Lesson 1-2

Question 1

Five kinds of governmental or public entities

Answer 1

Federal Government
Airport authority
State government
Municipal or county government
Multipurpose port authority

Question 2

International Civil Aviation for the purpose of providing source of communication and standardization among participating states with respect to civil aviation operations

Answer 2

International Civil Aviation Organization 1944 Chicago Convention

Question 3

FAA was charged with preparing a new version of NASP, to be called NPIAS

Answer 3

Airport and Airway Act 1982

Question 4

Revised the method of classifying airports, primarily to reflect the extreme growth in annual enplanements that a relative few of the largest airports were experiencing at the time

Answer 4

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems

Question 5

As of 2002, how many airports were classified in NPIAS

Answer 5

3364 airports

Question 6

Measuring passenger activity Provides airport management with information that will allow for proper planning and management of facilities used by passengers, including terminals, parking garages, gate areas, and concessions

Answer 6

The number of passengers served at an airport

Question 7

Often used to measure the amount of airport activity, and even evaluate the amount of funding to be provided for improvement projects

Answer 7

Annual enplanement

Question 8

Typically used to measure the level of activity at airports that handle freight and mail

Answer 8

The amount of cargo carried

Question 9

Used as a measure of activity at all airports but is the primary measure of activity at general aviation airports

Answer 9

The number of operations performed at an airport

Question 10

Defined as take off or landing

Answer 10

Aircraft operation

Question 11

Used to describe the number of passengers that board an aircraft at an airport

Answer 11

Enplanement

Question 12

Used to describe the number of passengers that deplane an aircraft at an airport

Answer 12

Deplanement

Question 13

Used to describe the number of passenger that either board or deplane an aircraft at an airport

Answer 13

Total passengers

Question 14

Number of passenger is more than double the number of deplanements

Answer 14

Transfer passengers

Question 15

Aircraft that is registered as “resident” of the airport

Answer 15

Based aircraft

Question 16

Recommended standards for the operations and management of civil use airports are provided by the

Answer 16

International Civil Aviation Organization

Question 17

In most individual countries, airports are managed directly by the federal government, most often under

Answer 17

Ministry of Transport

Question 18

Categorized these airports on the basis of each airport’s number of annual enplanements and the type of service provided

Answer 18

National Airport System Plan

Question 19

Public use airport enplaning at least 10,000 passengers annually in the United States

Answer 19

Commercial Service Airport

Question 20

Atleast 2,500 and no more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year

Answer 20

Non-primary commercial service airport

Question 21

Have more than 10,000 passenger boardings each year

Answer 21

Primary airport

Question 22

Airports that account for at least 1% of the total annual passenger enplanements in the US

Answer 22

Large Hubs

Question 23

Airports that account for at least 0.25% but less than 1% of the total annual passenger enplanements

Answer 23

Medium Hubs

Question 24

Airports accommodating greater than 0.05% but less than 0.25% of annual US enplanements

Answer 24

Small hubs

Question 25

Airports that enplane at least 10,000 annual enplanements but less than 0.05% of the annual total US enplanements

Answer 25

Non-hubs

Question 26

Providing air-transportation of only cargo with total annual landed weight of more than 100 million pounds

Answer 26

Cargo service airports

Question 27

Weight of the aircraft transporting only cargo in interstate, intrastate, and foreign air transportation

Answer 27

Landed weight

Question 28

Classification of Reliever Airport

Answer 28

100 based aircrafts
Can handle 25k itinerant operations
500k population
250k annual enplanement

Question 29

Airports fewer than 2,500 annual enplaned passengers

Answer 29

General aviation

Question 30

Airports are designed to accommodate most single engine and small twin engine propeller driven aircraft

Answer 30

Basic utility airports

Question 31

Can accommodate larger aircraft as well as lighter, smaller aircraft handled by basic utility airports

Answer 31

General utility airports