1.01 Aerodromes Flashcards
What is an airport?
Any aerodrome in respect of which a certificate is in force (stating that the airport meets airport safety standards)
What is a manoeuvring area?
Area intended for take off or landing and associated movement (not including apron)
Is the apron included in the manoeuvring area?
No
What is the air speed when a wind sock is horizontal?
15+ knots
When the airspeed is 6 knots what angle is the wind sock at?
30 Degrees
What does it mean if the wind sock is fluttering?
Its ‘gusty’ out
What is the max distance aerodrome lights may be apart?
200 feet (61 m)
What do BLACK aerodrome lights mean?
Runway
What colour are runway lights?
BLACK
What do blue aerodrome light signify?
Taxiway
What colous are taxiway lights?
BLUE
What do orange aerodrome lights mean?
Apron
What colour are apron lights
Orange
What do green aerodrome lights signify?
Approach
What colour are approach lights?
Green
What do red aerodrome lights mean?
End
What colour are end lights?
Red
What do runway numbers represent?
Magnetic bearing (rounded to nearest 10 with the last zero ommited)
What number would a runway with the bearing 230 be given?
23
What heading would the runway 18 have?
180
How do you find the reciprocal heading of a runway?
Add/subtract 180
What do (R) (C) or (L) represent in a runway name?
Multiple runways eith the same heading; Left Centre Right
A steady green ground light means what?
Cleared for takeoff
What ground signal are you looking for to know you’re cleared for takeoff?
Steady Green
What does a flashing green ground signal mean?
Cleared to taxi
What ground signal are you looking for to know you’re cleared to taxi?
Flashing green
What does a steady red ground signal mean?
Stop
What ground signal means stop
Steady red
What does a flashing red ground signal mean?
Taxi clear of runway
What ground signal means taxi clear of runway
Flashing red
What does a flashing white ground signal mean?
Return to starting point at airport
What ground signal means return to starting point on airport
Flashing white
What does a red and green alternating ground signal mean?
Exercise extreme caution
What signal means exercise extreme caution
Red alternating green
What is an aerodrome?
Any area of land water or other supporting surface used or designated for the arrival or departure, movement, or servicing aircraft
What does a steady green air signal mean?
Cleared to Land
What does a flashing green air signal mean?
Return for landing
What does a steady red air signal mean?
Give way - continue circling
What does a flashing red air signal mean?
Airport Unsafe - Do Not Land
What does a red alt. green air signal mean?
Exercise extreme caution
What do red pyrotechnics mean?
Do not land - wait for permission
What signal are you looking for to know you’re cleared to land?
Steady Green
What signal are you looking for to know you must return for landing?
Flashing Green
What signal are you looking for to know you must give way and continue circling?
Steady Red
What signal are you looking for to know the airport is unsafe and not to land?
Flashing Red
What signal are you looking for to know you must exercise extreme caution
Red alt. green
What are you looking for to know you must not land and to wait for permission?
Red Pyrotechnics
