4B Airports

Question 1

Controlled Airport

Answer 1

Has an operating control tower.

Question 2

Air Traffic Control (ATC)

Answer 2

Directs operations at controlled airports.

Question 3

Uncontrolled Airport

Answer 3

VFR traffic is not controlled, pilot is responsible for coordinating flight path.

Question 4

Runways

Answer 4

Those big long roads with no cars on them.

Question 5

Traffic Patterns

Answer 5

Ensures that air traffic flows in an orderly manner over airports, rectangular pattern with 5 legs.
Departure, Crosswind, Downwind, Base, Final.

Question 6

Wind Sock

Answer 6

Indicates direction and intensity of wind.

Question 7

Wind Tee

Answer 7

Indicates direction of wind.

Question 8

Tetrahedron

Answer 8

Landing direction indicator.

Question 9

Segmented Circle

Answer 9

Indicates traffic pattern configuration.

Question 10

Noise Abatement Procedures

Answer 10

Local rules about shutting up.

Question 11

Displaced Threshold

Answer 11

May not be used for landing.

Question 12

Blast Pad/ Stopway Area

Answer 12

Overrun, area where jet blast can dissipate, additional space to stop during an aborted takeoff.

Question 13

Taxiways

Answer 13

Link aircraft parking areas and runways, identified by a continuous yellow center line.

Question 13

Hold Lines

Answer 13

b

Question 14

Hold Lines

Answer 14

Located wherever the taxiway intersects a runway to keep aircraft clear of the runway in use.

Question 15

Hand Signals

Answer 15

B

Question 16

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

Answer 16

B

Question 17

Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)

Answer 17

B

Question 18

Airport Beacons

Answer 18

B

Question 19

Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)

Answer 19

B

Question 20

Tri-Color VASI

Answer 20

B

Question 21

Pulsating Visual Approach Slope Indicator (PVASI)

Answer 21

B

Question 22

Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Approach Lighting Systems (ALS)

Answer 23

Lights that aid in locating the runway at night.

Question 24

Runway Edge Lights

Answer 24

Single row of white lights bordering each side of the runway. High, medium and low intensity.

Question 25

Runway End Identifier Lights (REILs)

Answer 25

High intensity white strobe lights on each side of the runway that mark the threshold.

Question 26

Pilot-Controlled Lighting

Answer 26

Systems that can be activated by keying the mike on a certain fx