Ch.14

Question 1

publicly owned
airports that have at least 2,500 passenger boardings
each calendar year and receive scheduled passenger
service

Answer 1

Commercial Service Airports

Question 2

Passenger boardings refer to _______

Answer 2

revenue passenger
boardings on an aircraft in service in air commerce
whether or not in scheduled service

Question 3

The definition of passenger boardings
also includes ________

Answer 3

passengers who continue on an aircraft
in international flight that stops at an airport in any of
the 50 States for a non-traffic purpose, such as refueling
or aircraft maintenance rather than passenger activity

Question 4

Passenger boardings at airports that receive scheduled
passenger service are also referred to as ___________

Answer 4

Enplanements

Question 5

airports that, in addition to any
other air transportation services that may be available,
are served by aircraft providing air transportation of
only cargo with a total annual landed weight of more
than 100 million pounds.

Answer 5

Cargo Service Airports

Question 6

“Landed weight” means the
_______

Answer 6

weight of aircraft transporting only cargo in intrastate,
interstate, and foreign air transportation

Question 7

An airport
may be both a commercial service and a cargo service
airport.

Answer 7

Read

Question 8

airports designated by the FAA
to relieve congestion at Commercial Service Airports
and to provide improved general aviation access to the
overall community

Answer 8

Reliever Airports

Question 9

the remaining airports
are commonly described as General Aviation Airports

Answer 9

General Aviation Airports

Question 10

This airport type is the largest single group of airports
in the U.S. system

Answer 10

General Aviation Airports

Question 11

General Aviation Airports also includes __________

Answer 11

privately
owned, public use airports that enplane 2500 or more
passengers annually and receive scheduled airline
service.

Question 12

2 types of airports

Answer 12

Towered and non towered

Question 13

airports that are open to the general
public

Answer 13

Civil Airports

Question 14

airports
operated by the military, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA), or other agencies of
the Federal Government

Answer 14

Military/Federal Government airports

Question 15

—airports designated for private or
restricted use only, not open to the general public.

Answer 15

Private Airports

Question 16

A _______ has an operating control tower

Answer 16

Towered airport

Question 17

What does ATC stand for

Answer 17

air traffic control

Question 18

_______ is responsible for providing the safe, orderly,
and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports where the
type of operations and/or volume of traffic requires such a
service

Answer 18

Air traffic control

Question 19

Pilots operating from a towered airport are required
to ___________

Answer 19

maintain two-way radio communication with ATC and to
acknowledge and comply with their instructions

Question 20

A pilot may deviate from
an air traffic instruction in an emergency, but must _______

Answer 20

advise
ATC of the deviation as soon as possible.

Question 21

A ________ does not have an operating control
tower.

Answer 21

nontowered airport

Question 22

The key to communicating at an
airport without an operating control tower is selection of the
________

Answer 22

correct common frequency

Question 23

CTAF stands for

Answer 23

Common Traffic Advisory Frequency

Question 24

_______ is a frequency designated for
the purpose of carrying out airport advisory practices while
operating to or from an airport without an operating control
tower

Answer 24

A CTAF

Question 25

Types of CTAF

Answer 25

Unicom
Multicom
Flight service station
Tower frequency

Question 26

FSS stands for

Answer 26

flight service station

Question 27

_______ is a nongovernment air/ground radio
communication station that may provide airport information
at public use airports where there is no tower or FSS

Answer 27

UNICOM

Question 28

On pilot
request, UNICOM stations may provide pilots with _______

Answer 28

weather
information, wind direction, the recommended runway, or
other necessary information

Question 29

Nontowered airport traffic patterns are always entered at
________

Answer 29

pattern altitude

Question 30

How you enter the pattern depends upon the
________

Answer 30

direction of arrival

Question 31

The preferred method for entering from
the downwind side of the pattern is to approach the pattern
on a course _________ and join the
pattern at midfield.

Answer 31

45 degrees to the downwind leg

Question 32

There are several ways to enter the pattern if you’re coming
from the upwind leg side of the airport. One method of entry
from the opposite side of the pattern is to announce your
intentions and cross over midfield at least ______ above pattern altitude _______

Answer 32

500 feet
Normally 1500 feet AGL

Question 33

Entering pattern midfield for large aircraft, it is best to stay _________

Answer 33

2000 feet AGL

Question 34

MSL stands for

Answer 34

Mean sea level

Question 35

AGL stands for

Answer 35

At ground level

Question 36

UNICOM
(no tower or FSS) frequency use

Answer 36

Communicate with UNICOM
station on published CTAF
frequency (122.7, 122.8, 122.725,
122.975, or 123.0). If unable to
contact UNICOM station, use selfannounce procedures on CTAF.

Question 37

No tower, FSS,
or UNICOM frequency use

Answer 37

Self-announce on MULTICOM
frequency 122.9

Question 38

No tower in
operation, FSS open frequency use

Answer 38

Communicate with FSS on CTAF
frequency.

Question 39

FSS closed
(no tower) frequency use

Answer 39

Self-announce on CTAF.

Question 40

Tower or FSS
not in operation frequency use

Answer 40

Self-announce on CTAF.

Question 41

UNICOM
(no tower or FSS) outbound procedure

Answer 41

Before taxiing and
before taxiing on the
runway for departure