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answers
How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included? - ✔✔3,380
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airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
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What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service airports? - ✔✔1) open to
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the public 2) receive scheduled passenger service 3) 2,500 or more enplaned passenger per
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year
What type of airport has commercial service and over 10,000 annual enplanements? -
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✔✔Primary airport ||
Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are they defined? -
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✔✔Large Hub (>1% of all US annual enplanements); Medium Hub (0.25% to 1%); Small Hub
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(0.05-0.25%); Non-Hub (10,000 to 0.05%)
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How many enplanements characterize a non-primary commercial service airport? -
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✔✔between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year || || || || || ||
What characterizes a reliever airport? - ✔✔1) open to the public; 2) 100 or more based
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aircraft or 25,000 annual operations
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General aviation airports can be included in the NPIAS under what circumstances? - ✔✔If
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they have at least 10 locally based aircraft and are at least 20 miles from a NPIAS airport
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What plan provides guidelines for an airport's capital development over a 20-year
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timeframe? - ✔✔Master Plan || || ||
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What is the set of drawings that shows the airport's long-term development, updated in
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accordance with grant assurance number 29? - ✔✔Airport Layout Plans
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Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors? - ✔✔1) airplane design
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group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach category (approach speed); 3) approach visibility
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minimums
Taxiway and taxilane design standards are based on what primary factor? - ✔✔airplane
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design group (wingspan)
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How is airplane design group determined and categorized? - ✔✔Based on the aircraft's
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wingspan and tail height whichever is most restrictive; 6 categories, I thru VI, where I is the
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smallest/shortest and VI is the largest/tallest || || || || ||
How is aircraft approach category determined and categorized? - ✔✔Based on aircraft
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approach speed; 5 categories, A thru E, where A is the slowest and E is the fastest
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What are the 6 categories of airplane design group? - ✔✔I (tail height <20', wingspan <49');
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II (tail height 20 - <30', wingspan 49 - <79'); III (tail height 30 - <45'), wingspan 79-<118');
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IV (tail height 45 - <60', wingspan 118 - <171'); V (tail height 60 - <66', wingspan 171 -
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<214'); VI (tail height 66 - <80', wingspan 214 - <262')
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What are the 5 aircraft approach categories and the criteria for each category? - ✔✔A (<91
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knots); B (91 - <121 knots); C (121 - <141 knots); D (141 - <166 knots); E (>166 knots)
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When is a cross-runway recommended? - ✔✔When a runway orientation provides less than
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95% wind coverage for any aircraft forecasted to use the airport
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AAAE ACE Operations Module 1 Exam with verified detailed
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answers
How many airports are in the NPIAS and what three types are included? - ✔✔3,380
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airports; 1) commercial service, 2) reliever, 3) select GA
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What are the three defining characteristics of commercial service airports? - ✔✔1) open to
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the public 2) receive scheduled passenger service 3) 2,500 or more enplaned passenger per
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year
What type of airport has commercial service and over 10,000 annual enplanements? -
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✔✔Primary airport ||
Primary airports are split into 4 categories, what are they and how are they defined? -
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✔✔Large Hub (>1% of all US annual enplanements); Medium Hub (0.25% to 1%); Small Hub
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(0.05-0.25%); Non-Hub (10,000 to 0.05%)
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How many enplanements characterize a non-primary commercial service airport? -
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✔✔between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year || || || || || ||
What characterizes a reliever airport? - ✔✔1) open to the public; 2) 100 or more based
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aircraft or 25,000 annual operations
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General aviation airports can be included in the NPIAS under what circumstances? - ✔✔If
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they have at least 10 locally based aircraft and are at least 20 miles from a NPIAS airport
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What plan provides guidelines for an airport's capital development over a 20-year
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timeframe? - ✔✔Master Plan || || ||
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What is the set of drawings that shows the airport's long-term development, updated in
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accordance with grant assurance number 29? - ✔✔Airport Layout Plans
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Runway design standards are based on what three primary factors? - ✔✔1) airplane design
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group (wingspan); 2) aircraft approach category (approach speed); 3) approach visibility
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minimums
Taxiway and taxilane design standards are based on what primary factor? - ✔✔airplane
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design group (wingspan)
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How is airplane design group determined and categorized? - ✔✔Based on the aircraft's
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wingspan and tail height whichever is most restrictive; 6 categories, I thru VI, where I is the
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smallest/shortest and VI is the largest/tallest || || || || ||
How is aircraft approach category determined and categorized? - ✔✔Based on aircraft
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approach speed; 5 categories, A thru E, where A is the slowest and E is the fastest
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What are the 6 categories of airplane design group? - ✔✔I (tail height <20', wingspan <49');
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II (tail height 20 - <30', wingspan 49 - <79'); III (tail height 30 - <45'), wingspan 79-<118');
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IV (tail height 45 - <60', wingspan 118 - <171'); V (tail height 60 - <66', wingspan 171 -
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<214'); VI (tail height 66 - <80', wingspan 214 - <262')
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What are the 5 aircraft approach categories and the criteria for each category? - ✔✔A (<91
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knots); B (91 - <121 knots); C (121 - <141 knots); D (141 - <166 knots); E (>166 knots)
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When is a cross-runway recommended? - ✔✔When a runway orientation provides less than
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95% wind coverage for any aircraft forecasted to use the airport
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