Airport Layout, Organization, Circuits, and Lighting

Question 1

What are the three parts of every flight?

Answer 1

Departure, enroute, and arrival

Question 2

What is a runway?

Answer 2

Defined path for landing, departing, and taxiing

Question 3

What is a taxiway?

Answer 3

Defined path established for taxiing aircraft

Question 4

What is an apron?

Answer 4

Part of airport to accommodate loading and unloading of passengers and cargo; refueling, servicing, maintenance, and parking of aircraft; any movement of aircraft, vehicles, and pedestrians necessary for that purpose

Question 5

What is an intersection?

Answer 5

Any point where any combination of runways and taxiways cross or meet

Question 6

What is a helipad?

Answer 6

Designated area used solely for takeoff, landing, or parking of helicopters

Question 7

What is manoeuvring area?

Answer 7

Used for take off and landing, includes runways and taxiways and excludes all aprons

Question 8

What is movement area?

Answer 8

Includes the manoeuvring area and apron that is used for all surface movement of aircraft

Question 9

Flight Service Specialist responsibility for traffic movement

Answer 9

Have authority to issue instructions to vehicles, but not to aircraft

Question 10

Air Traffic Controller responsibility for traffic movement

Answer 10

Have authority to issue instructions to both vehicles and aircraft

Question 11

How many part are there in a circuit and what are they?

Answer 11

• There are six parts, including four legs
• Downwind Leg
• Base Leg
• Final Approach Leg
• Crosswind Leg
• Departure and overshoot path
• Upwind side

Question 12

What is downwind leg?

Answer 12

Flight path parallel to landing runway (or landing path)

Question 13

What is base leg?

Answer 13

Flight path extending from end of downwind leg to extended centreline of approach end of landing runway

Question 14

What is final approach leg?

Answer 14

Flight path extending from end of base leg in direction of landing to and along extended centreline of runway to threshold of landing runway

Question 15

What is crosswind leg?

Answer 15

Path joining the departure leg to downwind leg or path joining the upwind side to downwind leg

Question 16

What is departure and overshoot path?

Answer 16

Path that extends from departure and of the runway along extended centreline to point where aircraft reaches 500 feet AGL and begins crosswind leg

Question 17

What is upwind side?

Answer 17

Area on opposite side of landing runway from downwind leg

Question 18

How many types of airport lighting are there and what are they?

Answer 18

• Nine types of lighting
• Obstruction lights
• Approach lights
• Runway touchdown zone lighting
• Runway threshold and end lights
• Runway edge lights
• Runway Centreline lighting
• Runway threshold identification lights (RTILs)
• Taxiway lighting
• Rapid-exit taxiway lighting

Question 19

What are obstruction lights?

Answer 19

Installed at top of buildings, towers, and equipment to warn pilots of their presence

Question 20

What are approach lighting?

Answer 20

Helps pilots align aircraft with runway

Question 21

What are runway touchdown zone lights?

Answer 21

Identify touchdown zone for landing; they are unidirectional and show only in direction of approach to landing

Question 22

What are runway threshold and end lights?

Answer 22

Present when there is omni-directional approach lighting system or when no approach lighting provided

Question 23

What are runway edge lights?

Answer 23

Appear at runway edges along full length of runway, except at intersections with other runways or taxiways

Question 24

What are runway centreline lighting?

Answer 24

Facilitates landing when visibility is obscured

Question 25

What are runway threshold identification lights (RTILs)?

Answer 25

Required when terrain does not allow the installation of approach lights or other lighting conditions reduce effects of approach lights

Question 26

What are taxiway lighting?

Answer 26

• Three types
• Taxiway edge lights = blue lights
• Intersection of taxiway and apron = yellow lights
• Centreline taxiway = green lights

Question 27

What are rapid-exit taxiway lighting?

Answer 27

To reduce aircraft runway occupancy time, some airports provide rapid-exit taxiways; lights are alternating green and yellow lights