AAAE C.M. EXAM, Complete Test || Questions
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
Airport Sponsor -Correct Answer ✔-1. Governing body of the airport
2. any public agency or private owner of a public use airport
3. often operated by a board or elected or appointed officials
4. act as policy makers establishing broad goals and objectives
5. strategic leaders of the airport
Airport Executive -Correct Answer ✔-An individual (airport director or manager)
Airport Operator -Correct Answer ✔-Airport management structure overall
(Sponsor, Executive & personnel essential to the operation)
Airports Customers-Pilots -Correct Answer ✔-Airport must first serve and
understand the pilot
Airport Executive Skills -Correct Answer ✔-Strategy, marketing, finance,
accounting, operations management, organizational behavior and human
resources
Air Mail Act/Kelly Act of 1925 -Correct Answer ✔-1. authorized postmaster
general to contract airmail to private companies that were commercial air carriers
2. only those who use aviation pay for it.
Fixed Base Operator (FBO) -Correct Answer ✔-Get fuel, conduct flight planning
and take care of pilots needs
Air Commerce Act of 1926 -Correct Answer ✔-1. legislation creating of regulation
of civil aviation establishing safety standards
2. created the Aeronautics Branch
3. prohibited use of federal funds to build or improve airports
,Aeronautics Branch (renamed Bureau of Air Commerce) -Correct Answer ✔-Under
Department of Commerce
1. fostering commerce (important)
2. issuing and enforcing air traffic rules.
3.licensing pilots
4. certifying aircraft
5. establishing airways
6.operating and maintaining nav aids
-Now all responsibility of FAA
AAAE -Correct Answer ✔-First airport management trade organization, 1928
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) -Correct Answer ✔-Aeronautics Branch
became the CAA-1930's
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)-1940 -Correct Answer ✔-CAA responsible for ATC,
pilot and aircraft certifications, safety enforcement and airway development
CAB make safety rules, accident investigation, economic regulation of airlines
CAB dissolved by Airline Deregulation Act-1978
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 -Correct Answer ✔-Airlines were able to raise or
lower airfares and add or remove routes
allowed hub and spoke
Air Cargo Deregulation Act of 1976 -Correct Answer ✔-allowed hub and spoke
system for cargo. cargo delivered to central hub to be sorted and delivered by
spokes instead of point to point delivery
Works Progress Administration (WPA)-New Deal -Correct Answer ✔-Funded 50%
of new and expanded 852 airports by 1939. Airports funded the rest (cost share).
Today 75%-90% is covered by Fed dollars for eligible projects
,Development of Landing Areas for National Defense (DLAND) WWII -Correct
Answer ✔-Secretary of War and Commerce and Sect. of Navy built 986 airports for
the war effort-500 were surplused and given to cities and counties for civil use
Federal Aid to Airports Program (FAAP) - Act 1946 -Correct Answer ✔-provided
grant funds for certain airport projects (ie. runways and taxiways). To be eligible
airport had to be in the National Airport Plan (NAP)
National Airport Plan (NAP) -Correct Answer ✔-listed recommendations for
construction, maintenance and operation. Provided 50% of funding, airport other
1/2.
Sponsor (Grant) Assurances -Correct Answer ✔-public use airports cannot deny
civil aeronautical operations. Promise made in order to receive grants
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 -Correct Answer ✔-Repealed CAA and created the
Federal Aviation Agency. FAA and directed FAA to take safety rule making from
CAB
Federal Aviation Administration 1966 -Correct Answer ✔-FAA renamed and
brought under the Department of Transportation, regulates aviation safety in the
US, has 9 regional offices and Airport District Offices in each state, managed by an
Administrator, assisted by a Deputy Administrator and 5 Associate Administrators,
Major Roles:
1. Regulate civil aviation
2. Encouraging development of aviation and technology
3. Air Traffic Control
4.Research and develop National Airspace System
5.Programs to control aircraft noise
6. Regulate space Transportation
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 -Correct Answer ✔-Established 1.
Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) and the 2. Plan Grant Program (PGP) 3.
, created a certification program for commercial airports and issued operating
certificates
The Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) -Correct Answer ✔-Provides grants
for airport development projects
Planning Grant Program (PGP) -Correct Answer ✔-provided funds for airport
master plans and system plans
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 Certification of Airports -Correct
Answer ✔-standards for airport certification
Airport and Airway Trust Fund (1970) -Correct Answer ✔-1. created by the Airport
and Airway Act
2. created on premise that only those who use aviation should pay for it
3. funded by 8% tax on domestic passenger airfares, $3 surcharge on tickets,
$0.07/gallon tax on aviation fuel, 5% tax on air freight & annual aircraft
registration fee tied to aircraft weight
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) -Correct Answer ✔-1. Established by the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act - 1982
2. expanded list of programs funded
3. reorganized the National Airport Plan as the National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems (NPIAS)
4. Funding mechanism for capital projects for public use airports
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) -Correct Answer ✔-created
hub classification-large, medium, small and non-hub based on percentage of
national passenger enplanements
below 2,500 enplanements/year are General Aviation airports
Transportation Security Administration -Correct Answer ✔-Created following 9/11
attacks
and Answers (Latest Update 2026)
Airport Sponsor -Correct Answer ✔-1. Governing body of the airport
2. any public agency or private owner of a public use airport
3. often operated by a board or elected or appointed officials
4. act as policy makers establishing broad goals and objectives
5. strategic leaders of the airport
Airport Executive -Correct Answer ✔-An individual (airport director or manager)
Airport Operator -Correct Answer ✔-Airport management structure overall
(Sponsor, Executive & personnel essential to the operation)
Airports Customers-Pilots -Correct Answer ✔-Airport must first serve and
understand the pilot
Airport Executive Skills -Correct Answer ✔-Strategy, marketing, finance,
accounting, operations management, organizational behavior and human
resources
Air Mail Act/Kelly Act of 1925 -Correct Answer ✔-1. authorized postmaster
general to contract airmail to private companies that were commercial air carriers
2. only those who use aviation pay for it.
Fixed Base Operator (FBO) -Correct Answer ✔-Get fuel, conduct flight planning
and take care of pilots needs
Air Commerce Act of 1926 -Correct Answer ✔-1. legislation creating of regulation
of civil aviation establishing safety standards
2. created the Aeronautics Branch
3. prohibited use of federal funds to build or improve airports
,Aeronautics Branch (renamed Bureau of Air Commerce) -Correct Answer ✔-Under
Department of Commerce
1. fostering commerce (important)
2. issuing and enforcing air traffic rules.
3.licensing pilots
4. certifying aircraft
5. establishing airways
6.operating and maintaining nav aids
-Now all responsibility of FAA
AAAE -Correct Answer ✔-First airport management trade organization, 1928
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) -Correct Answer ✔-Aeronautics Branch
became the CAA-1930's
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)-1940 -Correct Answer ✔-CAA responsible for ATC,
pilot and aircraft certifications, safety enforcement and airway development
CAB make safety rules, accident investigation, economic regulation of airlines
CAB dissolved by Airline Deregulation Act-1978
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 -Correct Answer ✔-Airlines were able to raise or
lower airfares and add or remove routes
allowed hub and spoke
Air Cargo Deregulation Act of 1976 -Correct Answer ✔-allowed hub and spoke
system for cargo. cargo delivered to central hub to be sorted and delivered by
spokes instead of point to point delivery
Works Progress Administration (WPA)-New Deal -Correct Answer ✔-Funded 50%
of new and expanded 852 airports by 1939. Airports funded the rest (cost share).
Today 75%-90% is covered by Fed dollars for eligible projects
,Development of Landing Areas for National Defense (DLAND) WWII -Correct
Answer ✔-Secretary of War and Commerce and Sect. of Navy built 986 airports for
the war effort-500 were surplused and given to cities and counties for civil use
Federal Aid to Airports Program (FAAP) - Act 1946 -Correct Answer ✔-provided
grant funds for certain airport projects (ie. runways and taxiways). To be eligible
airport had to be in the National Airport Plan (NAP)
National Airport Plan (NAP) -Correct Answer ✔-listed recommendations for
construction, maintenance and operation. Provided 50% of funding, airport other
1/2.
Sponsor (Grant) Assurances -Correct Answer ✔-public use airports cannot deny
civil aeronautical operations. Promise made in order to receive grants
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 -Correct Answer ✔-Repealed CAA and created the
Federal Aviation Agency. FAA and directed FAA to take safety rule making from
CAB
Federal Aviation Administration 1966 -Correct Answer ✔-FAA renamed and
brought under the Department of Transportation, regulates aviation safety in the
US, has 9 regional offices and Airport District Offices in each state, managed by an
Administrator, assisted by a Deputy Administrator and 5 Associate Administrators,
Major Roles:
1. Regulate civil aviation
2. Encouraging development of aviation and technology
3. Air Traffic Control
4.Research and develop National Airspace System
5.Programs to control aircraft noise
6. Regulate space Transportation
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 -Correct Answer ✔-Established 1.
Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) and the 2. Plan Grant Program (PGP) 3.
, created a certification program for commercial airports and issued operating
certificates
The Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) -Correct Answer ✔-Provides grants
for airport development projects
Planning Grant Program (PGP) -Correct Answer ✔-provided funds for airport
master plans and system plans
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 Certification of Airports -Correct
Answer ✔-standards for airport certification
Airport and Airway Trust Fund (1970) -Correct Answer ✔-1. created by the Airport
and Airway Act
2. created on premise that only those who use aviation should pay for it
3. funded by 8% tax on domestic passenger airfares, $3 surcharge on tickets,
$0.07/gallon tax on aviation fuel, 5% tax on air freight & annual aircraft
registration fee tied to aircraft weight
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) -Correct Answer ✔-1. Established by the
Airport and Airway Improvement Act - 1982
2. expanded list of programs funded
3. reorganized the National Airport Plan as the National Plan of Integrated Airport
Systems (NPIAS)
4. Funding mechanism for capital projects for public use airports
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) -Correct Answer ✔-created
hub classification-large, medium, small and non-hub based on percentage of
national passenger enplanements
below 2,500 enplanements/year are General Aviation airports
Transportation Security Administration -Correct Answer ✔-Created following 9/11
attacks
