Chapter 14- Aiport Operations

Question 1

What color are the number and background for a runway holding position sign?

What is collocated with this sign?

Answer 1

White lettering red background

A taxiway location sign

Question 2

What colors represent a taxiway location sign

Answer 2

Yellow lettering with black background

Question 3

Will non compliance with a runway holding position marking result in a possible FAA Pilot Deviation

Answer 3

Yes.

Question 4

What will a runway holding position marking look like?

Answer 4

Red background with white lettering often collocated with a taxiway location sign

Question 5

LAHSO

Answer 5

• Know landing distance available
• Be advised by ATC why LAHSO are being used
• Know what signs mark the LAHSO point
• LAHSO not authorized at night and on wet runways

Question 6

What does a taxiway direction sign look like?

Answer 6

• Yellow background with black characters

- Arrows will indicate the direction of turn that would place the aircraft on the runway

Question 7

Can taxiway direction markers also be painted

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

What are enhanced taxiway centerline markings?

Answer 8

Yellow Dashed lines on either side of centerline 150 prior to a runway position marking

Question 9

What are the 6 types of airport signs and their appearance

Answer 9

Mandatory instruction sign- red background white inscription

Location sign- black background with yellow inscription and a yellow border, no arrows

Direction sign- yellow background with black inscription

Destination sign- yellow background with black inscription and arrows

Information signs- yellow background with black inscription

Runway distance remaining sign- black background with white numbers

Question 10

Airport beacons help a pilot do what

Answer 10

Identify an airport at night

Question 11

What does a flashing white and green airport beacon represent

Answer 11

Civilian airport

Question 12

What does two quick white flashes and an alternating green flash beacon represent

Answer 12

Identifies a military airport

Question 13

What are the two main types of Visual Glideslope Indicators

Answer 13

VASI and PAPI

Question 14

What bars are lit up and with what color for an on glideslope approach with a 2 bar VASI

Answer 14

Near bar white

Far bar red

Question 15

What does PAPI stand for?

Where are they usually located with respect to the runway?

Answer 15

Precision approach path indicator

On the left side of the runway

Question 16

What does REIL stand for?

What does it identify?

What does it look like?

Answer 16

runway end identifier lights

Identifies the approach end of a runway

Question 17

What are wind indicators possible

Answer 17

Wind cone, wind sock, tetrahedron, or wind tee

Question 18

The tetrahedron is usually pointed into the wind and also indicates

Answer 18

The direction that you would want to land

Question 19

The greatest vortex strength occurs when the generating aircraft is what type and what configuration

Answer 19

heavy slow and clean

Question 20

Prior to taxi or takeoff what assists you in collision avoidance

Answer 20

Scanning the area for traffic

Question 21

What are 3 causal factors of runway incursions

Answer 21

• Failure to comply with ATC instructions
• Lack of airport familiarity
• Nonconformance with SOP’s