PARTS OF AN AIRPORT

Question 1

Fixed Based operators

Answer 1

✓ Commercial Business
✓ Provide Aeronautical Services

Question 2

Hangar

Answer 2

✓ Protective Storage
✓ Maintenance

Question 3

Apron/Ramp

Answer 3

✓Loading and unloading passengers, mail or cargo
✓ Refueling
✓ Parking
✓ Maintenance

Question 4

Terminal Building

Answer 4

✓ Passenger Transfer
✓ Boarding
✓ Disembarking

Question 5

Taxiway

Answer 5

✓ Defined Path for surface
movement of the aircraft
✓ Connects the different parts of
the airport

Question 6

Runway

Answer 6

✓ Rectangular Area on land
✓ Take-off
✓ Landing

Question 7

Airport Signs

Answer 7

Airport pavement markings and signs provide information that is useful to a pilot during takeoff, landing, and taxiing.

Question 8

Radio Navigational Aids

Answer 8

• NON-DIRECTIONAL BEACON
• VHF OMNI-DIRECTIONAL RANGE
• INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM

Question 9

Instrument Landing System

Answer 9

✓ ground-based instrument approach system

✓ provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway

Localizer: horizontal guidance
Glideslope: vertical guidance

Question 10

Glideslope indicators

Answer 10

➢ Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)
➢ Precision Approach Path
Indicator (PAPI)

Question 11

VASI

Answer 11

Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)
► Two rows of lights showing a combination of red and white lights

▪ White over white, high as a kite
▪ Red over white, you’re alright
▪ Red over red, you’re dead

Question 11

PAPI

Answer 11

Precision approach path indicator

shows five distinguish light combination to provide pilots more information of their glideslope on the runway

Question 12

Wind Tee

Answer 12

has the stem (bottom) of the “T” pointing in the direction the wind is GOING (indicating that landings should be in the opposite direction)

Question 13

Wind Tetrahedron

Answer 13

points into the wind and shows pilots approaching the airport the correct direction to make their landing approach

Question 14

Windsock

Answer 14

provides pilot with both wind direction and velocity information

DIRECTION
Wider end points to where the wind is coming from

VELOCITY
Determined through the extension of the
windsock
Drooped: Wind Calm
Half-extended: 7.5 Knots
fully extended: 15 Knots and above

Question 15

Segmented Circle

Answer 15

✓ provides traffic pattern information for uncontrolled airports

✓ Usually installed with a wind indicator at its center