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The AAAE Certified Member Modules are materials airport managers can use as...
- Airport regulation
- Airport case Law
- Final authoritative documents
- A daily reference and field guide - ANS A daily reference and field guide
Which statement is False?
- Each Airport has its own unique geography
- It is impossible to accurately capture how each public-use airport in the US operates at
all levels of its position
- When you've seen one airport, you've seen one airport
- Each airport has the same operating characteristics - ANS Each airport has the same
operating characteristics
When using the term "Airport Sponsor", the authors of the AAAE modules are referring
to the...
- Airport director
- Governing body
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Airport management - ANS Governing body
An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - ANS Pilot
In 1970, The Airport and Airway Development Act brought about all except the following
- Airport and Airway Trust Fund
- Planning Grant Program (PGP)
- Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP)
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) - ANS National Plan of Integrated
Airport Systems (NPIAS)
(T/F) The FAA does not include in its planning or funding decision-making any private
airports unless they are publicly accessible or military airports that do not host any
civilian operations. - ANS True
The National Plan of integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) identifies 3,345 public-use
airports that are important to the national air transportation system and eligible to
receive grant funds under the FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP). An airport can
be included in the NPIAS for all of the following reasons except...
,- GA reliever airport
- Serving a community that is at least 15 minutes from the nearest NIPIAS airport
- Publicly owned
- Part of a State Airport System - ANS Serving a community that is at least 15 minutes
from the nearest NPIAS airport
Commercial service airports are grouped into two major categories
- National and Regional
- Civilian and Military
- Large hub and small hub
- Primary and non-primary - ANS Primary and non-primary
A passenger enplanement can be defined as...
- A passenger using a handicap ramp
- A take-off and a landing
- A passenger boarding a commercial flight
- A passenger getting off any type of aircraft - ANS A passenger boarding a commercial
flight
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 - ANS 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 - ANS Department of Commerce
Successful airports can be observed creating effective working relationships between
- City and County
- Vendors and Customers
- Airlines and Pilots
- Airport policy makers and Management - ANS 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 - ANS 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% - ANS 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 - ANS Stand-alone enterprises
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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS An airport is a public
entity that is run like a business
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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS Grant Assurances
The Flight Standards District Office, commonly known as FSDO, is responsible for
- Food safety on the concourses
- Flow of air traffic and NAVAID maintenance
- Enforcing laws for aircraft and pilot certification and licensing
- Regulating all aviation safety in the US - ANS Enforcing laws for aircraft and pilot
certification and licensing
Federal Grant Assurances require the airport operator to do all of the following except:
- Operate the airport in the public interest
- Use specific lands approved by the FAA for non-aeronautical use to generate revenue
to support the airport's aviation needs
- Grant exclusive rights for aeronautical purposes or uses
- Maintain the airport in good and serviceable condition - ANS Grant exclusive rights for
aeronautical purposes or uses
If the FAA or an aeronautical user believes that the airport is in violation of its Grant
Assurances, it may file a complaint with the FAA through the Part 13 or Part 16 process.
Part 13 complaints are...
- Considered informal
- Handled with definitive timelines
- submitted straight to FAA headquarters
- Typically used for Grant Assurance Violations - ANS Considered Informal
(T/F) The Federal government has complete authority over airspace and aircraft
operations. - ANS True
Airport land use is critical component of airport management. Grant Assurance 5.
Preserving Rights and Powers prevents an airport Sponsor from taking any action that
may deprive the Airport Sponsor of its rights to
- Charge fees consistent with the sustainability rule
- Create jobs and payroll
- Direct and control airport development
- Regulate interstate commerce - ANS Direct and control airport development
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