AAAE C.M.
Airport Sponsor - Answers -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 - Answers -An individual (airport director or manager)
Airport Operator - Answers -Airport management structure overall (Sponsor, Executive
& personnel essential to the operation)
Airports Customers-Pilots - Answers -Airport must first serve and understand the pilot
Airport Executive Skills - Answers -Strategy, marketing, finance, accounting, operations
management, organizational behavior and human resources
Air Mail Act/Kelly Act of 1925 - Answers -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) - Answers -Get fuel, conduct flight planning and take care
of pilots needs
Air Commerce Act of 1926 - Answers -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) - Answers -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 - Answers -First airport management trade organization, 1928
,Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) - Answers -Aeronautics Branch became the
CAA-1930's
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)-1940 - Answers -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 - Answers -Airlines were able to raise or lower airfares
and add or remove routes
allowed hub and spoke
Air Cargo Deregulation Act of 1976 - Answers -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 - Answers -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 - Answers -
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 - Answers -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) - Answers -listed recommendations for construction,
maintenance and operation. Provided 50% of funding, airport other 1/2.
Sponsor (Grant) Assurances - Answers -public use airports cannot deny civil
aeronautical operations. Promise made in order to receive grants
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - Answers -Repealed CAA and created the Federal
Aviation Agency. FAA and directed FAA to take safety rule making from CAB
Federal Aviation Administration 1966 - Answers -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 - Answers -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) - Answers -Provides grants for airport
development projects
Planning Grant Program (PGP) - Answers -provided funds for airport master plans and
system plans
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 Certification of Airports - Answers -
standards for airport certification
Airport and Airway Trust Fund (1970) - Answers -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) - Answers -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) - Answers -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 - Answers -Created following 9/11 attacks
Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) - Answers -initiatives designed to
make air travel more efficient, secure and safer
Airport Stakeholders - Answers -1. Government Entities- FAA, TSA, CBP, ICE, etc.
2. Aeronautic Users-airlines, corporate flight, private aircraft, FBOs, Specialized Aviation
Service Operators (SASOs), military, UAV, etc.
3. Non-aeronautical Users- concessionaires, contractors, rental cars,etc
4. Community- passengers, cargo shippers, hotels, nearby businesses and
homeowners
Airport Sponsor - Answers -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 - Answers -An individual (airport director or manager)
Airport Operator - Answers -Airport management structure overall (Sponsor, Executive
& personnel essential to the operation)
Airports Customers-Pilots - Answers -Airport must first serve and understand the pilot
Airport Executive Skills - Answers -Strategy, marketing, finance, accounting, operations
management, organizational behavior and human resources
Air Mail Act/Kelly Act of 1925 - Answers -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) - Answers -Get fuel, conduct flight planning and take care
of pilots needs
Air Commerce Act of 1926 - Answers -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) - Answers -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 - Answers -First airport management trade organization, 1928
,Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) - Answers -Aeronautics Branch became the
CAA-1930's
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)-1940 - Answers -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 - Answers -Airlines were able to raise or lower airfares
and add or remove routes
allowed hub and spoke
Air Cargo Deregulation Act of 1976 - Answers -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 - Answers -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 - Answers -
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 - Answers -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) - Answers -listed recommendations for construction,
maintenance and operation. Provided 50% of funding, airport other 1/2.
Sponsor (Grant) Assurances - Answers -public use airports cannot deny civil
aeronautical operations. Promise made in order to receive grants
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - Answers -Repealed CAA and created the Federal
Aviation Agency. FAA and directed FAA to take safety rule making from CAB
Federal Aviation Administration 1966 - Answers -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 - Answers -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) - Answers -Provides grants for airport
development projects
Planning Grant Program (PGP) - Answers -provided funds for airport master plans and
system plans
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 Certification of Airports - Answers -
standards for airport certification
Airport and Airway Trust Fund (1970) - Answers -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) - Answers -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) - Answers -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 - Answers -Created following 9/11 attacks
Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) - Answers -initiatives designed to
make air travel more efficient, secure and safer
Airport Stakeholders - Answers -1. Government Entities- FAA, TSA, CBP, ICE, etc.
2. Aeronautic Users-airlines, corporate flight, private aircraft, FBOs, Specialized Aviation
Service Operators (SASOs), military, UAV, etc.
3. Non-aeronautical Users- concessionaires, contractors, rental cars,etc
4. Community- passengers, cargo shippers, hotels, nearby businesses and
homeowners
