AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS Flashcards
Airport Categories
Commercial
Cargo
Reliever
General Aviation
Types of Airports
Civil, Military/ Federal Government, Private.
Towered Airports
Have an operating control tower
Non-towered Airpports
Do not have an operating control tower
Sources for Airport Data
Aeronautical Charts
Chart Supplement
NOTAM D
ATIS
Aeronautical Charts
Provide Specific information on airports
Chart Supplement
Provides comprehensive information on a given airport. Revised every 56 days.
Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs)
Time-critical aeronautical information, temporary nature.
Types: World, Sectional, and Terminal
Automated Terminal Information Systems (ATIS)
Recording of local frequency in a looped format
Airport Markings and Signs
Provide directions and assist pilots in airport operations.
Use: https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/runwaysafetyflashcard/index.php#/p/2
Runway Markings and Signs
Vary depending on the type of operations conducted at the airport.
Use: https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/runwaysafetyflashcard/index.php#/p/2
Taxiway Markings and Signs
Yellow background and black characters, identifies the designation or intersecting taxiways.
Use: https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aopa/runwaysafetyflashcard/index.php#/p/2
Airport Signs
For guiding pilots and ground crews safely and efficiently around an airport
Wind Direction Indicators
Tells the pilot the direction of the wind. Wind Sock, Tetrahedron, and Wind Tee.
Traffic Patterns
Airports without an operating ATC use traffic patterns
Radio Communications
Operating in and out of a towered airport.
Radio Equipment
VHF between 118.0 and 136.975 MHz
Lost Communication Procedures
Dummy checks, Keep talking and say intentions. SQUAK 7600
Primary Radar
Provides information on range, azimuth, and/or elevation of objects in the path of the transmitted pulse.
Secondary Radar- More accurate than primary, has an interrogator, transponder and radarscope.
ATC Radar Beacon System
Helps pilots identify an airport and night.
Flashing white and green for civilian land airports.
Flashing white and yellow for water a airport.
Flashing white, yellow and green heliport.
Two quick white flashes alternating with a green flash is military.
Transponder
The airborne portion of the secondary surveillance radar system. We use mode C.
Wake Turbulence
Air disturbance caused by a pair of counter- rotating vortices trailing from the wing tips.
Most Dangerous: Heavy, Clean, and Slow.
Collision Avoidance
Being alert and scanning for other aircraft.
Clearing Procedures
Should be done every time before takeoff.
Runway Incursion Avoidance
Anything on the ground that shouldn’t be there, creating a runway hazard.
ATC Instructions
Must be followed unless its not safe, in that case say: UNABLE
