Chapter One Flashcards
Who has the greatest number of airports in the world
The united states of america
More than half of the world’s airports
Most countries with airports
1- United states 13500
2- brazil 4090
3- mexico 1700
4- canada 1460
5- russia 1218
6- argentina 1130
How many civil landing areas in the united states
19000
Are most landing facilities public or private owned?
Private owned
What is alternative word for airstrip
Aerodrome
Airdrome
How many airports are open for public use
Approximately 5200
How many of the 5200 open for public used airport are publicly owned
4200
States that owns all the airport within
Alaska , hawaii , rhode island
What does the term enplanements mean
the term enplanements (or enplaned passengers) is used to describe the number of passengers that board an aircraft at an airport Annual enplanements are often used to measure the amount of airport activity, and even evaluate the amount of funding to be provided for improvement projects
What does the term deplanements mean
The term deplanements (or deplaned passengers) is used to describe the number of passengers that an aircraft at an airport
When an aircraft makes a landing and then inmediately takes off again , it is known as :
Touch and go
And is counted as two operations
An operation when flight takes off from one airport and lands at another
Itinerant operation
An aircraft that is registered as a resident of the airport and typically the owner will pay a monthly and annual fee to park
A based aircraft
In general , airport management measure the activity levels of their aiports on the basis of all levels of :
passenger , cargo , operations
All civil-use airport use what system?
The united states civil aviation system , and the civil aviation system is an integral part of the united states transportation infrastructure
What is the administration that oversees civil aviation
Federal aviation administration ( FAA)
What is the faa responsible for?
Rating and certification of pilots and for the the certification of airports , particularly those serving commercial air
In most individual countries , airports are managed directly by :
The federal government , most often under the ministry of transport
Who categorized the airports ?
The national airport system plan ( Nasp )
On what basis does the nasp categorize the airports on?
The annual enplanements and the type of service provided
Airports that enplaned less than 2500 passengers annually were classified as :
General aviation airports
What is the new version of the nasp?
The national plan of integrated airport systems ( NPIAS )
The 4 types of airports according to npias?
1- primary airports
2- commercial service airports
3- ga airports
4- reliever airports
What is the goal of commercial service airports ?
To provide for the safe and efficient movement of passengers and cargo
How many commericial airports were in the united states as of 2008?
522
What is primary airports?
Public-use airports enplaning at least 10,000 passengers annually in the united states
As of 2008 , there were 383
Primary airports 4 hubs:
1- large hubs
2- medium hubs
3- small hubs
3- non hubs
How many large hub airports in the npias?
30
And they are accounted for nearly 70% of all passenger enplanements in the united states
What is Medium hubs
Airports that accounts for more than 0.25 percent but less than 1 percent of the total annual enplenements
In 2008 , there were 37 medium hubs
What are Small hubs?
Airports accommodating between 0.05 percent and 0.25 percent of total annual us enplanements
72 airports are categorized
What is nonhub airports?
Airports that enplane atleast 10,000 annualy , but less than 0.05 percent of the total us annual enplanements
In 2008 , 244 primary airports fell into the nonhub
What is Non primary airports , simply commercial service airports
Airports that handle at least 2500 but less than 10,000 annual enplanements
As of 2008 , there were 139 non primary airports
What is general aviation airports
Airports with fewer than 2500 annual enplaned passengers , and they are used privatly not providing air carrier service
As of 2008 , a total 2,564 GA airports
