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What does the acronym NPIAS stand for? |
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems |
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What is the purpose of the NPIAS? |
system that emphasizes system planning and development to meet current and future aviation needs; it includes development necessary to provide safe, efficient and integrated airport system meeting the needs of civil aviation, national defense, and the United States Postal Service |
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How does the NPIAS determine Large Hub Classifications for the 29 large hubs in the NPIAS? |
At least 1% of total US annual enplanements |
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How does the NPIAS determine the medium hub classifications for the 33 Medium hub airports in the NPIAS? (Sidenote: Account for 19% of total US enplanements) |
0.25% to 0.99% of total US annual enplanements |
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How does the NPIAS determine the small hub classifications of the 76 small hubs in the NPIAS? (Sidenote: Account for 8% of total US enplanements) |
0.05% to 0.24% of total US enplanements |
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How does the NPIAS determine the nonhub classifications of the 251 Nonhub airports in the NPIAS? (3% of all US enplanements) |
10,000 enplanements to 0.04% of total US annual enplanements |
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How does the NPIAS determine the Non-Primary airport classification? (0.1% of all US enplanements) |
2500 to 9999 annual annual enplanements |
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How does the NPIAS determine the General Aviation (GA) classification? |
Less than 2500 annual enplanements |
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What is a reliever airport (what is its purpose)? |
High Capacity general aviation airports in major metropolitan areas that help shore up congestion in larger airports nearby. To be eligible, must be open to the public, have 100 or more based aircraft, or have 25,000 annual itinerant operations. 268 (in NPIAS) of these airports have an average of 184 based aircraft, which represents 22% of US GA fleet. |
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What are the subcategories of Nonprimary Airports? |
National (84), Regional (459), Local (1268), Basic (880), and Unclassified (251)
*Number represents total of each classification in NPIAS |
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What types of Aeronautical Functions serve Public Interests at General Aviation Airports? |
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Critical Community Access, Other Aviation Specific Features, Commercial, Industrial, and Economic Activities, and Destination and Special Events |
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What is the Purpose of the GA National Category? |
Supports the NPIAS by providing communities with access to national and global markets. Have very high levels of activity with many jets and multiengine propellor aircraft. Average about 200 based aircraft including 30 jets
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What is the purpose of the GA Regional Category? |
Supports regional economies by connecting communites to regional and national markets. High levels of activity with some jet and multiengine propellor aircraft. Average 90 based aircraft, including 3 jets |
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What is the purpose of the GA Local Category? |
Supplements local communites by providing access to local and regional markets. Moderate levels of activity with some multiengine propeller aircraft. Average 33 based total aircraft and no jets. |
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What is the purpose of the GA Basic category? |
Supports GA activities, often serving aeronautical functions withing the local community such as emergency response and access to remote communities. (Example: Kelly's Island/Put In Bay). Moderate levels of activity with an average of 10 propeller driven aircraft and no jets. |
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What is the purpose of the NPIAS? |
To Identify the airports that are included in the national airport system, the role they serve, and the amount and type of airport development eligible for Federal Funding under the AIP (Airport Improvement Program) over the next 5 years. |
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Does Ohio have a regional airport system plan? |
Yes, Ohio has general aviation airports in every county and in order to better classify the airports, a regional statewide plan was enacted. |
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What is the Ohio Airports Focus Study and what is it's purpose? |
To make a plan to get all of Ohios airports working in synergy |
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What are some examples of regional airport systems across the nation? |
CRAA (Columbus Regional Airport Authority), Bay area Regional Airports, and Deleware Valley Regional Airport Systems. |
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Does Columbus have (or need) a regional system plan? |
Columbus has a fine regional system plan aka Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA) which oversees Port Columbus, Bolton Field, and Rickenbacker airports. |
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What is an Airport Master Plan? |
Describes the current environment and planned future development of a specific existing airport. |
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What is the planning horizon for an airport master plan? |
20 years |
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How often are updates required to the Master plan? |
Every 20 years or after significant change in the environment. They can also occur when moderate and major construction may require AIP funding. |
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What is the airport "Environment"? |
Entire airport area Aviation and non-aviation related |
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What is the busiest airport in the country in terms of enplanements? |
Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
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What is the busiest airport in the country in terms of operations? |
Chicagos O'Hare International Airport |
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What are the 8 sections of a master plan ordered chronologically? |
0. Introduction 1. Inventory 2. Activity Forecasts 3. Demand/Capacity Analysis 4. Facility Requirements 5. Design Alternatives 6. Phasing Plan/ Financial Strategy 7. Economic / Environmental Assessment |
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What is the Goal of the Inventory section of a Master Plan? |
To Provide a useful and necessary introduction to the airport and surrounding environment |
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Why do we need the Inventory section of the master plan? |
Because a Knowledge of the present allows us to reasonably make choices about the future |
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What is the purpose of the Forecasts Section of a Master Plan? |
To analyze future airport activity based on current and historical charecteristics |
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What are the most important charecteristics to forecast? |
Passenger Enplanments & Aircraft Operations |
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Where can we get historical enplanement & operations data? |
FAA records and FAA Terminal Area Forecast (TAF) |
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What is a PAL? |
Planned |
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What is the wheel base? |
The difference between the centers of the front and rear wheels. |
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What is the wheel tread or track? |
The width difference between the two rear wheels. |
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What is the minimum turning radius of an aircraft? |
The minimum radius with which the aircraft can make a turn. |
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What does planning mean? (Sometimes 1st question on midterm) |
Window of time for airport design is usually 20 years, which is outlined in the master plan. What do you want for your airport in the next 20 years?
Planning is looking out to the future |
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Where does most of the Airport Planning Process take place? |
Firms (Consulting, Engineering, Etc.) |
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What does Airport Management Entail? |
Making sure airport is functioning properly. Running the day to day affairs of the airport.
Airport planners make more money than the management.
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Does Port Columbus have an Airport planning group? |
Yes, Port Columbus has a small planning group of about 5 people |
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What is the difference between planning and design? |
Planning is looking to the future of the airport as a whole, design is focused on one project. Airport planners plan the way and need for design projects, while designers work one project at a time. |
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What are the three sectors of Civil Aviation? |
Commercial Service Aviation, Air Cargo, and General Aviation. |
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What does SMSA stand for |
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas |
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How many passengers are commercial service aviation airports expected to carry in 2020 |
1 billion |
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What does the FAA stand for? |
Federal Aviation Administration |
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What is the CAA |
Civil Aeronautics Administration |
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What is the ICAO |
International Civil Aviation Organization |
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What is the standardized language for airports? |
English, but it was nearly decided to be French. |
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What is the purpose of the ICAO |
Created a Global Aviation Safety plan, as well as a Global Air Navigation Plan. |
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What is IATA? |
International Air Transport Association |
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What is ACI? |
Airports Council International |
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Does ICAO have an overall plan for the worlds airports? |
Not really, they have certain parameters in place but no true overall system. |
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What is Facilities Planning? |
Planning for what your infrastructure will look like in the future and how to improve upon and maintain it. |
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What is Financial Planning? |
Money for airports |
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What is Economic Planning? |
Plans for Economic Expansion/Decline or for job growth etc. very political |
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What is Environmental planning? |
Noise Reduction, building on wetlands, water runoff, air quality. |
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What is Organizational Planning? |
Do you have the workforce available to meet your airports needs? |
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What is Strategic Planning? |
The Focus of System Planning, priorities going forward. Sets out timetables, overarching plan. |
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How many total enplanements were there in the US in 2013? |
739 million enplanements |
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What is the NPIAS's main function? |
It manages all the airport systems in the US |
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What different ways can you measure airport size? |
Enplanments (Hartsfield ----- Atlanta), Cargo (Memphis), Operations or T/O and landings (O'Hare Chicago), Revenue (CPE?), and Physical Size (acreage, Denver). |
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How many enplanements do you need to have to be considered a primary airport? |
At least 10,000 |
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If you are a non-primary airport, what is your number of enplanements? |
Under 10,000 |
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What hub classification is Port Columbus International Airport? |
Medium Hub Classification |
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What hub classification is Ohio States Airport? |
General Aviation Reliever Airport |
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What is Atlantas airport? |
Large Hub Airport |
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What does the acronym MPO stand for? |
Metropolitan Planning Organization |
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Master Plan Exact Definition |
Describes the current environment and planned future development of a specific existing airport |
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Is a Master Plan required by the FAA? |
No, but a ALP (Airport Layout Plan) is required by the FAA. |
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How do you define Primary and Crosswind runways? |
Primary runways are any runways that are parallel to eachother. Crosswind runways are any runways that are not parallel to the primary runways. |
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What is the purpose of aviation demand forecasts? |
To take what we know now, and whats happened over history to predict for the future. |
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What does the acronym MTOW stand for? |
Maximum Take-off Weight (MGTOW is Maximum Gross Take-Off Weight) |
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What does the acronym MLW stand for? |
Maximum Landing Weight |
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What did Scott Sanders from CDM Smith Consulting Talk about? |
Aviation practice that focuses on: Planning, Environment/Sustainability, Engineering, and Database/GIS. Also opportunites and what you can expect in working with airport planning. |
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According to Scott Sanders, What does an airport planner do? |
Airspace analysis, Airport Master Plan, and Land use and Development. |
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What is a system plan? |
High Levels of analysis at the state, region, or city level that identify, preserve, and enhance the system. The system plan also looks at how airports interact and serve the area while abiding to the ODOT advisory circular. |
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Why did Ohio do the Ohio airports focus study? |
Because there are a lot of airports in Ohio (7 commercial airports, 97 General Aviation), Limited Funding, Determine amount of cash needed to keep airports running efficiently, and Determine whether there may be an overlap in services or there may be a need for better facilities. |
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What were the 4 criteria selected to stratify system airports in the Ohio airports Focus Study? |
Runway Length, Instrument approach, Fuel, and Maintenance. |
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Are Ohio's Projections expected to go up for General Aviation Based aircraft and Operations? |
Yes, about 10% increase by 2032 |
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What is Fractional Ownership? |
Usually Corporations and wealthy individuals. Funded by Warren Buffet. |
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What are some unique aspects of Ohio aviation |
Ohio oil and shale drilling, Aviation Education, Fractional Ownership, and Island Airports (kellys island). |
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What do the four levels of General Aviation airports in Ohio consist of? |
Level 1: Serve nearly all the needs of turbine jet powered aircraft and their users (Jets and turboprops)
Level 2: Serve many, but not necessarily all needs of turbine jet powered aircraft.
LEvel 3: Serve Piston Powered aircraft predominantly meeting almost all of their needs.
Level 4: Serves piston powered aircraft, but may not meet all their needs. |
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What does Vref equal to? |
Vref = Vs (stall Speed) * 1.3 |
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What is EMAS? |
Engineered Material Arresting System (West Virginia) (Kind of like Pummus) |
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Where would you get information about wind conditions over time? |
NOAH |
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What is your wind coverage goal? |
95% of the time all aircrafts are able to land safely. |
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What is Structural Pavement (Important to remember exactly for exam)? |
Designed for normal operations of aircraft |
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Define the Shoulder? (important for exam) |
Gives ample extra pavement in case there is a deviation off of pavement. |
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Runway Safety Area (RSA) Definition |
Empty and flat, can only be 2 % grade between runway and RSA. No holes or wildlife, nothing more than 6 inches off the ground. In case of excursion of runway. |
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Object Free Area (OFA) Definition |
No objects in area, but it can be rougher |
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Runway Protection Zone Defintion |
Trapezoidal Dimensions off end of runway that's purpose is to clear areas to avoid public gatherings in case of runway excursion. |
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"visibility minimums" defintion |
Depends on the type of runway navigational aides. |
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Threshold Definition |
Where aircraft can touch down to land. |
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Displaced Threshold Definition |
Length from start of runway |
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What is the difference between a national airport and a basic airport? |
Check it out |
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What is a Regional System Plan? |
Determines roles of every airport in the region. Makes sure all airports work together in synergy. |
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What might motivate you to give a high end forecast? |
Economic Growth, New airlines, Business Growth, Population Growth. |
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What might motivate you to give a low end forecast? |
Economic decline, leaving airlines, business decline, population decline |
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Runway Orientation Question for sure |
noep |
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Runway Design Specifications for sure |
yep |
