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AAAE C.M. Exam Questions And AnswersAirport Sponsor - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Governing body of the airport
2. any public agency or private owner of a public use airport
3. often operated by a board or elected or appointed officials
4. act as policy makers establishing broad goals and objectives
5. strategic leaders of the airport
Airport Executive - CORRECT ANSWER - An individual (airport director or manager)
Airport Operator - CORRECT ANSWER - Airport management structure overall (Sponsor, Executive &
personnel essential to the operation)
Airports Customers-Pilots - CORRECT ANSWER - Airport must first serve and understand the pilot
Airport Executive Skills - CORRECT ANSWER - Strategy, marketing, finance, accounting, operations
management, organizational behavior and human resources
Air Mail Act/Kelly Act of 1925 - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. authorized postmaster general to contract airmail
to private companies that were commercial air carriers
2. only those who use aviation pay for it.
Fixed Base Operator (FBO) - CORRECT ANSWER - Get fuel, conduct flight planning and take care of pilots
needs
Air Commerce Act of 1926 - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. legislation creating of regulation of civil aviation
establishing safety standards
2. created the Aeronautics Branch
3. prohibited use of federal funds to build or improve airports
Aeronautics Branch (renamed Bureau of Air Commerce) - CORRECT ANSWER - Under Department of
Commerce
1. fostering commerce (important)
,2. issuing and enforcing air traffic rules.
3.licensing pilots
4. certifying aircraft
5. establishing airways
6.operating and maintaining nav aids
-Now all responsibility of FAA
AAAE - CORRECT ANSWER - First airport management trade organization, 1928
Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) - CORRECT ANSWER - Aeronautics Branch became the CAA-1930's
Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB)-1940 - CORRECT ANSWER - CAA responsible for ATC, pilot and aircraft
certifications, safety enforcement and airway development
CAB make safety rules, accident investigation, economic regulation of airlines
CAB dissolved by Airline Deregulation Act-1978
Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 - CORRECT ANSWER - Airlines were able to raise or lower airfares and
add or remove routes
allowed hub and spoke
Air Cargo Deregulation Act of 1976 - CORRECT ANSWER - allowed hub and spoke system for cargo. cargo
delivered to central hub to be sorted and delivered by spokes instead of point to point delivery
Works Progress Administration (WPA)-New Deal - CORRECT ANSWER - Funded 50% of new and
expanded 852 airports by 1939. Airports funded the rest (cost share). Today 75%-90% is covered by Fed
dollars for eligible projects
Development of Landing Areas for National Defense (DLAND) WWII - CORRECT ANSWER - Secretary of
War and Commerce and Sect. of Navy built 986 airports for the war effort-500 were surplused and given
to cities and counties for civil use
Federal Aid to Airports Program (FAAP) - Act 1946 - CORRECT ANSWER - provided grant funds for certain
airport projects (ie. runways and taxiways). To be eligible airport had to be in the National Airport Plan
(NAP)
National Airport Plan (NAP) - CORRECT ANSWER - listed recommendations for construction,
maintenance and operation. Provided 50% of funding, airport other 1/2.
Sponsor (Grant) Assurances - CORRECT ANSWER - public use airports cannot deny civil aeronautical
operations. Promise made in order to receive grants
, Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - CORRECT ANSWER - Repealed CAA and created the Federal Aviation
Agency. FAA and directed FAA to take safety rule making from CAB
Federal Aviation Administration 1966 - CORRECT ANSWER - FAA renamed and brought under the
Department of Transportation, regulates aviation safety in the US, has 9 regional offices and Airport
District Offices in each state, managed by an Administrator, assisted by a Deputy Administrator and 5
Associate Administrators, Major Roles:
1. Regulate civil aviation
2. Encouraging development of aviation and technology
3. Air Traffic Control
4.Research and develop National Airspace System
5.Programs to control aircraft noise
6. Regulate space Transportation
Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 - CORRECT ANSWER - Established 1. Airport Development
Aid Program (ADAP) and the 2. Plan Grant Program (PGP) 3. created a certification program for
commercial airports and issued operating certificates
The Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP) - CORRECT ANSWER - Provides grants for airport
development projects
Planning Grant Program (PGP) - CORRECT ANSWER - provided funds for airport master plans and system
plans
Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 139 Certification of Airports - CORRECT ANSWER - standards
for airport certification
Airport and Airway Trust Fund (1970) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. created by the Airport and Airway Act
2. created on premise that only those who use aviation should pay for it
3. funded by 8% tax on domestic passenger airfares, $3 surcharge on tickets, $0.07/gallon tax on
aviation fuel, 5% tax on air freight & annual aircraft registration fee tied to aircraft weight
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Established by the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act - 1982
2. expanded list of programs funded
3. reorganized the National Airport Plan as the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
4. Funding mechanism for capital projects for public use airports
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