Airports Flashcards
Color of taxiway markings
Yellow
Taxiway markings: Centerline
Solid yellow line
Taxiway markings: Edges
Double solid lines, yellow
Taxiway markings: Holding lines
Double solid-yellow and double dashed-yellow lines across width of taxiway
Taxiway markings: Runway holding position
Red sign w/ white characters
Color of runway markings
White
Runway markings: Displaced threshold
Start of landing portion of runway, white boxes
Runway markings: Chevrons
Before displaced threshold, only usuable in cases of emergency
Runway markings: Large white X
Marks an unusable runway
Lights: Taxiway lighting
1) Either green lights on centerline, or
2) blue lights on the edge
Lights: Runway threshold, sideline and end
Threshold = green
Sideline = white
End = red
Lights: Obstructions
Red lights
VASI stands for
Visual Approach Slope Indicators
VASI: red
Low
VASI: white, amber
High
VASI: even # of white and red
On slope
PAPI stands for:
Precision Approach Path Indicators
PAPI: too high
2 white dots
PAPI: on slope
One white dot, one red dot
PAPI: too low
Two red dots
PAPI summary
VASI summary
At what altitude is the normal traffic pattern flown?
1,000 ft AGL
5 legs of normal traffic pattern:
1) Upwind leg
2) Crosswind leg
3) Downwind leg
4) Base leg
5) Final approach
Runway numbers
First two numbers of compass heading
E.g. heading due south is runway 18 (180 without the zero)
N.b. runway 36 = due north, not runway 0
Flashing white
For aircraft in flight: N/a
For aircraft on ground: Return to starting point
For ground personnel: Return to starting point
Steady green
For aircraft in flight: Cleared to land
For aircraft on ground: Cleard for takeoff
For ground personnel: Cleared to cross or proceed
Flashing green
For aircraft in flight: cleared to approach airport or land
For aircraft on ground: cleared to taxi
For ground personnel: n/a
Steady red
For aircraft in flight: continue circling, give way
For aircraft on ground: stop
For ground personnel: stop
Flashing red
For aircraft in flight: Airport unsafe, do not land
For aircraft on ground: Immediately taxi clear of runway
For ground personnel: Clear the taxiway or runway
Alternating red and green
For aircraft in flight: Exercise extreme caution
For aircraft on ground: Exercise extreme caution
For ground personnel: Exercise extreme caution
Blinking runway lights
For aircraft in flight: Immediately clear landing area!
For aircraft on ground: Immediately clear landing area!
For ground personnel: Immediately clear landing area!
