Module 2 Vocabulary Flashcards

Flashcards covering topics in Module 2: Planning, Construction & Environmental. Vocabulary style flashcards.

Airport Layout Plan (ALP)

Drawings used to graphically depict current and future airport facilities, kept updated by the airport sponsor.

Metropolitan (or Regional) Aviation System Plans

More specific and narrower in focus than a state or regional plan; consider airport capacity, intermodal access, and the type of traveler within the community.

FAA's Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP)

Highlights airport needs over a three-year funding cycle and is a subset of the NPIAS

State Aviation System Plans

Provide more detailed guidance on how the state’s airports can be developed to better meet state's aviation needs.

Airport Airspace Drawings

Required elements of a standard ALP and are intended to show all imaginary surfaces, height, marking or lighting of a structure along with any obstruction

Airport Master Record (5010 Form)

Describes the airport’s primary operational and services data; regulatory responsibility to keep the FAA abreast of changes.

National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)

Identifies roughly 3,300 public-use airports important to national air transportation and eligible for FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants; a five-year plan updated every two years.

Wind Rose

A diagram showing the percentage of time the wind blows from a particular direction at a particular speed; runways normally are aligned with the prevailing winds.

FAR Part 157

Notice of Construction, Alteration, Activation, and Deactivation of Airports, requires airport owners and operators to notify the FAA 30 days in advance of any construction

Airport Master Plan

A 20-year look into the future development of the airport, which informs the FAA’s Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP), and the airport’s local capital improvement plan.

e-ALP

Electronic ALP (web-based system), which allows airport executives to share accurate airport data in an integrated environment.

Three levels of ALP approval

Unconditional, conditional and mixed; some items of proposed development may or may not have received environmental approval

Terminal Area Forecasts (TAF)

The official FAA forecast of aviation activity for U.S. airports and the baseline for airport forecasting.

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Provides input and insight into technical issues and comprises individuals with relevant technical backgrounds.

Citizen's Advisory Committee (CAC)

Serves as a sounding board and an information exchange group for stakeholders.

Movement Areas

Area of the airport used for air carrier operations that include runways, taxiways, and other airport areas that are used for taxiing, takeoff and landing of aircraft

Non- Movement Areas

Areas of the airport used for air carrier operations that include loading ramps, aircraft parking aprons, unpaved areas, or other areas; permission not regulated compared to Movement areas

Air Operations Area (AOA)

FAA and TSA descriptions are the same that includes all portions of the airport designed and used for landing, taking off, or surface maneuvering of aircraft.

Single Runway

Simplest of the basic configurations, during Visual Flight Rules (VFR) conditions, this runway should accommodate up to 99 light aircraft operations per hour.

Intersecting Runways

Two or more runways cross, require more land area than other types of configurations but there is a greater potential for a runway incursion or collision.

Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)

A soft ground arrester system to aid reduce the severity of airport accidents and incidents by improving the overrun areas.

Obstacle-Free Zone (OFZ)

The airspace above the runway elevation at any point but below the 150-foot floor of the horizontal surface area under Part 77; to be kept clear of all objects

Building Restriction Line (BRL)

Shown on the ALP and identifies suitable building area locations on airports with the assumed building height is usually 35 feet; a planning tool.

Taxiway Edge Safety Margin (TESM)

Measured from the outside of the landing gear to the taxiway edge; taxiway design principles include layout and signs, good visibility, and signs, markings and lighting.

Design Aircraft

An aircraft with has characteristics that determine the application of airport design standards for a specific runway, taxiway, taxilane, apron, or other facility

Fillet

The paved, inside, rounded corner area connecting two taxiways.

Runway Protection Zone (RPZ)

A trapezoidal-shaped area located off the runway ends that is designed to enhance the protection of people and property on the ground.

Landing Strip

The graded (safety) area surrounding and upon which the runway was constructed and the FAA's current version of the Runway Safety Area.

Taxiway

Defined path located in the Movement Area that is used for aircraft to move from one point on an airport to another.

Airport Elevation

The highest point on an airport’s usable runway and is expressed in feet above Mean Sea Level (MSL).

Runway Threshold

The beginning portion of the runway that is usable for landing or takeoff and may be displaced.

Displaced Threshold

Located some distance down the runway if an object obstructs airspace needed for landing aircraftor for environmental consideration.

Non-Precision

Approaches rely on at least one NAVAID to provide lateral guidance.

Precision

Approaches require NAVAIDS to provide both lateral and vertical guidance.

Apron

Also known as ramps or tarmacs, design should accommodate passengers, cargo, and baggage loading and unloading, and other activities such as fueling, maintenance, and ground vehicle circulation needs.

Obstruction

Means any natural growth, terrain, permanent or temporary construction or alteration and a permanent or temporary apparatus.

Declared Distances

Distances the airport owner declares available for a turbine-powered aircraft to compare and assess whether their aircraft meets the performance requirements for safe operation at the airport.

One-engine inoperative obstacle identify surface

For air carriers; specifies the obstacle free minimum climb gradients required for a turbine-powered aircraft with one engine inoperative.

Airport Reference Code (ARC)

Designation that signifies the airport’s highest RDC minus the visibility component of the RDC; used for planning and design purposes

AIRCRAFT OPERATION

A takeoff or a landing at an airport.

A Civil Use Airport

Is open to the general public.

Airport Data and Information Program

Guides airport sponsors on the collection, submission and management of airport data and information, which ensures airport users have the most current information available on the airport and the NAS.