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21 Cards in this Set
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what is the most important part of the airport?
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the runway
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How are runways marked?
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a dashed white light down the middle and a steady white light on the side or maybe down the middle at night
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what are taxiways?
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roads airplanes use to get to the runway
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Each airport has it's own patten of what?
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taxiways
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what are the parking lot for airplanes?
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Ramps and hangers
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What gives the pilot permission to take off and lands?
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control tower
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what is the passenger terminal?
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Where passengers check in, luggage picked up, may have restaurants, stores and places to wait for planes.
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what are other facilities at an airport?
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fire station and weather station
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What are two concerns and challanges of an airport?
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wildlife and noise
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What challange do wildlife bring to an airport?
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Animals and especially birds. wander on the runway and cause accidents.
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How do airplanes try to reduce noise?
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They try to take off and land more quickly.
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At night, runways have steady____ lights on the edges and sometimes down the middle?
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white
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The most common taxiway is call the________ taxiway?
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parallel
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t/f An airport without a control tower is called a uncontrolled airport?
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True
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A fixed-base operation is basically a service station for airplanes T/F
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True
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Taxiways are the parking sports for aircraft? T/F
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False
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The number of a runway is the first 2 digits of a compass direction rounded to the nearest 10 degree. t/f
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True
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At the beginning of a runway, the lights are red? t/f
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False
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A hangar is really just a garage for airplanes?
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True
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At civilian airports, a rotating beacon, which is used to help pilots locate an airport in bad weather, uses flashing red and white lights? t/f
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fasle
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Because of technology, birds are not longer a concern for airplanes? t/f
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false
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