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Airport and Airways Flashcards

1
Q

A location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft,
helicopters, and blimps takeoff and land.

A

Airport

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2
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It is also called an airbase or air station.

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Military airport

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3
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Smaller or less-developed airports often have a single runway shorter than ______.

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1,000 m (3,300 ft)

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4
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Larger airports for airline flights generally have paved runways ______ or longer.

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2,000 m (6,600 ft)

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5
Q

The first use of the term “airport” originated in _____; when the flying boats landed and departed from the
port of _______.

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Southampton, England

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6
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Earliest aircraft takeoff and landing sites

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Grassy fields

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7
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It is the “world’s oldest airport” established in 1909 by Wilbur Wright that operates only general aviation traffic.

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College Park Airport (Maryland, US)

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Another claim to be the world’s oldest airport, which had the first airplane in the state.

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Bisbee-Douglas International Airport (Douglas, Arizona, US)

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9
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The first international airport of the Americas

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Douglas International Airport

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10
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The oldest municipal airport
in the United States.

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Albany International Airport

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11
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Britain’s oldest municipal airport today.

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Shoreham Airport

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12
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IATA code
for Philadelphia International Airport.

A

PHL

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13
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IATA/ICAO code
Hong Kong International Airport

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HKG (VHHH)

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14
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Airports are divided into _____.

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landside and airside areas

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15
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  • part of an airside area
  • a strip of land at an airport on which aircraft can take off and land and forms part of the maneuvering area.
  • man made and natural surface
A

runway

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16
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a path on an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.

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taxiway

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17
Q
  • the area where aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled or boarded.
  • a license may be required to gain access.
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airport ramp or apron

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18
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a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for parking vehicles.

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parking lot
- car park ( Malaysia,
Australia, United Kingdom and Ireland)
- car lot

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19
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comprises passenger transportation services which are available for use by the general public, as opposed to modes for private use.

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public transport

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20
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provide critical links between public-use airport facilities and the public roadway network serving the surrounding area.

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access roads

21
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  • provide restricted access within an airport’s airfield.
  • used by airport, and FAA staff to conduct business activities, such as security checks and maintenance work, on an airport.
A

perimeter roads

22
Q

a building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from aircraft.

A

airport terminal

23
Q

The buildings that provide access to the airplanes (via gates).

A

concourses

24
Q

Many early terminals were built in the1930s-1940’s and reflected the popular _____ of the time.

A

art deco style architecture

25
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  • A type of airport terminal design that uses a long, narrow building with aircraft parked on both sides.
  • offer high aircraft capacity and simplicity of design, but often result in a long distance from the check-in counter to the gate.
A

PIER TERMINAL DESIGN
- Most large international airports have piers, including Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Frankfurt International Airport, London Heathrow Airport.

26
Q

A type of airport terminal design where a building detached from other airport buildings, so that aircraft
can park around its entire circumference.

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SATELLITE TERMINAL DESIGN
- Zurich Airport’s Gates E are connected with a subway.
- Sea-Tac International Airport has two rectangular satellite terminals connected by an automatic people mover.

27
Q

The first airport to use a satellite terminal.

A

London
Gatwick Airport

28
Q

The first airport to use an automatic people mover to connect the main terminal with a satellite.

A

Tampa International Airport

29
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  • a type of airport terminal design with aircraft parked on one side and cars on the other. - results in long walks for connecting passengers, but greatly reduces travel times between check-in and the aircraft.
A

SEMICIRCULAR TERMINAL DESIGN
- Charles de Gaulle International Airport (terminal 2), Mumbai Airport (terminal 2), Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, Kansas City Airport and Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport.

30
Q

a type of airport typically equipped with customs and immigration facilities to handle international flights to and from other countries.

A

international airport

31
Q
  • A type of airport which handles only domestic flights
    or flights within the same country.
  • don’t have customs and immigration facilities and are therefore incapable of handling flights to or from a foreign airport.
  • normally have short runways which are sufficient to
    handle short/medium haul aircraft and regional air traffic.
A

domestic airport

32
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A type of airport that has several, types of aircraft except scheduled airliners. They serve business, charter and private planes.

A

general aviation airport

33
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an area where helicopters may land.

A

heliport

34
Q

A type of airport that has been built to cater for discount airlines such as Ryanair.

A

low cost airport

35
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A type of airport that has an operating control tower.

A

controlled airport

36
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A type of airport that does not have an operating control tower.

A

uncontrolled airport

37
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Responsible for providing for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the type of operations and/or volume of traffic requires such a service.

A

Air Traffic Control (ATC)

38
Q

one of the world’s oldest
continually operating commercial airports.

A

Sydney Airport (IATA: SYD; ICAO; YSSY)

39
Q

In August 1919, It was the first airport to
operate scheduled international commercial services, but it was closed and supplanted by Croydon Airport in March 1920.

A

Hounslow Heath Aerodrome

40
Q

IATA/ICAO code
Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila, Philippines)

A

MNL (RPLL)

41
Q

IATA/ICAO code
El Arish International Airport (El Arish, Egypt)

A

AAC (HEAR)

42
Q

IATA/ICAO code
Albuquerque International Sunport (Albuquerque, New
Mexico, United States)

A

ABQ (KABQ)

43
Q

IATA/ICAO code
Albany International Airport (Albany, New York, United
States)

A

ALB (KALB)

44
Q

IATA/ICAO code
Kuala Lumpur International Airport

A

KUL (WMKK)

45
Q

IATA/ICAO code
Dubai International Airport

A

DXB (OMDB)

46
Q

IATA/ICAO code
Incheon International Airport

A

ICN (RKSI)

47
Q

IATA/ICAO code
Doha International Airport

A

DIA (OTBD)

48
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IATA/ICAO code
Kansai International Airport

A

KIX (RJBB)

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