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Airport Operations Flashcards

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1
Q

What should you use for taxiing if you’re unfamiliar with an airport?

A

Airport Diagram.

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2
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What are runway labels based on?

A

The magnetic heading.

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3
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If a runway is labeled 35, what magnetic heading is it?

A

350 degrees

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4
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What is the starting point of a runway called?

A

The threshold.

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5
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What do displaced threshold markings indicate?

A

Must land beyond this point.

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6
Q

White arrows displayed before the displaced threshold means…..

A

You can only taxi and takeoff in this area.

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7
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What is a blast pad area labeled with and what does it mean?

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It is labelled with yellow chevrons and means that you cannot enter this area of the runway.

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8
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What are taxiways labeled with?

A

Letters

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9
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What color are taxiway edges defined by?

A

Blue

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10
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What color are runway edges defined by?

A

White

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11
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What color scheme are mandatory instruction signs?

A

Red background with white inscription.

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12
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What color scheme are location signs?

A

Black background with yellow inscription.

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13
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What color scheme are direction signs?

A

Yellow background with black inscription.

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What color scheme are information signs?

A

Yellow background with black inscription.

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15
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What color schemes are distance remaining signs?

A

Black background with white inscription.

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What color scheme are runway hold position signs?

A

Red background with white inscription.

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17
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What do location signs do?

A

Identify taxiways and other important areas at the airport.

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18
Q

What must occur for a land and hold short procedure?

A

Must precisely land and then stop and hold short of intersecting runway.

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19
Q

Should student pilots ever do a land and hold short procedure.

A

Hell no.

20
Q

If you are unsure of where to taxi, what can you ask ATC for?

A

A progressive taxi.

21
Q

How do you activate pilot-controlled lighting at an airport?

A

Pressing microphone button 7 times.

22
Q

What color does a civil airport beacon light flash?

A

Alternating green and white.

23
Q

What color does a military airport beacon light flash?

A

One green then 2 white lights.

24
Q

How can you tell if an airport has a beacon light by a VFR sectional chart?

A

If there is a small star above the airport marking.

25
Q

In a 2 bar VASI, what colors mean that you are on the proper glide slope?

A

2 red over 2 white lights.

26
Q

Where are the position lights located on an aircraft?

A

Wings and tail.

27
Q

What colors are the position lights on the wings?

A

Left wing is red while right wing is green.

28
Q

Where is the beacon light located on an aircraft and what color is it?

A

On the tail and it is red.

29
Q

Where are strobe lights located and what color are they?

A

On the wingtips and they are flashing white lights.

30
Q

What are the legs of a traffic pattern (in order)?

A
  1. Upwind
  2. Crosswind
  3. Downwind
  4. Base
  5. Final
31
Q

What is a segmented circle and what is it used for?

A

It is a traffic pattern indicator. It shows you if the pattern is left or right traffic.

32
Q

What is usually placed inside of a segmented circle?

A

A wind sock.

33
Q

What are 3 types of wind indicators used at airports?

A

Wind sock, Wind Tetrahedron, and a Wind Tee.

34
Q

Where do a high percentage of mid-air collisions occur?

A

Within 5 miles of an airport, in the traffic pattern and below 3000 feet AGL.

35
Q

What is the primary defense against mid-air collisions?

A

The “See and Avoid” concept.

36
Q

What part of the eye sends clear and sharp images to the brain, and how much percentage of total vision does it cover?

A

The fovea, and it covers only 1% of total vision.

37
Q

What part of vision is best for detecting motion?

A

Peripheral vision.

38
Q

What concept occurs in the absence of something specific to in the distance to focus on?

A

Empty Field Myopia.

39
Q

What is the effect of Empty Field Myopia?

A

The eyes naturally revert to a point roughly ahead of the aircraft instead of the distance.

40
Q

What illusion is Autokinesis?

A

Occurs at night when you stare at a stationary light against a dark background. It causes the light to appear to move on its own.

41
Q

What can night illusions cause a pilot to do?

A

Inadvertently descend or fly a lower than normal approach.

42
Q

What things can alter physical condition and decrease mental and physical awareness?

A

Fatigue, alcohol, drugs, smoking and stress.

43
Q

What is an effective visual scanning technique?

A

Scanning a series of short, 10 degree movements.

44
Q

What does visual scanning at night depend on?

A

Peripheral Vision.

45
Q

What is a great additional resource offered by ATC to avoid mid-air collisions?

A

VFR Radar Advisories (Visual Flight Following). (ATP requires us to request this whenever we are flying VFR and training).

46
Q

What is Special VFR?

A

Special VFR is operation in below VFR minimums in a controlled airspace. Often to take off in non VFR weather if you know that you will quickly be in VFR weather.

47
Q

How do you know if an airport allows special VFR?

A

On the VFR sectional chart, airports that don’t offer special VFR will have the letters “NOSVFR”.

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