Describe the role of an Airport Executive in ensuring a safe operating environment, particularly as related to Title 14 CFR Part 139. - Answer- Module
... [Show More] Objective 1
What is the primary role of airport management? - Answer- Operate airport in a safe and efficient manner in accordance to industry standards and procedures
Motivates a culture that prioritizes safety, proper work environment, appropriate training and supervision, well maintained facilities and equipment
What are the Safety Management Systems (4) distinctive elements? - Answer- Safety policy
Safety risk management
Safety assurance
Safety promotion
What is the primary objective of Title 14 CFR Part 139? - Answer- Ensures Safety in Air Transportation by Regulating the Operations/Maintenance of Airports
When is and Airport Operating Certificate issued to a commercial service airport? - Answer- When the airport has passed the FAA safety inspection
What are the primary functions of the Airport Certification Manual (ACM)? - Answer- Safety oversight function of the FAA as specified in FAR CFR Part 139
What are the four airport classifications for certification? - Answer- Class I
- scheduled operations for at least 31 passenger seats
Class II
- scheduled operations small air carrier and unscheduled operations of large air carrier aircraft
Class III
- scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft
Class IV
- serves only unscheduled operations of large air carrier aircraft
What are the various areas that are the main focus of an Airport Safety Self-Inspection Program? - Answer- Pavement areas
Ground vehicles
Obstructions Safety areas
Public protection
Signs, markings, lighting
Wildlife Hazard MGMT
ARFF
Construction
Fueling operations
Snow and ice control
Navigational aids
What are the four key components of a safety-self inspection ? - Answer- Regularly Scheduled Inspection
Continuous Surveillance Inspection
Periodic Condition Inspection
Special Inspection
Procedures Reporting/Correcting Deficiencies
What are the personnel requirements Part 139 requires in the ACM? - Answer- Sufficiently qualified personnel that are responsible for compliance must be specifically identified by job title and receive initial and recurrent training every twelve months
Understand the regulatory requirements of maintaining airport pavement, inspection, and other safety standards such as signs, markings, and lighting. - Answer- Airfield Maintenance & Safety Standards Module Objective 2
What two grant assurances mandate that Airport operator's implement pavement maintenance & management programs? - Answer- Grant Assurances #19, operations and maintenance
Grant Assurances #11, pavement preventative maintenance program
What two categories do pavement types fall with in? - Answer- Asphalt
- flexible, less expensive, requires higher maintenance
Concrete
- rigid, higher cost, can withstand higher aircraft loads, resist weathering
What components do the FAA Require in a Pavement Maintenance Program? - Answer- Pavement inventory
Annual and periodical inspections
Record keeping and retrieval system
Identification of maintenance program fund
What are the causes of pavement deterioration? - Answer- Environmental through weather and aging
Structural from repeated air traffic loads
Alkali-Silica-Reaction from runway de-icing materials
What is the standardized international airplane pavement rating system? - Answer- Pavement Classification Number (PCN) which is the bearing strength of airport pavement
Aircraft Classification Number (ACN) which is the effect on an aircraft on the pavement
Name the two types of pavement friction measurement devices. - Answer- Continuous Friction Measurement Equipment (CFME), continuous graphic record of pavement surface friction
Decelerometers, mechanical/electrical
What is the method airport operators use to categorize runway conditions? - Answer- Runway Condition Assessment Matrix (RCAM)
What is the responsibility of an airport operator for unpaved Areas for 139 compliance used by commercial service aircraft for takeoff, landing, and taxing? - Answer- Must maintain and promptly repair the surface of each gravel, turf, or other unpaved areas
When conducting a Safety Area Inspection what should an airport operator be inspecting? - Answer- The removal of objects in the safety area except those that are required due their functions
Signs, lights, NAVAIDS must have frangible breakaway points no higher than three inches above grade
Cleared drained and compacted
What are the three Airport Runway Lighting Systems classified according to intensity? - Answer- High Intensity Runway Lights (HIRL) [Show Less]