AAAE C.M. 2026 – Certified Member Exam Prep & Practice Study Guide| Get it 100% Accurate!

AAAE C.M. 2026 – Certified Member Exam Prep & Practice Study Guide| Get it 100% Accurate! Airport Sponsor 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 An individual (airport director or manager) Airport Operator Airport management structure overall (Sponsor, Executive & personnel essential to the operation) Airports Customers-Pilots Airport must first serve and understand the pilot Airport Executive Skills Strategy, marketing, finance, accounting, operations management, organizational behavior and human resources Air Mail Act/Kelly Act of 1925 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) Get fuel, conduct flight planning and take care of pilots needs Air Commerce Act of 1926 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) Under Department of Commerce 1. fostering commerce (important) 2. issuing and enforcing air traffic rules. sing pilots 4. certifying aircraft 5. establishing airways ting and maintaining nav aids -Now all responsibility of FAA AAAE First airport management trade organization, 1928 Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Aeronautics Branch became the CAA-1930's Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)-1940 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 Airlines were able to raise or lower airfares and add or remove routes allowed hub and spoke Air Cargo Deregulation Act of 1976 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 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 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