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Exam 3 Flashcards

1
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What was the very first type of terminal?

A

Centralized

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2
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What did centralized terminals become known as?

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Simple-unit terminals

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3
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When did the pier finger concept evolve?

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1950s

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4
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What’s a pier finger terminal?

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Gate concourse are added to simple-unit terminal buildings

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5
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When was the mobile lounge introduced?

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1962

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6
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At what airport was the mobile lounge first introduced?

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Washington Dulles International

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7
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Airports incorporating features of tow or more of the basic configurations are called?

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Hybrid terminal geometries

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8
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What are the five major aircraft parking types?

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Nose-in
Angled nose-in
Angled nose-out
Parallell
Remote
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9
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What’s the most efficient way of A/C parking?

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Nose-in

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10
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What’s single-lane taxiways?

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Where there exists sufficient room for one aircraft to taxi

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11
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What’s dual-lane taxiways?

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Where there is sufficient room for two aircraft to taxi

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12
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What’s the turnaround time also known as?

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Gate occupancy time

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13
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What are the three most common types of gate usage agreements?

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Exclusive use
Shared use
Preferential use

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14
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What’s the advantage of exclusive gate use agreement?

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Give the aircarrier maximum flexibility when planning flight schedules

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15
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What’s the disadvantage of exclusive gate use agreements?

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Inefficiencies in overall gate use

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16
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Shared-use agreements of gates are usually done by?

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Air carriers with relatively few operations at the airport

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17
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What are signatory carriers?

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Air carriers signing exclusive-use agreements for a premium and for a long contracted period of time

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18
Q

If you have less than 50 pax how fast can the turn around time be?

A

15 min

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19
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What’s a Gantt chart?

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Graphical representation of the utilization of aircraft gates over a given period of time

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20
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What’s the advantage of a Gantt chart?

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Visual identification of inefficiencies

Potential conflicts

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21
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What’s one of the greatest challenges of managing airport terminal operations?

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Accommodating the necessary and desired processing needs of a wide spectrum of passengers

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22
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What’s the job of TSA?

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Pax and baggage security screening

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23
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What’s the most challenging of all processing at the airports?

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Security screening

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24
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What is the single largest passenger processing component at many airports within the terminal?

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Security screening

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25
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Who’s responsible for baggage handling?

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At most airports: responsibility of the individual air carrier

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26
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What’s the no.1 vehicle of choice to get to the airport?

A

Car

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27
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What is the most used vehicle to get to the airport outside the US?

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Train

28
Q

What effect has the ability to access an airport over another on pax?

A

Which airport pax will use

29
Q

What’s vital to the ultimate success of an airport?

A

Identify the airports capture area and coordinate an effective ground access system

30
Q

For what period of time do 75% of the people park?

A

3 hours or less

31
Q

What are on-airport consolidated rental car facilities?

A

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

32
Q

What’s the terminal curb?

A

Provides temporary vehicle parking during passenger transition
Pax enter or leave some for of ground transportation

33
Q

What’s dwell time?

A

The time vehicles stop on the curb for loading and unloading

34
Q

When did airport security first become an issue?

A

1930s

35
Q

When did the first fatal aircraft hijacking take place?

A

1947 when Romanians killed an aircrew member

36
Q

When did the first criminal violence against a US carrier occur?

A

1 Nov 1955
Jack Graham placed a bomb in his mothers luggage
Killed all 33 people

37
Q

What did the rise of Fidel Castro do?

A

Significant increase in the number of hijackings first by people leaving Cuba, then by people who wanted to go to Cuba

38
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When were the peak years of hijackings?

A

1968-72

39
Q

When did the first airport security regulations kick in?

A

1972

40
Q

What did the airlines do at first do combat hijackings?

A

Developed a hijacker profile and and used metal detectors

41
Q

What part were the first airport security regulations?

A

Part 107

42
Q

What did the first security programs have to contain?

A

Listing of air operations area
Identification of areas with littler or no protections against unauthorized access
A plan to upgrade security

43
Q

What was addressed in part 108?

A

Screening of carry on luggage

44
Q

What’s positive passenger baggage matching (PPBM)?

A

Reconcile boarded pax with their checked-in baggage

45
Q

When did air marshals become permanent?

A

1985

46
Q

What changes are due to the aviation and transportation security act (ATSA)?

A

TSA

47
Q

When did the ATSA go into effect?

A

10 Dec 2001

48
Q

Under what part do the ATSA regulations fall?

A

Part 49

49
Q

What’s the light weight A/C rule?

A

12,500lbs

50
Q

Airport expenses can be classified as?

A

Capital improvement expenses

Operation and maintenance

51
Q

What are capital improvement expenses?

A

Very large
Periodic
Contribute to significant airport infrastructure improvement or expansion

52
Q

What are operation and maintenance expenses?

A

Regular basis

Required to maintain the current operations at the airport

53
Q

What’s lump sum appropriation?

A

Simplest form of budget
Generally only utilized by small GA airports
No restrictions on how money can be spent
Most flexible form of budgeting

54
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What’s an appropriation by activity budget?

A

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

55
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What’s a line-item budget?

A

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

56
Q

What’s the residual cost approach?

A

One or more air carriers assume financial risk by agreeing to pay any costs of running the airport

57
Q

What’s the compensatory cost approach?

A

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

58
Q

Where did landing fees come from?

A

???

59
Q

How do you determine who to charge what?

A

Weight of the A/C

60
Q

What may AIP funds used for?

A

Airport planning
Airport development
Airport capacity enhancement
Noise compatibility programs

61
Q

What must an airport be part of to use AIP funds?

A

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

62
Q

What’s the purpose of the NPIAS?

A

Identify those public-use airports that are essential to providing a safe and efficient air traffic system

63
Q

How is the AIP financed?

A

Through user fees and taxes from those who benefit from the services

64
Q

How are AIP funds awarded?

A

80% paid by government

20% paid by airport

65
Q

How are the 20% of the AIP funds covered?

A

State and local funding
Bond issues
Airport revenues

66
Q

How much are PFCs right now?

A

$4.5

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