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Correct Answers.
US Government hires private contractors to carry mail by air. Represents the start of
aviation. - ANS Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act)
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was charged with these three things: - ANS "1)
Making Safety rules
2) Conducting aircraft investigations
3) Economic regulation of airlines"
This Act split the CAA into two agencies, the CAA and the CAB. - ANS Reorganization
Act of 1940
What phased out CAB economic regulation of airlines? - ANS "Airline Deregulation Act
of 1978
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) would control the economics of the airline industry
for nearly four decades, approving air routes and regulating airfares, until finally being
dissolved by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978"
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - ANS "Driven by a ""jet age,"" safety became a concern. A
mid-air collision of 2 aircraft, killing 12 prompted the repeal of the Air Commerce Act.
Federal Aviation Act created the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), taking over rulemaking
from the CAB.
Renamed to Federal Aviation Administration in 1966 and moved from the Commerce
Department to the Department of Transportation."
What government Act did Part 139 evolve from? - ANS Airport and Airway Development
Act (1970)
This establishes Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and establishes the National
Airspace System (NAS), which eventually becomes the National Plan of Integrated
Airport Systems (NPIAS). NPIAS is reflected at the local airport level in the Airport
Capital Improvement Program. - ANS Airport and Airways Improvement Act of 1982
How many enplanements per year does an airport have to have to be considered as
commercial service? - ANS 2500 or more
This refers to the concept of a 'Next Generation Air Transportation System' or the
ongoing transformation of the NAS, moving from land based navigation to satellite. -
ANS Neaten
"This Act endorsed the concept of a Next Generation Air Transportation System
(NextGen).
,NextGen is a multi-faceted series of initiatives designed to make air travel more
efficient, more secure, and safer overall.
""Reauthorization of FAA Funding launches NEXTGEN""" - ANS Vision 100-Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act of 2003.
What are the type types of airport land use? - ANS Aeronautical and Non-aeronautical
Publicly or privately owned airports with scheduled air carrier service with 2500
enplanements per year are categorized as... - ANS included in the NPIAS
An airport that doesn't meet qualifications to be part of the NPIAS may be considered
if... - ANS "Other airports that do not meet the criteria may be included if they are:
1. Part of a State Airport System Plan;
2. Serving a community more than 30 minutes from the nearest NPIAS airport;
3. Forecast to have 10 or more based aircraft within the next 5 years; and
4. Currently being considered by an eligible public sponsor who is willing to undertake
ownership and development of the airport.
Airports that do not meet any of the aforementioned criteria may still be included
through special justification, such as:
1. A determination that the benefits of the airport will exceed its development costs;
2. Written documentation describing isolation;
3. Airports serving the needs of American Indian communities;
4. Airports needed to support recreation areas; and
5. Airports needed to develop or protect important national resources."
What are the NPIAS airports and roughly how many are there? - ANS Commercial
service, GA Relivers, National Guard base of average airport, airport with US Mail
contract; Roughly 3300 (3345)
What are the three measurements the FAA uses to gauge airport activity? - ANS 1)
Enplanements 2) Operations 3) Cargo Tonnage "butts, boxes, and bad landings"
What is an Commercial Service Airport? - ANS Publicly owned airport with at least 2500
passengers per year annual boarding that receives scheduled passenger service
This type of airport has more than 100 million pounds of total annual landed weight -
ANS Cargo Airport
What is a shared airport? - ANS US Government owned airport co-located w/ a civil
airport specified under, and at which, portions of the movement areas and safety areas
are shared by both parties
DOD and Civilians share an airfield but is owned by the DOD is called what? - ANS
"Joint Use Airport
Tip: ""Owned by the Joint Chiefs"""
,This Airport Type has scheduled Air Carrier Service with more than 10,000
enplanements per year. - ANS Primary Airports
This Airport Type is mainly used by GA Aircraft, Scheduled passenger service with
between 2,500-9,999 enplanements per year - ANS Non-Primary
This Airport Type serve at least 1% or more of US passenger enplanements - ANS
Large Hub Airports
This Airport Type enplanes .25%-1% of all US enplanements - ANS Medium Hub
Airports
This Airport Type has less than .05% but at least more than 10,000 enplanements per
year - ANS Non-Hub Primary Airports
This Airport Type has enplanements between .05% to .25% - ANS Small Hub Airports
What is an GA Airport? - ANS Public use airport that does not have scheduled air
service or has less than 2500 annual enplanements
What type of airport relieves congestion from commercial service airports and provides
improved GA access - ANS GA Reliever Airport
What are the four categories of General Aviation (GA) Airports? - ANS "GA National
(near major metropolitan centers)
GA Regional (Several large metropolitan centers)
GA Local (backbone of the system)
GA Basic (link to other NAS)"
This governs private operation of an aircraft - ANS Part 91
"This is the operating requirements for Domestic, Flag and Supplemental Operations.
Also covers Air Carrier Certification." - ANS Part 121
"This is the operating requirements for Commuter and on-demand operations.
(i.e., Air Charter or Air Taxi)" - ANS Part 135
"This covers public charters.
(i.e., When an airline leases an aircraft.)" - ANS Part 380
Part 121 operations must operate at airports that are certified as ___. - ANS Part 139
What is VMC? - ANS "Visual Meteorological Conditions
Clouds greater than 1000' AGL and visibility of 3 statute miles.
Tip: I Can See. I Can See. 1000 and 3."
, What is TERPS? - ANS Terminal Instrument Procedures
What is an Airport Sponsor? - ANS "Either an Owner or Operator.
It is the governing entity of an airport or airport system."
Branch of Government that operates like a business. - ANS Enterprise Fund.
Successful airports are characterized by what? - ANS Effective working relationships
between airport policy makers and management
What is the most common form of Airport Sponsorship? - ANS Municipality
Municipalities that elect to give over near or total control to an independently created
entity are referred to as what? - ANS Airport Authority
Municipalities that seek to maintain control of the airport but need expertise and
guidance may create this. - ANS Airport Advisory Board
Grant assurances generally require the AD to do the following - ANS Maintain the
Airport in an serviceable condition, use specific land approved by the FAA for non-
aeronautical use to generate revenue to support airport aviation needs, Operate the
airport in the public's interest and ensure there is no grant of an exclusive right for any
aero nautical purpose of use
This is the same status as public corporation, but operates other types of public
facilities. - ANS Port Authority
This is a shift from traditional government responsibility to a private enterprise. - ANS
Airport Privatization
This transfers the federal obligation, as well as the responsibility for operation,
management, and development of an airport, from a public sponsor to a private
sponsor. - ANS Airport Privatization Program
According to what Process_____; how long does the public have to comment on a draft
set of regulations? - ANS The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking process; usually a length
of 30-60 Days
Passed to promote the development and stability of commercial aviation. Establishes
jurisdiction of aviation under the secretary of commerce who issues and enforces air
traffic rules, establishes pilot and aircraft licensing, establishes airways and maintains
aids to navigation - ANS Air Commerce Act of 1926
Correct Answers.
US Government hires private contractors to carry mail by air. Represents the start of
aviation. - ANS Air Mail Act of 1925 (Kelly Act)
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was charged with these three things: - ANS "1)
Making Safety rules
2) Conducting aircraft investigations
3) Economic regulation of airlines"
This Act split the CAA into two agencies, the CAA and the CAB. - ANS Reorganization
Act of 1940
What phased out CAB economic regulation of airlines? - ANS "Airline Deregulation Act
of 1978
The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) would control the economics of the airline industry
for nearly four decades, approving air routes and regulating airfares, until finally being
dissolved by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978"
Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - ANS "Driven by a ""jet age,"" safety became a concern. A
mid-air collision of 2 aircraft, killing 12 prompted the repeal of the Air Commerce Act.
Federal Aviation Act created the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), taking over rulemaking
from the CAB.
Renamed to Federal Aviation Administration in 1966 and moved from the Commerce
Department to the Department of Transportation."
What government Act did Part 139 evolve from? - ANS Airport and Airway Development
Act (1970)
This establishes Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and establishes the National
Airspace System (NAS), which eventually becomes the National Plan of Integrated
Airport Systems (NPIAS). NPIAS is reflected at the local airport level in the Airport
Capital Improvement Program. - ANS Airport and Airways Improvement Act of 1982
How many enplanements per year does an airport have to have to be considered as
commercial service? - ANS 2500 or more
This refers to the concept of a 'Next Generation Air Transportation System' or the
ongoing transformation of the NAS, moving from land based navigation to satellite. -
ANS Neaten
"This Act endorsed the concept of a Next Generation Air Transportation System
(NextGen).
,NextGen is a multi-faceted series of initiatives designed to make air travel more
efficient, more secure, and safer overall.
""Reauthorization of FAA Funding launches NEXTGEN""" - ANS Vision 100-Century of
Aviation Reauthorization Act of 2003.
What are the type types of airport land use? - ANS Aeronautical and Non-aeronautical
Publicly or privately owned airports with scheduled air carrier service with 2500
enplanements per year are categorized as... - ANS included in the NPIAS
An airport that doesn't meet qualifications to be part of the NPIAS may be considered
if... - ANS "Other airports that do not meet the criteria may be included if they are:
1. Part of a State Airport System Plan;
2. Serving a community more than 30 minutes from the nearest NPIAS airport;
3. Forecast to have 10 or more based aircraft within the next 5 years; and
4. Currently being considered by an eligible public sponsor who is willing to undertake
ownership and development of the airport.
Airports that do not meet any of the aforementioned criteria may still be included
through special justification, such as:
1. A determination that the benefits of the airport will exceed its development costs;
2. Written documentation describing isolation;
3. Airports serving the needs of American Indian communities;
4. Airports needed to support recreation areas; and
5. Airports needed to develop or protect important national resources."
What are the NPIAS airports and roughly how many are there? - ANS Commercial
service, GA Relivers, National Guard base of average airport, airport with US Mail
contract; Roughly 3300 (3345)
What are the three measurements the FAA uses to gauge airport activity? - ANS 1)
Enplanements 2) Operations 3) Cargo Tonnage "butts, boxes, and bad landings"
What is an Commercial Service Airport? - ANS Publicly owned airport with at least 2500
passengers per year annual boarding that receives scheduled passenger service
This type of airport has more than 100 million pounds of total annual landed weight -
ANS Cargo Airport
What is a shared airport? - ANS US Government owned airport co-located w/ a civil
airport specified under, and at which, portions of the movement areas and safety areas
are shared by both parties
DOD and Civilians share an airfield but is owned by the DOD is called what? - ANS
"Joint Use Airport
Tip: ""Owned by the Joint Chiefs"""
,This Airport Type has scheduled Air Carrier Service with more than 10,000
enplanements per year. - ANS Primary Airports
This Airport Type is mainly used by GA Aircraft, Scheduled passenger service with
between 2,500-9,999 enplanements per year - ANS Non-Primary
This Airport Type serve at least 1% or more of US passenger enplanements - ANS
Large Hub Airports
This Airport Type enplanes .25%-1% of all US enplanements - ANS Medium Hub
Airports
This Airport Type has less than .05% but at least more than 10,000 enplanements per
year - ANS Non-Hub Primary Airports
This Airport Type has enplanements between .05% to .25% - ANS Small Hub Airports
What is an GA Airport? - ANS Public use airport that does not have scheduled air
service or has less than 2500 annual enplanements
What type of airport relieves congestion from commercial service airports and provides
improved GA access - ANS GA Reliever Airport
What are the four categories of General Aviation (GA) Airports? - ANS "GA National
(near major metropolitan centers)
GA Regional (Several large metropolitan centers)
GA Local (backbone of the system)
GA Basic (link to other NAS)"
This governs private operation of an aircraft - ANS Part 91
"This is the operating requirements for Domestic, Flag and Supplemental Operations.
Also covers Air Carrier Certification." - ANS Part 121
"This is the operating requirements for Commuter and on-demand operations.
(i.e., Air Charter or Air Taxi)" - ANS Part 135
"This covers public charters.
(i.e., When an airline leases an aircraft.)" - ANS Part 380
Part 121 operations must operate at airports that are certified as ___. - ANS Part 139
What is VMC? - ANS "Visual Meteorological Conditions
Clouds greater than 1000' AGL and visibility of 3 statute miles.
Tip: I Can See. I Can See. 1000 and 3."
, What is TERPS? - ANS Terminal Instrument Procedures
What is an Airport Sponsor? - ANS "Either an Owner or Operator.
It is the governing entity of an airport or airport system."
Branch of Government that operates like a business. - ANS Enterprise Fund.
Successful airports are characterized by what? - ANS Effective working relationships
between airport policy makers and management
What is the most common form of Airport Sponsorship? - ANS Municipality
Municipalities that elect to give over near or total control to an independently created
entity are referred to as what? - ANS Airport Authority
Municipalities that seek to maintain control of the airport but need expertise and
guidance may create this. - ANS Airport Advisory Board
Grant assurances generally require the AD to do the following - ANS Maintain the
Airport in an serviceable condition, use specific land approved by the FAA for non-
aeronautical use to generate revenue to support airport aviation needs, Operate the
airport in the public's interest and ensure there is no grant of an exclusive right for any
aero nautical purpose of use
This is the same status as public corporation, but operates other types of public
facilities. - ANS Port Authority
This is a shift from traditional government responsibility to a private enterprise. - ANS
Airport Privatization
This transfers the federal obligation, as well as the responsibility for operation,
management, and development of an airport, from a public sponsor to a private
sponsor. - ANS Airport Privatization Program
According to what Process_____; how long does the public have to comment on a draft
set of regulations? - ANS The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking process; usually a length
of 30-60 Days
Passed to promote the development and stability of commercial aviation. Establishes
jurisdiction of aviation under the secretary of commerce who issues and enforces air
traffic rules, establishes pilot and aircraft licensing, establishes airways and maintains
aids to navigation - ANS Air Commerce Act of 1926
