AVSC 3120: AIRPORT MANAGEMENT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Airport police officers - Answers - ALEAN
US Airlines - Answers - A4A
Corporate business aircraft operators - Answers - NBAA
FBO's, flight schools, Aviation Maintenance Operators - Answers - NATA
General aviation aircraft owners & pilots - Answers - AOPA
Regional airlines - Answers - RAA
Represents airport operators throughout the world - Answers - ACI
Represents over 5,000 members & nearly 850 different airports - Answers - AAAE
State aviation officials - Answers - NASAO
International civil aviation agencies - Answers - ICAO
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies has the
primary function of promoting air transport safety and was founded in 1947? - Answers -
Flight Safety Foundation
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the departments of transportation and state aviation departments and commissions from
50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam? - Answers - National Association of State Aviation
Officials
Which of the following is used to describe the number of passengers that board an
aircraft at an airport? - Answers - Enplanements
Civil airports that the Army, Air Force Reserve, and National Guard units operate out of
are called what? - Answers - Joint-use civil-military airports
Which category of airports includes those airports specifically designated by the NPIAS
as "general aviation-type airports that provide relief to congested major airports"? -
Answers - Reliever airports
, Which category of airports includes those airports with fewer than 2,500 annual
enplaned passengers and those used exclusively by private business aircraft not
providing commercial air carrier passenger service? - Answers - General Aviation
Airports
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the interests of general aviation pilots and has more than 400,000 members? - Answers
- AOPA
Which of the following are subcategories of primary airports? - Answers - Non hubs,
small, medium, and large hubs
Which of the following states own all the airports within the state, operating as a broad
airport system? - Answers - Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Alaska
Which of the following oversees civil aviation in the United States? - Answers - FAA
Airports cross boundaries (eg DFW): don't unduly tax a specific area. Rely on revenue
strictly from airports but also have access to private equity. - Answers - Port / Airport
Authority
Allows for specialized board of directors and management. - Answers - Port / Airport
Authority
Created by Enabling Legislation: establishes a layer of government. - Answers - Port /
Airport Authority
Legally chartered public corporations overseeing a variety of facilities including airports,
harbors, toll roads and bridges. - Answers - Port / Airport Authority
Limited financing available through local government. - Answers - Municipality
On-Scene decision-making: Significant independence from state and local government
reducing bureaucracy and politics of government operation. - Answers - Port / Airport
Authority
Rely heavily on federal funding for growth. - Answers - Municipality
Run as a department of the local government. - Answers - Municipality
Rely heavily on pool of revenue from all public facilities under their control and private
financing such as bonds. - Answers - Port / Airport Authority
Tax burden often falls on immediate population. - Answers - Municipality
AND ANSWERS
Airport police officers - Answers - ALEAN
US Airlines - Answers - A4A
Corporate business aircraft operators - Answers - NBAA
FBO's, flight schools, Aviation Maintenance Operators - Answers - NATA
General aviation aircraft owners & pilots - Answers - AOPA
Regional airlines - Answers - RAA
Represents airport operators throughout the world - Answers - ACI
Represents over 5,000 members & nearly 850 different airports - Answers - AAAE
State aviation officials - Answers - NASAO
International civil aviation agencies - Answers - ICAO
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies has the
primary function of promoting air transport safety and was founded in 1947? - Answers -
Flight Safety Foundation
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the departments of transportation and state aviation departments and commissions from
50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam? - Answers - National Association of State Aviation
Officials
Which of the following is used to describe the number of passengers that board an
aircraft at an airport? - Answers - Enplanements
Civil airports that the Army, Air Force Reserve, and National Guard units operate out of
are called what? - Answers - Joint-use civil-military airports
Which category of airports includes those airports specifically designated by the NPIAS
as "general aviation-type airports that provide relief to congested major airports"? -
Answers - Reliever airports
, Which category of airports includes those airports with fewer than 2,500 annual
enplaned passengers and those used exclusively by private business aircraft not
providing commercial air carrier passenger service? - Answers - General Aviation
Airports
Which of the following organizations that influence airport regulatory policies represents
the interests of general aviation pilots and has more than 400,000 members? - Answers
- AOPA
Which of the following are subcategories of primary airports? - Answers - Non hubs,
small, medium, and large hubs
Which of the following states own all the airports within the state, operating as a broad
airport system? - Answers - Hawaii, Rhode Island, and Alaska
Which of the following oversees civil aviation in the United States? - Answers - FAA
Airports cross boundaries (eg DFW): don't unduly tax a specific area. Rely on revenue
strictly from airports but also have access to private equity. - Answers - Port / Airport
Authority
Allows for specialized board of directors and management. - Answers - Port / Airport
Authority
Created by Enabling Legislation: establishes a layer of government. - Answers - Port /
Airport Authority
Legally chartered public corporations overseeing a variety of facilities including airports,
harbors, toll roads and bridges. - Answers - Port / Airport Authority
Limited financing available through local government. - Answers - Municipality
On-Scene decision-making: Significant independence from state and local government
reducing bureaucracy and politics of government operation. - Answers - Port / Airport
Authority
Rely heavily on federal funding for growth. - Answers - Municipality
Run as a department of the local government. - Answers - Municipality
Rely heavily on pool of revenue from all public facilities under their control and private
financing such as bonds. - Answers - Port / Airport Authority
Tax burden often falls on immediate population. - Answers - Municipality
