Module 1 Flashcards
Who are the airport stakeholders
Government entities-
Aeronautical users
Non-aeronautical users
The community
What entities have “stakeholder desires”
Airlines Corporations Private aircraft FBOS & specialized aviation service operators Non-aeronautical users
What are the most common alternate forms of captiol money
Pfcs
Cfcs
Bonds
State aviation grants
What money is regulated by the FAA
PFC’s
Where did money come from before the airport and airway trust fund
General treasury revenues-tax dollars
What are the deciding factors in which airports receive aip funding
Enplanments/deplanements # of Aircraft operations amount of cargo Airports part of the small airport fund State appointment calculation
What is the goal of an airport
Deliver passengers and cargo to their next destination safely securely and efficiently
Name one of the early adopters of aviation
The US government-specifically the military
What was one of the first air route systems used for?
The US Mail
What act authorized the postmaster general to contract for domestic airmail service with commercial air carriers
The Kelly act-aka airmail act of 1925
What helped create the commercial aviation industry
The Kelly acts
Who was the first to open a private air freight service
Where was the route
Henry Ford
Detroit to chicago
What were early airport terminals called
And what were they used for
Fixed base operators
Fuel stops
TWA, pa-am, delta, united, northwest, American, Braniff and Eastern were what?
The first of the US airlines
What is the air commerce act of 1926
The federal government’s regulation of civil aviation
what was the first airport management trade organization ?
AAAE- American Association of Airport Executives
fostering air commerce, issuing and enforcing air traffic rules, licensing pilots, certifying aircraft, establishing airways and operating and maintaining navigational aids are the responsibility of what Government agency?
The FAA
what act deregulated the airline industry?
The Airline Deregulation act
system that allows for cargo to be transported to a central hub where it is re-sorted and put on aircraft heading to its final destination
Hub-And-Spoke System
what agency was originally in charge of fostering air commerce?
FAA
The FAA has routes , still to this day in what government sector
The Department of Commerce
what is the executive branch of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity called
The Department of COmmerce
this administration assisted in the funding of numerous new airports and expansions of existing facilities at the onset of the great depression-increased labor
The works progress administration ( WPA)
The Works progress Administration-(WPA) funded only what percentage of airport projects
50%