AAAE Certified Member Study Guide Exam
Questions and Answers 2026
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
- 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
Questions and Answers 2026
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
- 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
