component of the national aviation
system without regard to any negative impact to the airport's community
- ANSWER- False
As a manager of a federally obligated public-use airport, your airport
generates revenue, such as landing fees, building rentals, and fuel
flowage fees. What percentage of the income derived must be utilized
for airport purposes?
- 0%
- 100%
- 100% in excess of Fair Market Value (FMV)
- 50% - ANSWER- 100%
Airports are distinctly different from traditional municipal operations in
that they can operate as
- Centralized governments
- Federal agencies
- L.L.Cs
- Stand-alone enterprises - ANSWER- Stand-alone enterprises
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Generally, airport authority board members are compensated as follows:
- $1 a year to comply with federal and state labor laws
- Fair Market Value
- Minimum Wage
- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity -
ANSWER- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary
capacity
Each type of airport of ownership has advantages and disadvantages.
What is a potential disadvantage to the municipality owned structure?
- Power to tax and issue bonds
- access to other city/county departments
- Can be viewed as another department of the city/county
- Access to larger sources of funding - ANSWER- Can be viewed as
another department of the City/County
The debate over the status of the airport as either a public entity or a
business enterprise will likely continue for decades, but the simplest
understanding is that...
- An airport is a government entity run by elected officials
- An airport is a Department of Transportation sub-organization
- An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
- An airport is an enterprise fund with many departments - ANSWER-
An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
, 4|Page
The most common positions at an airport that are outside of the vertical
structure are the
- Finance and administration personnel
- Operations and maintenance positions
- Legal counsel and auditor
- Certification inspector and regulator - ANSWER- Legal counsel and
auditor
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 resulted in the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act of 2001 moving the airport and aircraft
operator security regulations from the FAA to the newly created
- Transportation Security Administration
- Civil Aviation Office
- Dept. of Homeland Security
- National Transportation Security Board - ANSWER- Transportation
Security Administration
As a new airport manager trying to inventory all applicable airport laws,
and regulations, he or she be careful not to omit which form of hidden
regulation?
- FARs
- FAA orders
- Cert. Alerts
- Grant Assurances - ANSWER- Grant Assurances
