Definitions

Question 1

Airport Certification Safety Inspection/ Regional airports division manager

Answer 1

-credentialed FAA personnel responsible for conducting periodical airport inspections and ensuring the program is carried out in accordance with FAA compliance/enforcement regulations.
- airports divi mgr. for the FAA region airport is located.

Question 2

AFFF

Answer 2

Aqueous Film Forming Foam Agent

Question 3

Clean Agent

Answer 3

an electrically nonconducting volatile or gaseous fire extinguishing agent that does not leave a residue upon evaporation; equal to halon 1211 DOT/FAA/AR-95/87

Question 4

Air carrier aircraft

Answer 4

an aircraft that is being operated by an air carrier and is categorized as:
large air carrier aircraft if designed for at least 31 passenger seats
small air carrier aircraft if designed for more than 9 passenger but less than 31 passenger seats

Question 5

Air carrier operation

Answer 5

The take off and landing of an air carrier aircraft and includes the period of 15 min before the landing and 15 min after the takeoff.

Question 6

Airport

Answer 6

An area of land or hard surface, excluding water, that is used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft including and building and facilities.

Question 7

Airport Operating certificate / certificate holder

Answer 7

a certificate issued under part. 139 for operation of a class I, II, III, IV airport/ AOC holder

Question 8

Heliport

Answer 8

an airport, or an area of an airport, used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters.

Question 9

Index

Answer 9

type of aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment and quantity of fire extinguishing agent that the certificate holder must provide in accordance with Sec.
139.315.

Question 10

Joint-use airport / Shared use Airport

Answer 10

Joint used- an airport owned by the United States that leases a portion of the airport to a person operating an airport specified under Sec. 139.1(a)
Shared use - A US govt. owned airport that is co-located with an airport specified under part 139.1(a) and at which portion of the movement area and safety areas are shared by both parties.

Question 11

Movement area

Answer 11

The runways, taxiways, and other areas of an airport that are used for taxiing, takeoff and landing of aircraft, excluding loading ramps and aircraft parking area.

Question 12

Safety area

Answer 12

a defined area comprised of either a runway or taxiway and the surrounding surfaces that is prepared or suitable for reducing the risk of damage to aircraft
in the event of an undershoot, overshoot, or excursion from a runway or the unintentional departure from a taxiway.

Question 13

Scheduled operation

Answer 13

any common carriage passenger-carrying operation for COMPENSATION/HIRE that offers in ADVANCE the departure location, time, and arrival location.
DOES NOT include Pt. 121/pt 380 public charter operations.

Question 14

Average daily departures

Answer 14

the avg number of scheduled departures per day based on the busiest 3 consecutive months in the past 12 months.

Question 15

Unscheduled operations

Answer 15

any common carriage operation; using aircraft designed for at least 31 passenger seats,
conducted by an air carrier for which the departure time, departure location, and arrival location are specifically NEGOTIATED with the customer or the customer’s representative.
It includes any passenger-carrying public charter operation
conducted under 14 CFR part 380.

Question 16

Wildlife hazard

Answer 16

Wildlife hazard means a potential for a damaging aircraft collision with wildlife on or near an airport. As used in this part, ‘’wildlife’’
includes both FERAL and Domestic animals out of the control of their owners.