Mot Airport Directors/Managers are _________________, meaning that they are on an employment contract and can usually be let go without cause; they
... [Show More] literally serve at the pleasure of the governing board - Answer- appointed
An airport executive must be aware that he or she works for the_____________ and not the individual - Answer- position
________________, __________________ and _____________- are three areas that an airport executive must immediately investigate to determine their level of authority - Answer- agreements, purchasing, and personnel
A ________________ is a written motion adopted by a vote of the governing authority - Answer- resolution
_________________ are a bundle of items that are voted on, without discussion, as a package - Answer- consent agendas
The ___________ allows topics to be discussed in a public forum before the governing body votes on it - Answer- regular agenda
Some items may be scheduled for __________________- with the governing body but only for the purposes of information gathering - Answer- public discussion
Everything said or done in executive session is ________- - Answer- confidential
AT a commercial service airport, the air carriers commonly meet on a monthly basis at the ________________-- - Answer- station managers meeting
public participation should be focused on building ______________ and recognizing the needs and desires of those potentially affected by the policy change - Answer- informed consent
The goal of the policy makers in building informed consent is not necessarily to make everyone happy about the project but instead to increase ____________ to accept the project - Answer- general willingness
________________ focuses on following legislation at the federal, state, or local level, and, in some cases, attempts to garner support for certain projects and programs - Answer- intergovernmental relations
the _________________ or role focuses on attending regional and economic development planning meetings, developing position papers on legislative and policy issues, representing the airport in regional forums with federal, state, and local government officials, and preparing talking points and presentations for board members and the airport executive - Answer- governmental affairs function
an ___________ or _______________, such as a lobbyist, is often helpful in providing insight into the details of legislation and the legislative process - Answer- attorney or legislative specialist
AAAE holds more than _____ domestic and international meetings each year with ___________ attendees - Answer- 90; 10,000
When AAAE members need assistance interpreting or advocating for a position on pending or existing legislation, the AAAE legislative affairs team --- _____________________ --- provides strong and effective representation for america's airport system on capitol hill. - Answer- airport legislative alliance
_______________ keep members up to date on the status of pending legislation - Answer- airport alerts
_________ provide insights into the various hearings that affect airport operators including TSA, FAA, and DHS testimony - Answer- hearing reports
______________ deliver timely information and updates to airport executives who need to be in the know on industry-related developments on capitol hill and around Washington. - Answer- Washington Insider Update Videos
The transportation security policy (TSP) provides _______________, which provide information to member's on pending or existing TSA related actions and news - Answer- security policy alerts and notices
the transportation security policy (TSP) also provides to the ___________________---, which is a free daily email providing the latest trending security news - Answer- AAAE security SmartBreif
The AAAE Transportation Security Clearinghouse is the only designated aviation channeler (DAC) with nearly ____ years of airport experience - Answer- 15
____________ keep members up-to-date on FAA rule making actions and interpretations, along with the status of FAA and EPA programs that affect airport executives - Answer- regulatory alerts
_______________ provide the status of hot button issues from a regulatory perspective - Answer- airport regulatory issues
_____________ features dozens of peer reviews publications on numerous airport management and operational issues - Answer- Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)
the _____________ oversees the accreditation and certification program. - Answer- board of examiners
AAAE _______________ builds on the experience of the original interactive employee training system, currently used by 100 airports - Answer- IET Learning Suite (IET-LS)
The ___________________ video training system has provided thousands of airport employees with on-demand video training on every aspect needed to run an airport - Answer- airport news and training network (ANTN Digicast)
Noise abatement is addressed through the grant assurances, and is included in __________________, ____________________. Not specifically mentioned, airport noise abatement also touches upon _______________________ - Answer- Assurance #5 Preserving Rights and Powers, Assurance #19 Operations and Maintenance, #26 Reports and inspections, and #31 disposal of land
Grant Assurance #22, economic nondisctrimination
Noise abatement also touches on _______________________, as the FAA will take into consideration the extent to which the airport sponsor has taken appropriate actions - Answer- Sponsor Assurance #21, compatible land use
___________________ was the catalyst for public awareness and response to aircraft noise issues in the US - Answer- The national environmental policy act of 1969
The significance of NEPA on airports was not fully measurable until November 1976, when the secretary of transportation and the FAA adopted the ________________, which became the first clear identification of the responsibilities of the FAA - Answer- Aviation Noise Abatement Policy (ANAP)
Under the ANAP, the _______ became responsible for the retirement, replacement, or retrofit of older jets that did not meet federal noise level standards - Answer- airlines
One of the early attempts at mitigating noise cam in 1969 when the FAA promulgated FAR Part 36, Certificated Airplane Noise Levels. __________________ established noise certification standards for the design of turbojet and transport category aircraft - Answer- Title 14 CFR Part 36
Aircraft engines are rated from a noise perspective in "stages", with stage 1 generally being the _______ and stage 4 the _______ - Answer- loudest; quietest
All subsonic turbojet-powered and transport-category airplanes with maximum gross takeoff weights of ____________ or more of a new type design submitted on or after January 1, 2006 must meet new noise certification levels - Answer- 12,500
_____________________________ provided a basis for a great majority of noise abatement planning at airports - Answer- The airport safety and noise abatement act of 1979 (ASNA)
Part 150 regulations govern the development and review of an integrated plan to achieve noise control objectives by encouraging compatible land uses in and around airport through the development of _____________ and ______________ - Answer- noise exposure maps (NEM) and Noise compatibility programs (NCP)
The design of the part 150 regulations and planning process owed much to two programs that had been previously established, the FAA's __________________ program and the ___________ program used for military airports - Answer- Airport noise control and land use compatibility (ANCLUC); Department of defense's airport installation compatible use zone (AICUZ)
ANCA (airport noise and capacity act of 1990) also created ___________, and placed a cap on the number of stage 2 aircraft allowed to operate in the US - Answer- part 161
Failure to follow the provisions in part 150 or 161 can result in the loss of ___________ or _________ - Answer- AIP funds or PFC authorization
In 1992 ____________________________ was passed; it required the FAA to study the social, economic, and health effects of airport noise at the 65,60, and 55 dB DNL (day-night average level) noise areas to determine the actual level at which noise creates and adverse impact on populations - Answer- The airport and airway safety, capacity, noise improvement, and inter-modal transportation act
the physical unit most commonly used to describe sound levels is the ___________ - Answer- decibel
the perceived loudness doubles for every increase of _______ decibles - Answer- 10
_____________ are based on extensive research develop to highly correlate with human response - Answer- cumulative metrics
acousticians doing research have formulated the _____________, which holds that over a given period of time, people respond most predictably to the total noise energy they receive rather than to the characteristics of any single noise event - Answer- equal energy
The FAA uses the ____________________ method of calculation as the standard to be used for forecasting cumulative noise exposure under part 150 studies - Answer- Day/Night Average (DNL)
To obtain a daily DNL reading, noise is measured each ________ and recorded for a 24 hour period. For the hours 10 pm to 7 am, ______ decibels are added to the recorded measurement - Answer- seconds; 10
the _______________ has long been the standard airport noise prediction model used by airports and involves a complex and detailed procedure for determining the DNL noise contour area for a specific mix of aircraft - Answer- Integrated Noise Model (INM)
The INM model utilizes flight track information, aircraft fleet mix, standard and user-defined aircraft profiles, and terrain. It can also process US census population data and flight schedules from the ___________________- - Answer- official airline guide (OAG)
In may 2015, the _________________ replaced the INM; it is a software system that models aircraft performance in space and time to estimate fuel consumption, emissions, noise, and air quality consequences - Answer- Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT)
Using the DNL method for calculating noise, these standard contours developed are the 65 and 75 DNL levels, respectively. The FAA recommends that the airport own all property within the _______ DNL contour. - Answer- 75
Under the federal land-use guidelines included in part 150, all land uses are considered to be compatible with noise levels less than __________ - Answer- 65 DNL
A popular tool for airports is the establishment of the ____________________ or _______________ that reveal potentially noise-impacted areas to current boards and planning commissions - Answer- airport influence area or public disclosure maps
the _________________ was a noise-assessment program designed to provide an analysis of air traffic changes over broad areas - Answer- Noise Integrated Routing System (nirs)
the _________________ is a computer program that assists in determining whether a change in air traffic procedure for airport arrivals and departures between 3,000 and 10,000 feet AGL will generate a 5 dB increase in noise to underlying communities, and therefore, is likely to be controversial - Answer- Air Traffic Noise Screening (ATNS)
Although air traffic changes above 3,000 feet above ground level are _______________ from further environmental documentation, new noise introduced over noise-sensitive areas may be controversial public issues - Answer- categorically excluded
The _________________ is the principal law supporting federal efforts to identify and reduce noise issues involving land use around domestic civil airports - Answer- Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act of 1979 (ASNA)
Congress specifically designated _____________ percent of airport planning and development funding from the 1970 airport and airway development act to fund noise compatibility planning and mitigation measures at airports. The percentage provision was increased to __ in 1987 - Answer- 8; 10
The first phase in the part 150 process is to generate a _______ - Answer- NEM
The second phase of the part 150 process is to draft the _______- - Answer- NCP
The FAA currently defines significant change in noise exposure as an increase in DNL of _____, if the new DNL is above 65 dB - Answer- 1.5 dB
In order for the significant change provision to be effective, the person must have had what is legally known as ___________ that an NEM exists - Answer- constructive knowledge
The most effective control measure for reducing noise impact is ____________ - Answer- land acquisition
acquiring an air navigation easement is considered to be the same as having _________- - Answer- an interest in the land
if federal funds are sued for land acquisition, the airport operator is governed by the procures found in 49 CFR Part 24 and the _______________ - Answer- uniform relocation and real property acquisition policies act
sound-attenuation improvements and sound insulation of homes are intended to reduce interior residential noise levels to at least __________ within the ___________ - Answer- 50 dBA within the 65 dBA contour
a noise reduction of ____ to ___ dBA is the goal of noise insulation projects - Answer- 30 to 35
for non-compatible, public-use buildings, an average sound level of -________ dBA is the nominal design objective - Answer- 45
if the interior noise level reduction attributable to soundproofing does not achieve compatibility under part 150 or local land-use guidelines, an __________- noise easement should supplement the soundproofing - Answer- avigation
the implementation of preferential runway-use system is exclusively the authority and responsibility of the ____ - Answer- faa
to designate a preferential runway in use, the wind direction must be within ____ degrees of runway heading and must not exceed ____ knots on runways that are clear and dry - Answer- 90 degrees; 15 knots
For the implementation of ______, consideration is given to whether aircraft are physically capable of performing noise abatement flight maneuvers in a safe and efficient manner - Answer- fight procedures
_____________, include the most common airport development measure proposed under part 150, which are runway extensions, new runways, and taxiway development - Answer- airport development measures
___________ include the creation of noise advisory committees, publication of pamphlets and programs for residents and airport users, and capital improvement policies - Answer- administrative measures and studies
_______________ from the noise compatibility perspective, one of the explicit objectives of the part 150 planning process is to improve airport land-use planning - Answer- improved land-use planning
_____________ requires local airports seeking to impose new noise rules such as curfews to perform a cost-benefit analysis including a comprehensive study of the impacts before they can seek approval from the FAA - Answer- part 161
at least ____-- days prior of the effective date part 161 airports must publish notices in local newspapers and post notices that are accessible to users and the public - Answer- 180
the success of the airport is largely based on the success of its _________ - Answer- tenants
(marketing) Use of airport money is addressed under Grant Assurance _________, and specifies that revenues generated by the airport must be used on the airport - Answer- Grant Assurance 25, airport revenue [Show Less]