Study Session 7

Question 1

Visual runway markings

Answer 1

Designation marking - runway identifiers 
Centerline marking (dashed)

Question 2

Non precision airport runway markings

Answer 2

Designation markings
Centerline
Threshold markings (beginning of runway)
-either 8 stripes or number of stripes corresponding to the width of runway)
Aiming point marker ( ~1000 ft from landing threshold)

Question 3

Precision instrument runway

Answer 3

Same as non precision

Touchdown zone marker (provide 500 ft distance increments)

Question 4

Destination or directional signs

Answer 4

Arrow points to direction of taxing route to destination

Yellow background with black lettering and arrows

Question 5

Location signs

Answer 5

Identify taxiway aircraft is currently on

Black background and yellow letters

Question 6

Holding lines

Answer 6

Pilots can’t cross without ATC clearance

Painted across width of taxiway and yellow

Question 7

Holding position sign

Answer 7

Runway intersects

Red with white lettering

Question 8

Departure leg

Answer 8

Traffic pattern that is a straight course leading from takeoff runway

Question 9

Crosswind leg

Answer 9

Horizontally perpendicular to the takeoff runway

Make a 90 tune from upwind leg

Question 10

Downwind leg

Answer 10

Parallel to runway but in the opposite direction to intended landing direction

Question 11

Base leg

Answer 11

Transitional part between downwind and final approach

Question 12

Final approach

Answer 12

Descending starting at completion of base till touchdown

Question 13

Entering traffic pattern

Answer 13

Enter 45 degrees to the downwind leg at the midpoint of the runway

Question 14

Leaving traffic pattern

Answer 14

ATC will approve direction or depart straight out or at a 45 degree turn after reaching altitude

Question 15

Chart supplements

Answer 15

Depict data not readily depicted in graphic form such as airport sketches, NAVAIDs, communications data, weather sources, airspace, special notices, VFR waypoints, operational procedures, etc…
Published every 56 days
Contains aeronautical chart bulletin - provides major changes in aeronautical information

Question 16

Runway numbers and letters

Answer 16

Numbers indicate the magnetic direction of the runway ( runway 20 = 200 degrees)

Letters differentiate parallel runways (L = left, R = right, C = center)

Question 17

Runway threshold bar

Answer 17

Marks beginning of runways when threshold was displaced or relocated

Question 18

Demarcation bar

Answer 18

Separates displaced runway from taxiway or another area (yellow thick line)

Question 19

Light beacons

Answer 19

Green and white rotating beacon in a class D airspace during the day indicates that the weather is NOT VFR (vis less than 3 sm and ceiling less than 1000 ft)

Military will have 2 white flashes between one green flash

Question 20

Traffic pattern

Answer 20

1000 ft above airport elevation

Direction of flow is to the left unless otherwise indicated

Question 21

Upwind leg

Answer 21

Side-step departure leg like in the case of an aborted landing

Question 22

Sectional chart symbology

Answer 22

Airports
Additional airport information
Airport data
Radio aids to navigation/communication
Airport traffic/airspace info
Obstructions
Topographic information
Miscellaneous (hang gliders, flags, parachute)

Question 23

What is the straight dashed magenta line with degrees on it

Answer 23

It’s a magnetic zone

Magnetic variation/isogonic line where magnetic declination is constant