Midterm Quiz 2

Question 1

It is planned and managed to accommodate the movement of aircraft around the airport as well as to and from the air.

Answer 1

Airside

Question 2

Component includes all the facilities located on the physical property of the airport to facilitate aircraft operation

Answer 2

Airfield

Question 3

Are planned and managed to accommodate the movement of ground based vehicles, passengers, and cargo. These components are further categorized to reflect the specific users being served

Answer 3

Landside

Question 4

Designed to facilitate the movement of passenger and luggage from the landside to aircraft on the airside

Answer 4

Terminal

Question 5

Accommodates the movement of ground-based vehicles to and from the surrounding metropolitan area, as well as between the various buildings found on the airport property.

Answer 5

Ground acess

Question 6

Meaning of ARFF

Answer 6

Air Rescue and Fire Fighting

Question 7

Airfield

Answer 7

Runway
Taxiway
Aircraft parking areas
Navigational aids
Lighting system
Signages
Markings

Question 8

Man made surface or natural surface

Answer 8

Runway

Question 9

Marking color of the runway

Answer 9

White

Question 10

Lights of taxiway

Answer 10

Blue

Question 11

how runway orientation is decided

Answer 11

Wind

Question 12

Factors affecting runway orientation

Answer 12

Wind
Airspace availability
Environmental factors
Obstruction
Atc visibility
Wildlife hazard
Terrain and soil conditions

Question 13

Remain useful for 20-40 years

Answer 13

Concrete

Question 14

Less expensive. 15-20 years

Answer 14

Flexible

Question 15

Airport Terminal area

Answer 15

Passenger and cargo terminal bldg
Aircraft parking
Loading area
Unloading area

Question 16

➢ Primary entrance point for passengers
➢ Intended to assist passengers moving from the landside
to the airside of an airport
➢ Terminal designs range from small one room buildings to
multi-building island configurations that stretch across
several miles.
➢ Terminals may include baggage, security, offices,
restaurants, shopping areas, and more

Answer 16

Terminal

Question 17

First centralized facilities

Contained all required passenger processing facilities for a given air carrier in a single unit bldg

Passenger processing facilities
Administrative processing facilities
ATC facilities

Answer 17

Simple Unit Terminals

Question 18

Two or more airlines would share a common building, slightly
larger than a simple unit terminal, but have separate passenger
and baggage processing facilities

Answer 18

Combined unit terminal

Question 19

In larger metropolitan
areas, separate
buildings were
constructed for each
airline, each building
behaving as its own
unit terminal.

Answer 19

Multiple-unit terminal

Question 20

A centralized layout
that is aimed at
reducing the overall
size of terminal areas
by bringing automobile
parking as close as
possible to aircraft
parking.

Answer 20

Gate arrival concept

Question 21

Multiple unit terminal is centralized or not?

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

concept evolved in the 1950s
when gate concourses were added to simple unit
terminal buildings. Concourses also known as ———— offered the opportunity to maximize the number
of aircraft parking spaces with less infrastructure.

Answer 22

Pier or fingers

Question 23

Decentralized facilities

Answer 23

Pier finger terminal

Question 24

formed as
concourses extended from main-unit terminal buildings with aircraft
parked at the end of the concourse around a round atrium or satellite
area. Satellite gates are usually served by a common passenger holding
area.

Answer 24

Pier satellite terminal

Question 25

Widely adopted introduced in 1950
High Ac capacity and simplicity in design
Maximize the ac parking spaces

Answer 25

Pier finger terminal