Chap 5 : Airport Operations

Question 1

What are the most important airport elements ?

Answer 1

Runways
Taxiways
Aprons
Parking position

Question 2

What are the different types of passenger terminals ?

Answer 2

Linear concept
Finger concept
Satellite concept
Transporter concept
Hybrid concept

Question 3

What’s the goal of the ICAO regulations ?
What are the types of regulation ?

Answer 3

-establish quality & safety regulations
-the standards (mandatory) & the recommended practices (recommended)

Question 4

What’s the airport master plan ?
What it’s supposed to describe ?

Answer 4

It’s a dvt plan to ensure a balance of capacity (between economically well-balanced and primary traffic facilities)

Future dvt & expansion projects by finding the max potential in a time horizon

Question 5

What’s the Aerodrome Reference Code by ICAO ? And what’s its criteria ?

Answer 5

It’s used to classify airports thanks to aeroplane reference length and wing span.

Question 6

What are the factors which influence the runway capacity ?

Answer 6

Aircraft performance characteristics
Geometric characteristics of the runway (if high-speed taxiways)
Aircraft fleet mix
Types of movements (arrivals, departures or both)

Question 7

What are the 2 types of apron capacity ?

Answer 7

Static and dynamic capa

Question 8

What are the 2 important factors in a multi-runway system ?

Answer 8

Layout of the runways
Degree of dependance between operations on diff runways

Question 9

What the RCCE ?
Draw it

Answer 9

Runway Configuration Capacity Envelopes : arrivals in fct of departures influenced by the meteorologic conditions

Question 10

How calculate the landing capacity ?

Answer 10

Exercices