AAAE CM Module 2 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2023/2024

What is the NPIAS? - ANSWERS 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? - ANSWERS Safe and efficient Affordable Flexible & Expandable Permanent Maintain a balance Support national objectives Extensive Why are state and/or regional plans conducted? - ANSWERS To form a connected system of transportation What are the steps of an airport master plan? - ANSWERS 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? - ANSWERS Balance the need for stakeholder involvement with the costs and time What does the existing conditions tell the airport operator? - ANSWERS 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 - ANSWERS 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? - ANSWERS Facility Requirements compare the current facilities to the forecasted demand of the facilities What is the function of the Facilities Implementation Plan? - ANSWERS List of potential projects to meet the Facility Requirements What is the function of the Financial Feasibility Analysis? - ANSWERS Projects the impact the projects will have on operating revenues and expenses, etc. What is a Safety Area and why does it exist? - ANSWERS 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)? - ANSWERS Designed to protect the final approach areas What is the function of the Obstacle Free Zone (OBZ)? - ANSWERS Extends 200 feet beyond each runway and 150 feet high to represent clear airspace What is the function of the Object Free Area (OFA)? - ANSWERS Nothing except fixed by function, frangible or mobile Ground area centered on runway Explain how Stopways and Clearways are used - ANSWERS 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? - ANSWERS For takeoff performance What are taxiway design principles? - ANSWERS Main Gear Width Cockpit to Main Gear Distance 3 types of aprons - ANSWERS 1. Terminal - passenger and cargo 2. Remote - for Remain Overnight parking or storage, also known as hardstands 3. Hangar - surface in front of a hangar used for aircraft movement What is a Stand Guidance System? - ANSWERS Visual aids for aircraft parking locations What are heliport design principles? - ANSWERS Maximum Wight/Minimum Contact Area Rotor Diameter Describe the construction safety meeting process - ANSWERS 1. Pre-design - discuss parameters (pre-bids) 2. Design 3. Preconstruction - discuss phasing, security, labor, safety 4. Construction 5. Inspection 5 imaginary surfaces - ANSWERS PATCH 1. Primary surface - centered on runway 200 ft past runway end 2. Approach surface - 200 ft from the runway end outward from the primary surface up to 50,000 ft 3. Transitional Surface - Extends upward at a 7:1 ration 4. Conical Surface - perimeter of horizontal surface up to 4,000 ft at 20:1 5. Horizontal Surface - level plane at 150 ft. Difference between 7460-1 and 7460-2? - ANSWERS -1: Notice of proposed construction or alteration -2: Actual Construction or alteration (popped up) What are options the FAA could take related to an identified hazard to air navigation? What wont they do? - ANSWERS FAA will request the airport or obstruction owner to remove, light, mark the hazard or relocate threshold or raise minimums 3 components of the terminal system - ANSWERS 1. Flight interface 2. Passenger Processing 3. Access Interface Desires related to location and design? - ANSWERS Passengers - close parking and protection from weather Airlines - short taxi distances and minimal runway crossings FAA - Terminal building not interfere Airport - Efficient HVAC, Asthetic and close business community 3 types of airports - ANSWERS 1. O/D - high percentage of local and turnaround flights 2. Transfer - significant enplaned passengers transferring 3. Through - HIgh originating passengers/low originating flights How much terminal space is available for rent? - ANSWERS 55% How much space is usable by concessions? - ANSWERS 15-25% What are the landside planning assumptions? - ANSWERS Curb length - 20 taxis, 25 private, 30 limos, 50 public bus Parking - 1,000 to 1,400 parking spaces per 1,000,000 annual originating passengers What are the 5 types of horizontal distribution models related to terminal design? - ANSWERS Simple, Linear, Concourses, Pier, Satellite Explain common use and its advantages - ANSWERS Efficient use of space, reduced expenses, reduction of ticket counters Design principles of wayfinding? - ANSWERS Location, Conspicuous, Comprehensible, Legible, Concise 3 types of FIS facilities - ANSWERS 1. Custom Accelerated Passenger Processing Service - two step, slowest 2. One stop - combined steps 3. Red-Green - nothing to declare proceed through Whats the FAA's position on co-located ARFF/SRE facilities? - ANSWERS Can be centralized at smaller airports due to staffing What's ADA? - ANSWERS Disabilities What piece of legislation started environmental awareness in the US? - ANSWERS NEPA (1969) What is the FAA responsible for related to environmental actions? - ANSWERS ALP approvals Federal funding requests AIP funded maintenance projects PFC approvals What is the airport operator responsible for related to environmental actions? - ANSWERS 1. Reviews potentially affected environmental resources 2. Special purpose laws 3. Consults with the FAA 3 types of ALP environmental approval? - ANSWERS Unconditional - approved Conditional - design good, enviro. not