Course 2: Airports

Question 1

What does ANS stand for?

Answer 1

Air Navigation Service

Question 2

How big is NAV’s airspace?

Answer 2

18 million km^2

Question 3

What does VFR stand for?

Answer 3

Visual Flight Rules

Question 4

What are CARs?

Answer 4

Canadian Aviation Regulations govern civil aviation in Canada

Question 5

What does MATS stand for?

Answer 5

Manual of Air Traffic Services

Question 6

What is the TC AIM?

Answer 6

Transport Canada’s aeronautical information manual

Question 7

What is the difference between an aerodrome and an airport?

Answer 7

An aerodrome is any area used for the arrival, departure, movement and servicing of an aircraft. An airport is an aerodrome that has an airport certificate in force and follows Transport Canada’s standards

Question 8

3 parts of a flight

Answer 8

Departure, a route, arrival

Question 9

Definition of a runway

Answer 9

A defined path used for landing, departing, and taxiing

Question 10

What is a taxiway?

Answer 10

Used to move aircraft from one point of the airport to another

Question 11

What is the apron?

Answer 11

Part of airport that accommodates loading and unloading of passengers, refueling, servicing, maintenance, parking, movement of pedestrians for that purpose. Adjacent to terminals, refuellers and hangars

Question 12

Opposite ends of a runway are called what?

Answer 12

Reciprocal ends

Question 13

If there are runways running in parallel, how are they differentiated?

Answer 13

Left with L, right with R, as viewed from the landing direction

Question 14

Who can Flight Service Specialists issue instructions to?

Answer 14

They may issue instructions to vehicles, but not to aircraft

Question 15

Who does an Air Traffic Controller have the authority to issue instructions to?

Answer 15

They can issue instructions to aircraft and vehicles

Question 16

Which CARs regulate operations in the vicinity of an aerodrome?

Answer 16

Part VI, Subpart 2, Division V

Question 17

What is a circuit

Answer 17

A system for pilots and ATS personnel to visualize an assigned route

Question 18

How many parts can a circuit have?

Answer 18

Up to 6 parts, including 4 legs

Question 19

What is the flight path called parallel to the landing runway and in opposite direction?

Answer 19

Left or right downwind

Question 20

What is the flight path extending from the end of the downwind leg to the approach end of the landing runway

Answer 20

Base leg (right or left)

Question 21

The flight path extending from the end of the base leg to the threshold of the landing runway

Answer 21

Final approach leg

Question 22

The path joining the departure leg to the downwind leg, or the upwind leg to the downwind leg

Answer 22

Crosswind leg

Question 23

The path that extends from the departure end of the runway along extended centreline to the point where the aircraft reaches 500 feet AGL and begins crosswind leg

Answer 23

Departure and overshoot path

Question 24

The area on the opposite side of the runway from the downwind leg

Answer 24

Upwind side