Module 1: Finance & Administration

Question 1

Who is the ultimate customer of an airport?

Answer 1

The Pilot

Question 2

Air Mail Act (1925)

Answer 2

Kick-starts commercial aviation - authorizes the federal government to contract out airmail routes. Came as a result of the railroads lobbying government had a monopoly on airmail routes.

Question 3

Air Commerce Act (1926)

Answer 3

Creates a new aeronautics branch - Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).

Question 4

Civil Aeronautics Administration

Answer 4

Dept. of Commerce charged with fostering air commerce: establishes ATC, licensing for pilots, and aircraft certification.

Question 5

Civil Aeronautics Board

Answer 5

Established in 1948 as a split off from the CAA - charged with making safety rules, aircraft accident investigations, and economic regulation of the airlines.

Question 6

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Answer 6

Provides 50% of needed funding for airport improvement projects and to build new airports.

Question 7

Development of Landing Areas for National Defense (DLAND)

Answer 7

Built airports for use during WWII. - 500 transferred cities and counties for civil use with the condition they must be made available for public use (beginning of sponsor assurances).

Question 8

Federal Aid to Airports Act (1946)

Answer 8

Creates Federal Aid to Airports Program (FAAP) - provides 50% of funding (mainly runways and taxiways) but established the National Airport Plan which eventually becomes the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)

Question 9

National Airport Plan

Answer 9

Listed recommendations for airport construction, maintenance, and operations.

Question 10

Federal Aviation Act (1958) - The Jet Age

Answer 10

Establishes the Federal Aviation Agency (later administration) - takes over safety rulemaking from the CAB - moved under the DOT with its establishment in 1966.

Question 11

Airport and Airway Development Act (1970)

Answer 11

Creates Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) and the Planning Grant Program (PGP).
Creates Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 139 Certification of Airports.

Question 12

Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP)

Answer 12

ADAP provided funds for airport development projects (expanding the list of eligible projects),

Question 13

Planning Grant Program (PGP)

Answer 13

PGP provided funds for airport master plans and system plans

Question 14

Airport and Airway Revenu Act (1970)

Answer 14

Creates the Airport and Airway Trust Fund

Question 15

Airport and Airway Trust Fund

Answer 15

Created on the premise that only those that use aviation should pay for it—collected through taxes on pax seat, cargo, waybill, fuel, and aircraft registration.

Question 16

Airport and Airway Improvement Act (1982)

Answer 16

Establishes the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) which continued to expand the list of projects eligible for federal funding.
Reorganizes the National Airport Plan as the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)

Question 17

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)

Answer 17

Published every two years, the NPIAS is a five-year projection, that includes eligible airport development projects that the Secretary of Transportation considers necessary to provide a safe, efficient, and integrated system of public-use airports adequate to meet the needs of national defense, the U.S. Post Office, and civil aeronautics.

Question 18

Air Carrier

Answer 18

Provide scheduled passenger service.

Question 19

Fixed Base Operator (FBO)

Answer 19

Provide fuel, terminal, flight planning, and other services for private aircraft.

Question 20

Specialized Aviation Service Operator (SASO)

Answer 20

Provide other aeronautical services - flight schools, aviation maintenance, charters, skydiver etc.

Question 21

What are the five types of airports in the U.S.?

Answer 21

Private, commercial service, cargo service, general aviation, general aviation reliever, and military.

Question 22

Commercial Service Airport

Answer 22

Greater than 2,500 enplanements. Airports greater than 10,000 enplanements are classified as primary commercial service. Broken into 4 categories of Large, Medium, Small, and Non-Hub.

Question 23

How many airports are in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)?

Answer 23

The NPIAS identifies 3,345 public-use airports (3,331 existing and 14 proposed) that are important to national air transportation, and therefore eligible to receive grants under the FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

Question 24

What are the qualifiers for an airport to be included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)?

Answer 24

1. Publicly accessible
2. Receive at least 2,500 enplanements or…
   2a. designated as a General Reliever Airport or…
   2b. have a contract with the US Postal Service or…
   2c. have an Air or Army National Guard Base

Question 25

How is Hub size as it relates to an airport determined?

Answer 25

Hub size is determined based on what percentage of enplanements the airport receives compared to the total enplanements for all commercial service airports in the U.S.

Question 26

Joint-Use Airport

Answer 26

Entirely owned by the Department of Defense and lease out space for a commercial service airport.

Question 27

Shared Use Airport

Answer 27

Owned by the U.S. government and is co-located with a civil airport.

Question 28

Part 91: General Aviation

Answer 28

Addresses the General Operating and Flight Rules applicable to aircraft operating in U.S. airspace, whether they are general aviation or commercial flight operations, and it is used to describe a private flight operation.

Question 29

Part 121, Operating Requirements

Answer 29

Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations. Scheduled air carrier operations and can only fly into a Part 139 airport. Supplemental addresses private charters of air carrier aircraft.

Question 30

Part 135, Operating Requirements

Answer 30

Commuter and On Demand Operations and Rules Governing Persons On Board Such Aircraft (i.e. air charter or air taxi) i.e. non-scheduled.

Question 31

Part 125, Certification and Operations:

Answer 31

Airplanes Having a Seating Capacity of 20 or More Passengers or a Maximum Payload Capacity of 6,000 Pounds or more; and Rules Governing Persons on Board Such Aircraft. The regulation addresses the operation of aircraft NOT in common carriage (meaning the flight hasn’t been advertised to the public nor tickets sold) but is configured with 20 or more seats, or more than 6,000 pounds of cargo capacity.

Question 32

Part 380, Public Charters

Answer 32

References public charter operations conducted on a Part 121 air carrier (i.e. when an airline leases a plane to a resort company like Apple Vacations to use the plane to fly their members to a destination).