Exam 3 Flashcards
What was the very first type of terminal?
Centralized
What did centralized terminals become known as?
Simple-unit terminals
When did the pier finger concept evolve?
1950s
What’s a pier finger terminal?
Gate concourse are added to simple-unit terminal buildings
When was the mobile lounge introduced?
1962
At what airport was the mobile lounge first introduced?
Washington Dulles International
Airports incorporating features of tow or more of the basic configurations are called?
Hybrid terminal geometries
What are the five major aircraft parking types?
Nose-in Angled nose-in Angled nose-out Parallell Remote
What’s the most efficient way of A/C parking?
Nose-in
What’s single-lane taxiways?
Where there exists sufficient room for one aircraft to taxi
What’s dual-lane taxiways?
Where there is sufficient room for two aircraft to taxi
What’s the turnaround time also known as?
Gate occupancy time
What are the three most common types of gate usage agreements?
Exclusive use
Shared use
Preferential use
What’s the advantage of exclusive gate use agreement?
Give the aircarrier maximum flexibility when planning flight schedules
What’s the disadvantage of exclusive gate use agreements?
Inefficiencies in overall gate use
Shared-use agreements of gates are usually done by?
Air carriers with relatively few operations at the airport
What are signatory carriers?
Air carriers signing exclusive-use agreements for a premium and for a long contracted period of time
If you have less than 50 pax how fast can the turn around time be?
15 min
What’s a Gantt chart?
Graphical representation of the utilization of aircraft gates over a given period of time
What’s the advantage of a Gantt chart?
Visual identification of inefficiencies
Potential conflicts
What’s one of the greatest challenges of managing airport terminal operations?
Accommodating the necessary and desired processing needs of a wide spectrum of passengers
What’s the job of TSA?
Pax and baggage security screening
What’s the most challenging of all processing at the airports?
Security screening
What is the single largest passenger processing component at many airports within the terminal?
Security screening
Who’s responsible for baggage handling?
At most airports: responsibility of the individual air carrier
What’s the no.1 vehicle of choice to get to the airport?
Car
What is the most used vehicle to get to the airport outside the US?
Train
What effect has the ability to access an airport over another on pax?
Which airport pax will use
What’s vital to the ultimate success of an airport?
Identify the airports capture area and coordinate an effective ground access system
For what period of time do 75% of the people park?
3 hours or less
What are on-airport consolidated rental car facilities?
Combine the operations of several rental car companies, providing central locations for reservations, automobile pickup and drop-off and vehicle inventory
Access to consolidated car rental facilities is provided by the airport
What’s the terminal curb?
Provides temporary vehicle parking during passenger transition
Pax enter or leave some for of ground transportation
What’s dwell time?
The time vehicles stop on the curb for loading and unloading
When did airport security first become an issue?
1930s
When did the first fatal aircraft hijacking take place?
1947 when Romanians killed an aircrew member
When did the first criminal violence against a US carrier occur?
1 Nov 1955
Jack Graham placed a bomb in his mothers luggage
Killed all 33 people
What did the rise of Fidel Castro do?
Significant increase in the number of hijackings first by people leaving Cuba, then by people who wanted to go to Cuba
When were the peak years of hijackings?
1968-72
When did the first airport security regulations kick in?
1972
What did the airlines do at first do combat hijackings?
Developed a hijacker profile and and used metal detectors
What part were the first airport security regulations?
Part 107
What did the first security programs have to contain?
Listing of air operations area
Identification of areas with littler or no protections against unauthorized access
A plan to upgrade security
What was addressed in part 108?
Screening of carry on luggage
What’s positive passenger baggage matching (PPBM)?
Reconcile boarded pax with their checked-in baggage
When did air marshals become permanent?
1985
What changes are due to the aviation and transportation security act (ATSA)?
TSA
When did the ATSA go into effect?
10 Dec 2001
Under what part do the ATSA regulations fall?
Part 49
What’s the light weight A/C rule?
12,500lbs
Airport expenses can be classified as?
Capital improvement expenses
Operation and maintenance
What are capital improvement expenses?
Very large
Periodic
Contribute to significant airport infrastructure improvement or expansion
What are operation and maintenance expenses?
Regular basis
Required to maintain the current operations at the airport
What’s lump sum appropriation?
Simplest form of budget
Generally only utilized by small GA airports
No restrictions on how money can be spent
Most flexible form of budgeting
What’s an appropriation by activity budget?
Appropriated expenses are planned according to major work area or activity
Establish capital and operating expense budgets for particular areas
Permits flexibility for changing conditions
What’s a line-item budget?
Most detailed form of budgeting
Used at large commercial airports
Budgets are established for each item and often adjusted to take into consideration changes in volume
What’s the residual cost approach?
One or more air carriers assume financial risk by agreeing to pay any costs of running the airport
What’s the compensatory cost approach?
Operator assumes financial risk of running the airport and charges the air carriers fees and rents to recover the actual cost of the facilities and services
Where did landing fees come from?
???
How do you determine who to charge what?
Weight of the A/C
What may AIP funds used for?
Airport planning
Airport development
Airport capacity enhancement
Noise compatibility programs
What must an airport be part of to use AIP funds?
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
What’s the purpose of the NPIAS?
Identify those public-use airports that are essential to providing a safe and efficient air traffic system
How is the AIP financed?
Through user fees and taxes from those who benefit from the services
How are AIP funds awarded?
80% paid by government
20% paid by airport
How are the 20% of the AIP funds covered?
State and local funding
Bond issues
Airport revenues
How much are PFCs right now?
$4.5
