AAAE CERTIFIED MEMBER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS
AND 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
- When you've seen one airport, you've seen one airport
- Each airport has the same operating characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Governing body
An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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. - 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
- Department of Commerce - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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% - CORRECT 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 - 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
AND 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
- When you've seen one airport, you've seen one airport
- Each airport has the same operating characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Governing body
An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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. - 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
- Department of Commerce - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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% - CORRECT 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 - 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
