AAAE Certified Member Study Guide, Exams of Port Management and Exploitation

Download AAAE Certified Member Study Guide and more Exams Port Management and Exploitation in PDF only on Docsity! AAAE Certified Member Study Guide New Latest Version Updated 2023-2024 with Questions and 100% Correct Answers 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 - correct answer 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 publicly accessible or military airports that do not host any civilian operations. - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer 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 - correct 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 - Centralized governments - Federal agencies - L.L.Cs - Stand-alone enterprises - correct answer 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 - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer 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 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 - correct answer 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 - correct answer Considered Informal (T/F) The Federal government has complete authority over airspace and aircraft operations. - correct answer 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 - correct answer Direct and control airport development (T/F) The FAA Grant Assurances require the Airport Executive to attempt to prevent both incompatible land use and obstructions to the navigable airspace around the airport even it it's beyond the airports property boundaries - correct answer True Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus is an "off-airport" entity and is a perfect example of a - Non-aeronautical user - Through-the-fence-operator - Exclusive right tenant - Fixed Base Operator - correct answer Through-the-fence operator Grant Assurance 19 requires the airport to be operating all times in a safe and serviceable condition. The two primary guiding documents that serve as airport Sponsor tools in this endeavor are the - Airport Emergency Plan and Certification Manual - Minimum Standards and Airport Rules and Regulations - Airport Master Plan and "Exhibit A" Property Map - Airport Layout Plan and Drawing - correct answer Minimum Standards and Airport Rules and Reguations The FAA's hangar use policy was clarified in 2016 whereby it stated that aircraft hangars should be used to store aircraft, which is an approved aeronautical use. If this policy is violated, the federal government is essentially subsidizing - A non-aeronautical function on an airport - Airport hangar maintenance - An aeronautical use - Airfield operations - correct answer A non-aeronautical function on an airport Grant Assurance 39 relates to competitive access for air carriers. If an Airport Sponsor is already served by one air carrier and doesn't have existing facilities to accommodate a 2nd interested air carrier in establishing service, the Airport Sponsor - Has met its obligation if there are no existing facilities remaining to add another airline - Should report this to the Secretary of Transportation - Should work to accommodate the interested air carrier - can prohibit the new air carrier from operating at the airport - correct answer Should work to accommodate the interested air carrier Utilizing airport revenue for purposes other than airport capital or operating costs is a violation of Grant Assurance 25 and is known as - Non-aeronautical subsidies - Posserory tax violation - Revenue diversion - Payments in Lieu of Taxes - correct answer Revenue diversion The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 requires airports to be as self- sustaining as possible. Self-sustaining means - The airport has built up large revenue surpluses - The airport does not accept federal or state grant monies for capital projects - The airport fees are fair and reasonable - The airport relies only on its revenue streams for operational expenses - correct answer The airport relies only on its revenue streams for operational expenses The FAA's Rates and Charges Policy provides comprehensive guidance on the legal requirement that airport fees be (select all that apply) - Not unjustly discriminatory - Reasonable - Sweetheart deal - Fair - correct answer Not unjustly discriminatory, Reasonable, Fair Fair market fees for use of the airport are required for non-aeronautical use of the airport and are - Required for non-airfield aeronautical use - Optional for non-airfield aeronautical use - correct answer Optional for non- airfield aeronautical use The Airport Sponsor would not need to recieve Fair Market Value (FMV) if it leased property to which of the following - Corporation - Limited Liability Company - Angel Flights - Sole Propietorship - correct answer Angel Flights - 65 - 35 - correct answer 99 A current trend in airport concessions at medium to large-hub airports are the - Duty-free shops - Local Mom & Pop Shops - Self-serve coffee shops - Shopping center and/or brand-name concessions - correct answer Shopping center and/or brand-name concessions All of the following are common types of lease agreements except - Modified gross - Straight - Revaluation - Graduated - Percentage - correct answer Modified gross There are 3 basic approaches to leasing concession space. Under the standard approach, the airport management directly leases and manages the space. With this method - Does not benefit from larger share of revenues if successful - Assumes no risk - The airport assumes the risk and will benefit from a larger portion of the revenue if the concession is successful - Shares the risk equally with a development company - correct answer The airport assumes the risk and will benefit from a larger portion of the revenue if the concession is successful Airports are capital intensive facilities. Select all the most common ways airport sponsors can generate monies for capital projects - PFC's - Customer Facility Charges - Bonds - Bank operating loan - correct answer PFC's, Customer Facility Charges, Bonds Passenger Facility Charges are - Unlimited ticket taxes set by each airport - Levied on commercial airline tickets - Collected by the airport FBO The Law requires that AIP entitlement funds be apportioned by formula each year. The apportionment, depending on the type of airport, can be based upon all of the following except - Passenger enplanements - Aircraft operations - Fuel flowage - Amount of cargo - correct answer Fuel flowage The funds remaining after the entitlement apportionment are known as - Slush fund - Discretionary funds - Set-aside funds - Reliever funds - correct answer Discretionary funds (T/F) With the ADO being responsible for carrying out the grant process, it would be in the airport executive's best interest to have their local government lobby and influence the ADO federal employees. - correct answer False (T/F) PFC's have caused problems for bond rating companies because the legislation creating PFC's allowed the FAA to terminate PFC authorization under certain circumstances. - correct answer True Which of the following is an advantage to issuing General Obligation Bonds for financing airport capital improvements? - Typically issued at a lower interest rate than other types of bonds - Secured by the revenue generated by the indebted facility - Payment is backed by the full faith and credit of the airport lessee - Can be issued for up to 40 years - correct answer Typically issued at a lower interest rate than other types of bonds The Air Traffic Control (ATC) system in our industry is seeing significant changes due to the use of - Localizer - VORs - GPS - Glideslope - correct answer GPS - Depicts aviation forecast demands - correct answer Depicts aviation forecast demands (T/F) A standard Airport Layout Plan is comprised of one or two sketches. - correct answer False The ALP becomes a legal document after it is approved and signed by the - Transportation Security Administration - Airport Sponsor governing body - Federal Aviation Administration - State Department of Transportation - correct answer Federal Aviation Administration The FAA ADO office can make the following type of changes on the ALP if they are minor in scope. - Draft watermarked - Pen-and-Ink - Penciled in - Preliminary - correct answer Pen-and- Ink The FAA provides for which three levels of ALP approval (select all three) - Unqualified - Unconditional - Conditional - Mixed - correct answer Unconditional, Conditional, Mixed The FAA defines "near-term" as a project that is - Ripe for decision - Shovel-ready - Is designed with plans on the shelf - Ready within 1 year - correct answer Ripe for decision Airport sponsors keep pilots up-to-date on airport data and information using the following means (check all that apply) - 7460-1 - NPIAS - NOTAMs - Airport Facility Directory - correct answer NOTAMs, Airport Facility Directory classified by which three parameters? (Select all 3) - Airplane Design Group (ADG) - Taxiway Edge Safety Margin (TESM) - Taxiway Design Group (TDG) - Aircraft Approach Category (AAC) - correct answer Airplane Design Group (ADG), Taxiway Design Group (TDG), Aircraft Approach Category (AAC) Airports can be divided into 3 major areas. Which is not considered a major area? - Terminal - Landside - Airside - Movement Area - correct answer Movement Area (T/F) The Movement Area generally corresponds to those areas that are under the positive control of ATCT. - correct answer True All of the following are basic types of approaches except - Precision - Missed - Non-precision - Visual - correct answer Missed The Runway Design Code (RDC) denotes the design standard for which the runway is to be built. The RDC takes into account which three factors? (Select 3) - Approach category (speed) - Airplane design group (wingspan and tail height) - Whether or not the runway has an instrument approach - Number of anticipated operations (NOA) - correct answer Approach category (speed), Airplane design group (wingspan and tall height), Whether or not the runway has an instrument approach When calculating the dimensional standards appropriate for the Design Aircraft, the planners must determine the largest aircraft making substantial use of the airport. Substantial use means or more annual itinerant operations or the largest scheduled commercial aircraft. - 50 per month regulation does not give FAA the authority to prevent construction or alteration to a structure that might impede navigable airspace. - correct answer True The passenger terminal system is composed of which three elements (select all 3). - Flight interface - Concessionaire interface - Passengers processing - Access Interface - correct answer Flight Interface, Passenger Processing, Access interface The FAA ALP approval process requires an environmental determination. This decision could result in all of the following except - Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) - Environmental Order - Categorical Exclusion - Environmental Assessment (EA) - correct answer Environmental order The heaviest concentrations at certain times of the day are known as the - Peak day demand - Peak volume - Design volume - Peak hour demand - correct answer Peak hour demand Select the three categories of passengers - Non-revenue passengers - Leisure travelers - Business travelers - International travelers - correct answer Leisure travelers, Business travelers, International travelers Airports can be classified by the dominant type of passenger traffic. Origination / Destination (O&D) airports can best be described as having - An average of 30-60 minutes of aircraft ground servicing time - A low requirement for departure lounge space, curb frontage, ticketing, security, and baggage handling facilities - 70-90% of passengers beginning or ending their travel at the airport and - Island - correct answer Pre-check The primary disadvantage of a pier layout is - Reduced vehicle curb space - Minimal use of airside space to construct gates - Decentralized passenger processing - Longer walking distances for passengers - correct answer Longer walking distances for passengers The best way to characterize wayfinding signage in an airport environment is - It's a self-guided journey - It's reliant on airport employee participation - A non-critical component in the passenger experience - The hunger games - correct answer It's a self-guided journey The consequences of failing to comply with environmental law on an airport can range from delayed construction to - Criminal charges - Grant assurance violations - Loss of part 139 certification - Reduced AIP participation - correct answer Criminal charges The FAA has determined that some projects, by their very nature will not, or very unlikely to have an environmental impact. These projects are considered as it relates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). - Categorically excluded - unable to meet environmental law obligations - To be approved without further documentation - Immaterial to the project as a whole - correct answer Categorically excluded Should a sponsor no longer need a parcel of land located within the federally obligated portions of the airport and on the Exhibit A property map, the sponsor will be required to obtain - An FAA release - A Categorical exclusion - A VALE credit - Approach Controllers - Airspace Categories - correct answer Transition Areas (T/F) In all instances, "controlled" airspace means that the aircraft is controlled by ATC. - correct answer False Which type of airspace is the larger area of navigable airspace that covers the nation and exists between the terminal airspace areas? - En-route Airspace - NAS - Class E - Jet Route - correct answer En-route Airspace Which airspace is associated with "fast- moving" air traffic? - Class A - Vector Airspace - Class B - En-route Airspace - correct answer Class A (T/F) There are certain instances when a pilot can depart from an airport and fly their entire route without ever talking to anyone on the radio, a controller or radio operator. - correct answer True Air traffic control towers may have multiple controller positions. Select all the possible positions. - Ground Controller - Ramp Controller - Tower (or Local) - CTAF Controller - correct answer Ground Controller, Ramp Controller, Tower (or Local) Which leg of the Airport rectangular traffic pattern is horizontally perpendicular to the extended centerline of the takeoff runway and is entered by making a 90 degree turn from the upwind leg? - Base Leg - Upwind Leg - Crosswind Leg - Departure Leg - correct answer Crosswind Leg In the Contract Tower Program, the FAA contracts with the - Localizer - correct answer VOR The major shift with NextGen includes a migration from radar to - Satellite-based Tracking - ADSB Separation - Radio Tracking - Beacon Tracking - correct answer Satellite-based Tracking When analyzing airfield capacity, an airport manager should be familiar with both terms commonly used when defining capacity. - Practical - Differential - Throughput - Peak-hour - correct answer Practical, Throughput is designed to match the arrival of an aircraft to the ability of the airport to handle the volume. - Spacing - Sequencing - Metering - Slotting - correct answer Metering After the FAA approves the sponsor's Airport Certification Manual (ACM), it becomes - Guidance - Operation's manual - Maintenance planner - Regulation - correct answer Regulation If an airfield discrepancy is identified, which of the following must occur? - Airport operations must conduct a special inspection - Discrepancy resolves before any aircraft operations occur. - Noncompliance reported to the FAA ADO office - Discrepancy reported to FAA Part 139 inspector - correct answer Discrepancy resolved before any aircraft operations occur. Aircraft accidents investigate by the NTSB generally show that the accident occurred because of a... - Chain of events For exemptions to ARFF requirements under FAR Part 139, the airport must enplane - Less than 2,500 annual enplanements - Less than 10,000 annual enplanements - < 4% of total US annual enplanements - < 1/4% of total US annual enplanements - correct answer < 1/4% of total annual enplanements During an airport emergency, an airport sponsor may be in a situation whereby they break a Part 139 regulation. This is referred to as a - Discrepancy - Exemption - Violation - Deviation - correct answer Deviation (T/F) Inspections for FAR 139 purposes can be assigned to individual air carriers or tenants of the sponsor. - correct answer True A successful self-inspection program should include all of the following components (Select all that apply) - Periodic condition inspections - Regularly scheduled inspections - NOTAM inspections - Special inspections - Continuous Surveillance inspections - correct answer Periodic condition inspections, Regularly scheduled inspections, Special inspections, Continuous surveillance inspections At federally obligated airports, the FAA invests significant dollars in the pavement on airports. The key to the pavement longevity is - Regular inspections - Preventative maintenance - regular slurry coats - erosion control - correct answer Preventative maintenance The FAA's Advisory Circular on guidelines and procedures for maintenance of airport pavements establishes which index for qualifying airfield pavements? - ARC - PCN - ACN - PCI - correct answer PCI Snow and Ice Equipment Plan, Wildlife Hazard Management Plan Airport operators are required to quickly remove snow, ice, and slush as necessary to maintain runways and taxiways in a condition - Less than 1/4" precipitation - No worse than frozen - No worse than wet - Completely dry - correct answer No worse than wet Snow and ice can be removed in one of two ways... - Mechanically or chemically - Naturally or chemically - Mechanically or naturally - Solar deicer or machanically - correct answer Mechanically or chemically Airports complying with part 139 are required to have emergency response equipment and personnel as necessary to accommodate - The airport's design critical aircraft - The largest air carrier aircraft with more than 1 daily departure - The longest air carrier aircraft - The longest air carrier aircraft with an average of five or more daily departures - correct answer The longest air carrier aircraft with an average of five or more daily departures An airport's Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting capability is referred to as an - Index - Class - Code - Alert level - correct answer Index There are 4 categories of runway incursions. Category A is considered a serious incident as a result of - Ample time to avoid collision - A near collision - Incorrect presence of vehicle in the movement area - A critical evasive response - correct answer A near collision pleasant experience at the airport. Research shows that happy customers - Spend more money at the airport, thus increasing nonaeronautical revenue - Improve the airline's bottom line by enrolling in frequent flier programs - Are compliant and can increase the overall flow of passengers - Influence friends and family to utilize the airport - correct answer Spend more money at the airport, thus increasing non-aeronautical revenue As airport executives consider the customer experience, they must take into account which two primary types of customers? - Domestic and Foreign - External and Internal - Airline and Concessionaire - Airline and Rental Car - correct answer External and Internal The FAA now classifies drones weighing lbs or less and used by a hobbyist as "model aircraft". - 55 - 500 - 75 - 100 - correct answer 55 (T/F) The terms Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) have the same meaning when referring to vehicles that are remotely piloted. - correct answer False Title 14 FAR Part 107 Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems outlines the requirements for small unmanned aircraft in the NAS. Part 107 will allow operations of small drones without a COA provided the operator has a - UAS License - Remote Pilot Airmen Certificate - ATP - Private pilot's license - correct answer Remote Pilot Airmen Certificate To operate a large UAV in civil airspace a Certificate of Authorization (COA) is required by the FAA. In most circumstances, the COA will require the following three people (select all three). - Air Traffic Controller - Airport policy - Security threat assessment - correct answer Security screening process Most of the theft at US airports occur in - Concession areas - Baggage claim - Restrooms - Gate/holding areas - correct answer Restrooms For any security related incident at the airport, the FBI is the designated lead agency. However, it take some time before personnel and resources can be deployed to the airport. Therefore, the are usually the agency in-charge unless the Airport's Security Program states otherwise. - TSA - Airline security - Highway Patrol - Airport Police - correct answer Airport Police The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provides protection to the US Ports of Entry and focuses on - Goods coming into the country - individuals coming into the country - Citizen status - Immigration - correct answer Goods coming into the country Sadly, human trafficking in on the rise in the US and many victims flow through our country's airports. There are many signs of trafficking that airport personnel must be of aware of. Select all below that might indicate an individual is being trafficked through an airport. - Dressed inappropriate for the weather or route of travel - Communication that appears scripted - Unable to provide details of their travel - Dressed nicely - correct answer Dressed inappropriate for the weather or route or travel, Communication that appears scripted, Unable to provide details of their travel (T/F) All general aviation airports are required to have a TSA approved security program. - correct answer False - Airport Noise Control and Land Use Compatibility Program - FAR Part 150 - correct answer The Airport Safety and Noise Abatement Act (ASNA) of 1979 Under Part 150, residential land uses are considered to be compatible with noise levels less than . - 65 db DNL - 65 CNEL - 65 SENL - 65 dBA - correct answer 65 db DNL Opinions differ regarding the best method for analyzing and quantifying the effects of noise on a community _. - Because of the general sensitivity to noise - Because of the perceived economic importance of the noise source - Because of the subjective nature of how noise is perceived by listeners - Because of the belief that aircraft noise is preventable - correct answer Because of the subjective nature of how noise is perceived by listeners If a person adjusts a stereo to 70 decibels as a comfortable and normal sound, a listener raising it to 80 decibels would perceive the sound as being - Twice as loud - Four times as loud - Ten times as loud - One hundred times as loud - correct answer Twice as loud is the national standard used by airports in the preparation of Part 150 studies. - Daily DNL - Yearly DNL - Hourly DNL - Hourly SEL - correct answer Yearly DNL is most appropriate if there are significant amounts of noise-affected incompatible land use, receipt of serious noise complaints, property acquisition for buffer zones, or introduction of major (T/F) Governing bodies and airport managers must strive to find a balanced approach to public participation in policy making. Some municipalities are so open they can create an environment whereby progress is stymied to the point of stagnation. - correct answer True Candidates in the AAE program can achieve the designation by completing which 3 processes? (Select all 3). - Oral interview - Management paper or proof of advance degree - 180 multiple choice exam - ACE examination - correct answer Oral interview, Management paper or proof of advance degree, 180 multiple choice exam Most airport directors/managers are , - Independent contractors - Elected - Appointed - Both a manager and part of the board - correct answer Appointed An example of an item for consideration under the "Consent Agenda" might include - 10-year hangar lease - Grant agreement acceptance - Land acquisition - Meeting minutes - correct answer Meeting minutes is the nation's largest civilian clearinghouse for security threat assessments and criminal history records checks. - Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) - Transportation Security Clearinghouse (TSC) - Airport Security Alliance (ASA) - Airport Security Clearinghouse (ASC) - correct answer Transportation Security Clearinghouse Use of airport revenues are governed by Grant Assurance 25. An example of a non-permitted use of airport revenues would be