Airport Layouts, Traffic Organization, and Lighting

An Aerodrome is any area used for the arrival, departure, movement, or servicing of aircraft (including buildings, installations, equipment)

True

An Airport is an ______ that has an airport certificate in force, which requires the operator to maintain and operate the site in accordance with applicable ______ standards

aerodrome, Transport Canada

Every flight has ________ parts

3

What are the three parts of every flight?

Departure, Enroute, Arrival

A _____ is defined as a path used for landing, departing, and taxiing

Runway

A _____ is a path established for taxiing aircraft

Taxiway

A _______ is a part of the airport intended to accomodate the loading and unloading of passengers and cargo, refueling, servicing, and maintenance, and parking of aircraft as well as any movement of aircraft, vehicles, and pedestrians

Apron

Any point where any combination of runways and taxiways cross or meet is a _____

Intersection

______ is a designated area used solely for the takeoff, landing, and parking of helicopters

Helipad

The ___________ includes the manoeuvring area and the apron

Movement Area

The ___________ is used for taking off and landing

A) Movement area

B) Manoeuvring area

C) Runway

D) Taxiway

B

The manoeuvring area includes the following EXCEPT:

A) Runways

B) Taxiways

C) Aprons

C

Runways are numbered from ____ to _____

01 to 36

Opposite ends of the runway are called:

Reciprocal Ends

To find the reciprocal end of a runway numbered between 01 and 18 you:

Add 18 to it

To find the reciprocal end of a runway numbered between 19 and 36 you:

Subtract 18 from it

Flight service specialists have the authority to issue instructions to vehicles but not aircraft

True

Air Traffic Controllers have the authority to issue instructions to both ____ and _____

vehicles, aircraft

Ground traffic at an airport includes both _____ and _____

Aircraft and Vehicles

CARs Part VI, Subpart 2, Division 5 sets out regulations for operating near or at an aerodrome

True

A system that was established for Pilots and ATS personnel to visualize an assigned route is called a _______

Circuit

A circuit may include up to _____ parts

6

A circuit may include how many legs

4

A ____ in the circuit is a path that ATS personnel can instruct a pilot to fly

Leg

The __________ Leg is a flight path parallell to the landing runway (or landing path) in the direction opposite of landing

Downwind

A flight path extending from the end of the downwind leg to the centreline of the approach end of the landing runway (or landing path) is called the:

Base Leg

A flight path extending from the end of the base leg in the direction of landing to and along the extended centreline of the runway (or landing path) to the threshold of the landing runway (or landing path) is called the:

A) Final Approach Leg

B) Downwind Leg

C) Localizer

D) Crosswind Leg

Final Approach Leg

The Crosswind Leg is the most common path joining the ___ leg to the downwind leg, but can also be the path joining the _____ side to the downwind leg

departure, upwind

The path that extends from the departure end of the runway along the extended centreline to the point where the aircraft reaches 500 feet AGL (above ground level) and begins into the crosswind leg is called the:

Departure and Overshoot path

The area on the opposite side of the landing runway from the downwind leg is called:

Upwind Side

Crosswind, downwind, and base are all divided into left and right

True

An aircraft may join a circuit on all of the following EXCEPT:

Crosswind Leg

The way an aircraft joins a circuit depends on the direction they are coming from

True

Aircraft will never join a circuit on the crosswind leg

True

Normally, circuits use ____ hand turns except where __ hand turns are specified by the Minister in the Canada Flight Supplment or otherwise authorized by the appropriate air traffic control unit

Left, right

A right hand turn may be used in all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Avoid populated areas

B) avoid obstructions or terrain

C) allow a controller to have a better view of traffic due to the positioning of the tower on the field and the configuration of the control positions

D) provide a more expeditious flow of traffic

E) when requested by the pilot

F) provide a more orderly flow of traffic

E

A clearance limit is:

the point to which an aircraft is granted an ATC clearance

Flight service specialists do not have the authority to issue instructions to:

Aircraft

Night is the period of time during any day that ____ at the end of evening civil twilight and ____ at the start of morning twilight

starts, ends

Lighting configurations will be different depending on whether the runway has a________ ___or ____________ ___approach

Precision, Non-Precision

________ approach means an instrument approach by an aircraft using azimuth and glide path information

Precision

An instrument approach by an aircraft using azimuth information only is a:

Non-precision

_______ Lights are installed at the top of buildings, towers, and equipment to warn pilots of their presence

Obstruction

_______ lights help pilots align aircraft with the runway

Approach

_____ light are unidirectional and identify the touchdown zone for landing

Runway touchdown zone

These are ______ lights which are present when there is an ____ approach lighting system or when no approach lighting is provided

Runway threshold and end, omni-directional

Runway Edge Lights appear at the edges along the full length of the runway, except at intersections with other _____

runways or taxiways

___ lights facilitate landing when visibility is obscured

Runway Centreline

Which lights are Required when the terrain does not allow for the installation of approach lights, or where other lighting conditions reduce the effects of approach lights:

Runway Threshold Identification Lights (RTILs)

How many types of taxiway lighting are there?

3

Taxiway lighting may include all of the following colors EXCEPT:

Red

Which of these taxiway lights are blue?

Taxiway Edge Lights

Intersection of taxiway and apron lights are which color:

Yellow

Centerline taxiway lights are what color

Green

Rapid-Exit Taxiway Lights are lit in alternating ____ and ___ lights

Green, Yellow