The AAAE Certified Member Modules are materials airport managers can use as...
- Airport regulation
- Airport case Law
- Final authoritative
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- A daily reference and field guide - Answer- A daily reference and field guide
Which statement is False?
- Each Airport has its own unique geography
- it is impossible to accurately capture how each public-use airport in the US operates at all levels of its position
- When you've seen one airport, you've seen one airport
- Each airport has the same operating characteristics - Answer- Each airport has the same operating characteristics
When using the term "Airport Sponsor", the authors of the AAAE modules are referring to the...
- Airport director
- Governing body
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Airport management - Answer- Governing body
An airport has many customers, however, the airport must serve the...
- Community
- Stakeholders
- Pilot
- Airlines - Answer- Pilot
In 1970, The Airport and Airway Development Act brought about all except the following
- Airport and Airway Trust Fund
- Planning Grant Program (PGP)
- Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP)
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) - Answer- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
(T/F) The FAA does not include in its planning or funding decision-making any private airports unless they are publicly accessible or military airports that do not host any civilian operations. - Answer- True
The National Plan of integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) identifies 3,345 public-use airports that are important to the national air transportation system and eligible to receive grant funds under the FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP). An airport can be included in the NPIAS for all of the following reasons except...
- GA reliever airport
- Serving a community that is at least 15 minutes from the nearest NIPIAS airport
- Publicly owned
- Part of a State Airport System - Answer- Serving a community that is at least 15 minutes from the nearest NPIAS airport
Commercial service airports are grouped into two major categories
- National and Regional
- Civilian and Military
- Large hub and small hub
- Primary and non-primary - Answer- Primary and non-primary
A passenger enplanement can be defined as...
- A passenger using a handicap ramp
- A take-off and a landing
- A passenger boarding a commercial flight
- A passenger getting off any type of aircraft - Answer- A passenger boarding a commercial flight
The FAA uses three primary measurements to gauge airport activity. Which statistic is not one of the three?
- Total passenger traffic
- Passenger enplanements
- Aircraft operations
- Cargo tonnage - Answer- Total passenger traffic
Although federally regulated, public-use airports can be operated by all of the following organizational structures except
- Airport Authority
- City
- State Government
- Department of Commerce - Answer- Department of Commerce
Successful airports can be observed creating effective working relationships between
- City and County
- Vendors and Customers
- Airlines and Pilots
- Airport policy makers and Management - Answer- Airport policy makers and Management
(T/F) Airport sponsors must maintain their responsibility to the FAA to operate the airport as an essential component of the national aviation system without regard to any negative impact to the airport's community - Answer- False
As a manager of a federally obligated public-use airport, your airport generates revenue, such as landing fees, building rentals, and fuel flowage fees. What percentage of the income derived must be utilized for airport purposes?
- 0%
- 100%
- 100% in excess of Fair Market Value (FMV)
- 50% - Answer- 100%
Airports are distinctly different from traditional municipal operations in that they can operate as
- Centralized governments
- Federal agencies
- L.L.Cs
- Stand-alone enterprises - Answer- Stand-alone enterprises
Generally, airport authority board members are compensated as follows:
- $1 a year to comply with federal and state labor laws
- Fair Market Value
- Minimum Wage
- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity - Answer- Do not receive compensation and serve in a voluntary capacity
Each type of airport of ownership has advantages and disadvantages. What is a potential disadvantage to the municipality owned structure?
- Power to tax and issue bonds
- access to other city/county departments
- Can be viewed as another department of the city/county
- Access to larger sources of funding - Answer- Can be viewed as another department of the City/County
The debate over the status of the airport as either a public entity or a business enterprise will likely continue for decades, but the simplest understanding is that...
- An airport is a government entity run by elected officials
- An airport is a Department of Transportation sub-organization
- An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
- An airport is an enterprise fund with many departments - Answer- An airport is a public entity that is run like a business
The most common positions at an airport that are outside of the vertical structure are the
- Finance and administration personnel
- Operations and maintenance positions
- Legal counsel and auditor
- Certification inspector and regulator - Answer- Legal counsel and auditor
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 resulted in the Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 moving the airport and aircraft operator security regulations from the FAA to the newly created
- Transportation Security Administration
- Civil Aviation Office
- Dept. of Homeland Security
- National Transportation Security Board - Answer- Transportation Security Administration
As a new airport manager trying to inventory all applicable airport laws, and regulations, he or she be careful not to omit which form of hidden regulation?
- FARs
- FAA orders
- Cert. Alerts
- Grant Assurances - Answer- Grant Assurances
The Flight Standards District Office, commonly known as FSDO, is responsible for
- Food safety on the concourses
- Flow of air traffic and NAVAID maintenance
- Enforcing laws for aircraft and pilot certification and licensing
- Regulating all aviation safety in the US - Answer- Enforcing laws for aircraft and pilot certification and licensing
Federal Grant Assurances require the airport operator to do all of the following except:
- Operate the airport in the public interest
- Use specific lands approved by the FAA for non-aeronautical use to generate revenue to support the airport's aviation needs
- Grant exclusive rights for aeronautical purposes or uses
- Maintain the airport in good and serviceable condition - Answer- Grant exclusive rights for aeronautical purposes or uses
If the FAA or an aeronautical user believes that the airport is in violation of its Grant Assurances, it may file a complaint with the FAA through the Part 13 or Part 16 process. Part 13 complaints are...
- Considered informal
- Handled with definitive timelines
- submitted straight to FAA headquarters
- Typically used for Grant Assurance Violations - Answer- Considered Informal
(T/F) The Federal government has complete authority over airspace and aircraft operations. - Answer- True
Airport land use is critical component of airport management. Grant Assurance 5. Preserving Rights and Powers prevents an airport Sponsor from taking any action that may deprive the Airport Sponsor of its rights to
- Charge fees consistent with the sustainability rule
- Create jobs and payroll
- Direct and control airport development
- Regulate interstate commerce - Answer- Direct and control airport development
(T/F) The FAA Grant Assurances require the Airport Executive to attempt to prevent both incompatible land use and obstructions to the navigable airspace around the airport even it it's beyond the airports property boundaries - Answer- True
The airport property map does all of the following except
- Show funding source used to acquire tracts
- Show proposed airport development
- Indicate use of land
- Indicate how tracts were acquired - Answer- Show proposed airport development
Defending the airport from incompatible off-airport land use starts with which document?
- Airport Master Plan
- ALD Drawing
- Airport Rules and Regulations
- "Exhibit A" Property Map - Answer- Airport Master Plan
While the FAA has traditionally opposed residential land use on and around airports, all of the following are allowable except
- Aircraft rescue and fire fighting facilities with 24-hour coverage requirement
- Finance manager sleeping room during single-audit
- Temporary pilot or crew rest facilities
- Air ambulance operations - Answer- Finance manager sleeping room during single-audit
Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus is an "off-airport" entity and is a perfect example of a
- Non-aeronautical user
- Through-the-fence-operator
- Exclusive right tenant
- Fixed Base Operator - Answer- Through-the-fence operator
Grant Assurance 19 requires the airport to be operating all times in a safe and serviceable condition. The two primary guiding documents that serve as airport Sponsor tools in this endeavor are the
- Airport Emergency Plan and Certification Manual
- Minimum Standards and Airport Rules and Regulations
- Airport Master Plan and "Exhibit A" Property Map
- Airport Layout Plan and Drawing - Answer- Minimum Standards and Airport Rules and Reguations
The FAA's hangar use policy was clarified in 2016 whereby it stated that aircraft hangars should be used to store aircraft, which is an approved aeronautical use. If this policy is violated, the federal government is essentially subsidizing
- A non-aeronautical function on an airport
- Airport hangar maintenance
- An aeronautical use
- Airfield operations - Answer- A non-aeronautical function on an airport
Grant Assurance 39 relates to competitive access for air carriers. If an Airport Sponsor is already served by one air carrier and doesn't have existing facilities to accommodate a 2nd interested air carrier in establishing service, the Airport Sponsor
- Has met its obligation if there are no existing facilities remaining to add another airline
- Should report this to the Secretary of Transportation
- Should work to accommodate the interested air carrier
- can prohibit the new air carrier from operating at the airport - Answer- Should work to accommodate the interested air carrier
Far Part 43, Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration provides pilots the ability to perform maintenance on any aircraft they own or operate, provided the plane is not used to conduct
- Commercial flight operations
- IFR flight operations
- TTF flights
- Flights with passengers other than the pilot - Answer- Commercial Flight Operations
Airports must generate revenue in order to provide for the safe, secure and efficient transportation system that is expected by the public and the FAA. Revenue can be categorized as all of the following except
- Capital
- Aeronautical
- Non-aeronautical
- non-operating - Answer- Capital
(T/F) Airport tenants do not expect to be charged more than it costs to cover the expenses associated with providing a safe, secure, and efficient airport operation. - Answer- True
Which of the following is not an example of airport operating revenue
- Passenger Facility Charges
- Fuel flowage fees
- Rental cars
- Concessions - Answer- Passenger Facility Charges
Utilizing airport revenue for purposes other than airport capital or operating costs is a violation of Grant Assurance 25 and is known as
- Non-aeronautical subsidies
- Posserory tax violation
- Revenue diversion
- Payments in Lieu of Taxes - Answer- Revenue diversion
The Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 requires airports to be as self-sustaining as possible. Self-sustaining means
- The airport has built up large revenue surpluses
- The airport does not accept federal or state grant monies for capital projects
- The airport fees are fair and reasonable
- The airport relies only on its revenue streams for operational expenses - Answer- The airport relies only on its revenue streams for operational expenses
The FAA's Rates and Charges Policy provides comprehensive guidance on the legal requirement that airport fees be (select all that apply)
- Not unjustly discriminatory
- Reasonable
- Sweetheart deal
- Fair - Answer- Not unjustly discriminatory, Reasonable, Fair
Fair market fees for use of the airport are required for non-aeronautical use of the airport and are
- Required for non-airfield aeronautical use
- Optional for non-airfield aeronautical use - Answer- Optional for non-airfield aeronautical use
The Airport Sponsor would not need to recieve Fair Market Value (FMV) if it leased property to which of the following
- Corporation
- Limited Liability Company
- Angel Flights
- Sole Propietorship - Answer- Angel Flights
The residual method of rates and charges setting can best be described as
- The airport applies excess non-aeronautical revenue to the airfield costs to reduce air carrier fees.
- A hybrid between a compensatory and rate-based method
- The airport is required to make sure the expenses do not exceed the revenue received
- The airport assumes all liability for airport costs and retains all airport revenue and the user is charged only for the cost of the aeronautical facility - Answer- The airport applies excess non-aeronautical revenue to the airfield costs to reduce air carrier fees.
(T/F) The FAA will not allow airport improvement program grant funding to be used for Value Engineered projects - Answer- False
There are many IT systems at airports. All the systems below are examples of common IT systems at airports except
- Airfield lighting
- Flight information Displays
- Majority-of-interest (MII)
- Property and Asset Management Systems - Answer- Majority-of-interest (MII)
Most will agree that a __________ year lease, is a life-time lease
- 75
- 99
- 65
- 35 - Answer- 99
A current trend in airport concessions at medium to large-hub airports are the
- Duty-free shops
- Local Mom & Pop Shops
- Self-serve coffee shops
- Shopping center and/or brand-name concessions - Answer- Shopping center and/or brand-name concessions
All of the following are common types of lease agreements except
- Modified gross
- Straight
- Revaluation
- Graduated
- Percentage - Answer- Modified gross
There are 3 basic approaches to leasing concession space. Under the standard approach, the airport management directly leases and manages the space. With this method
- Does not benefit from larger share of revenues if successful
- Assumes no risk
- The airport assumes the risk and will benefit from a larger portion of the revenue if the concession is successful
- Shares the risk equally with a development company - Answer- The airport assumes the risk and will benefit from a larger portion of the revenue if the concession is successful
Airports are capital intensive facilities. Select all the most common ways airport sponsors can generate monies for capital projects
- PFC's
- Customer Facility Charges
- Bonds
- Bank operating loan - Answer- PFC's, Customer Facility Charges, Bonds
Passenger Facility Charges are
- Unlimited ticket taxes set by each airport
- Levied on commercial airline tickets
- Collected by the airport FBO
- Collected by charter operators and remitted to the airport sponsors - Answer- Levied on commercial airline tickets
A common activity on airport is "self-fueling". This process means the aircraft owner
- Uses a fuel from renewable energy source
- Operates an FBO
- Does not have to pay the airport sponsor a fuel flowage fee
_ Obtains and uses fuel from the source of his/her preference - Answer- Obtains and uses fuel from the source of his/her preference
(T/F) FAA Airport Improvement Program Funding and Passenger Facility Charges were designed under the concept that the users of the aviation systems, as opposed to all citizens, would pay for the aviation transport systems. - Answer- True
The AIP process is regulated under FAA order 5100-38C otherwise known as the Airport Improvement Program Handbook. Periodically the FAA will issue __________ to add or revise guidance about the administration of AIP related to the AIP Handbook.
- Advisory Circulars (AC)
- FARs
- Program Guidance Letters (PGL)
- Airport Directives (ADs) - Answer- Program Guidance Letters (PGL)
The Law requires that AIP entitlement funds be apportioned by formula each year. The apportionment, depending on the type of airport, can be based upon all of the following except
- Passenger enplanements
- Aircraft operations
- Fuel flowage
- Amount of cargo - Answer- Fuel flowage
The funds remaining after the entitlement apportionment are known as
- Slush fund
- Discretionary funds
- Set-aside funds
- Reliever funds - Answer- Discretionary funds
(T/F) With the ADO being responsible for carrying out the grant process, it would be in the airport executive's best interest to have their local government lobby and influence the ADO federal employees. - Answer- False
(T/F) PFC's have caused problems for bond rating companies because the legislation creating PFC's allowed the FAA to terminate PFC authorization under certain circumstances. - Answer- True
Which of the following is an advantage to issuing General Obligation Bonds for financing airport capital improvements?
- Typically issued at a lower interest rate than other types of bonds
- Secured by the revenue generated by the indebted facility
- Payment is backed by the full faith and credit of the airport lessee
- Can be issued for up to 40 years - Answer- Typically issued at a lower interest rate than other types of bonds
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) system in our industry is seeing significant changes due to the use of
- Localizer
- VORs
- GPS
- Glideslope - Answer- GPS
(T/F) Planning is a critical component in maintaining the airport as a valuable community asset. Airport planning is performed at the national, state, regional and local levels of government and industry. - Answer- True
The federal plan for airports provides the federal government perspective on the role of each public-use airport in the national air transportation system. This plan is known as the
- National Master Plan
- National Plan of Integrated Airport System
- Federal Airport Improvement Program
- State Aviation System Plan - Answer- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
Which of the following are the primary areas of an airport (check all that apply)
- Roadside
- Landside
- Terminal
- Airside - Answer- Landside, Terminal, Airside
Grant Assurance #29 (Airport Layout Plan) requires that the Airport Sponsor keep the Airport Layout Plan updated at all times. The primary functions of the ALP include all the following except
- Blueprint for airport development
- Necessary for the airport to receive AIP funding
- Public document that serves as a record of aeronautical requirements
- Depicts aviation forecast demands - Answer- Depicts aviation forecast demands
(T/F) A standard Airport Layout Plan is comprised of one or two sketches. - Answer- False
The ALP becomes a legal document after it is approved and signed by the
- Transportation Security Administration
- Airport Sponsor governing body
- Federal Aviation Administration
- State Department of Transportation - Answer- Federal Aviation Administration
The FAA ADO office can make the following type of changes on the ALP if they are minor in scope.
- Draft watermarked
- Pen-and-Ink
- Penciled in
- Preliminary - Answer- Pen-and-Ink
The FAA provides for which three levels of ALP approval (select all three)
- Unqualified
- Unconditional
- Conditional
- Mixed - Answer- Unconditional, Conditional, Mixed
The FAA defines "near-term" as a project that is
- Ripe for decision
- Shovel-ready
- Is designed with plans on the shelf
- Ready within 1 year - Answer- Ripe for decision
Airport sponsors keep pilots up-to-date on airport data and information using the following means (check all that apply)
- 7460-1
- NPIAS
- NOTAMs
- Airport Facility Directory - Answer- NOTAMs, Airport Facility Directory
The projects listed in the NPIAS fall into which three general categories of work. (Select all 3)
- Physical Component
- Purpose
- Airspace
- Type of work - Answer- Type of work, Physical Component, Purpose
(T/F) The Airport Master Plan can set forth the direction of the airport for one to two decades. - Answer- True
(T/F) An Airport Sponsor completed a Master Plan 6 years ago and has been following the program, including the capital improvement projects as outlined in the plan. A new opportunity emerged that is not in the Master Plan or on the approved ALP. The Sponsor should not be surprised when the project is not immediately eligible for AIP funding. - Answer- True
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