AAAE CM ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

AAAE CM ACTUAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+

⩥ Function of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB).
Answer: Make safety rules and economic regulation of the airlines


⩥ Deregulation of the airlines created this airline design.
Answer: Hub and spoke system


⩥ What act created the FAA?.
Answer: Federal Aviation Act (FAA)


⩥ What act created the TSA?.
Answer: Transportation Safety Act (TSA)


⩥ Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970.
Answer: Created gov't subsidies programs to expand the list of eligible
projects for Federal Funding


⩥ Growth of the FAAP to the AIP.
Answer: Will be discussed later

,⩥ Future challenges facing the industry.
Answer: 1. UAVs
2. Commercial Space
3. Cybersecurity


⩥ Big dog of a Commercial Service Airport?.
Answer: Airlines


⩥ Big dog of a GA Airport?.
Answer: FBO


⩥ What is an FBO?.
Answer: Fixed Base Operator that provides fuel


⩥ What is a SASO?.
Answer: Aeronautical Service that doesn't provide fuel


⩥ How many airports in the US?.
Answer: 19,000 ish


⩥ How many airports are Commercial Service Airports?.
Answer: Just over 5,000

, ⩥ How many GA airports are there?.
Answer: Roughly 2,500


⩥ What are the significance of these numbers: 2500, 10000 and 3345?.
Answer: 2,500 - Commercial Service Airport
10,000 - Primary Commercial Service Airport
3,345 - Number of public use airports in NPIAS


⩥ Purpose of a GA Reliever Airport?.
Answer: To relieve the GA traffic from a Commercial Service Airport


⩥ Joint-Use Airport vs. Shared-Use Airport.
Answer: Joint-Use - military owns the joint and leases space for
commercial travel


Shared-Use - owned by govt and military and civil Airport share
runways and taxiways


⩥ What is the importance of Part 91, Part 121 and Part 135?.
Answer: Part 91 - General Aviation Safety Standards