Airport Operations

Question 1

runway

Answer 1

made of concrete or bituminous construction, dimensioning in compliance with ICAO guidelines and MSL

Question 2

runway navigation lighting

Answer 2

border, middle line, edge, and approach

Question 3

taxiway

Answer 3

made of concrete or bituminous construction, dimensioning in compliance with ICAO guidelines and MSL

Question 4

taxiway navigation lighting

Answer 4

border, middle line, stop bar

Question 5

apron

Answer 5

mostly concrete

Question 6

ATC facilities

Answer 6

tower, ground control

Question 7

technical facilities

Answer 7

fuel tanks, maintenance hangar

Question 8

ICAO standards vs recommended practices

Answer 8

compulsory minimum requirements vs recommended implementation guidelines

Question 9

ICAO guidelines annex 14

Answer 9

aerodome design and operations, heliports

Question 10

annex 14 part a aerodrome data

Answer 10

ARC aerodrome reference code. aircraft categories (wingspan, wheelbase, etc) determine aeroplane reference field length

Question 11

annex 14 part b physical charecteristics

Answer 11

design of runway, apron, parking positions, taxiways, etc with respect to dimensioning, gradients, curve radii, surface design

Question 12

annex 14 part c obstacle restriction and removal

Answer 12

building height, natural obstacles

Question 13

annex 14 part d equipment and installations

Answer 13

installation and operation of electric energy supply, safety lighting

Question 14

annex 14 part e emergency and other services

Answer 14

requirements to rescue services, airport fire department, and emergency planning

Question 15

annex 14 part 2 heliports

Answer 15

planning of part 1 are analogously valid for helicopter airfields

Question 16

annex 14 manuals

Answer 16

aerodrome design, airport planning, airport service, heliport

Question 17

airport master plan

Answer 17

development plan for well coordinated and demand oriented expansion

where, max potential, time horizon

define balance of capacity

Question 18

balance of capacity

Answer 18

an economically well balanced equilibrium among the primary traffic handling facilities (regional connections, car parking, terminals, apron, runway, airspace)

Question 19

airport capacity

Answer 19

bottlenecks are runways taxiways and aprons

Question 20

taxiway capacity

Answer 20

exceeds runway capacity by considerable margin, airport specific and must be resolved in the context of local conditions

Question 21

apron capacity

Answer 21

static capacity: number of aircraft stands available at the airport

dynamic capacity: number of aircraft that can be served at the apron per unit of time, typically hour, more important than static

Question 22

minimum separation requirements

Answer 22

light (L), medium (M), heavy (H), super(J)

Question 23

runway capacity

Answer 23

aircraft performance characteristics, geometric characteristics of runway, aircraft fleet mix, types of movements

Question 24

multi-runway system

Answer 24

geometric layout (parallel must be at least 210m apart and more than 1035m to be independent)

degree of dependence between runways

Question 25

runway configurations

Answer 25

airports may choose to use some or all of their runways based on maximizing capacity, minimizing noise impacts, and retaining opportunity to switch config based on weather.

Question 26

runway configuration capacity envelopes

Answer 26

pareto frontier of achievable arrival and departure rates, should have line for VMC and IMC (visual vs meteorological)