1.01 Aerodromes

Question 1

What is an airport?

Answer 1

Any aerodrome in respect of which a certificate is in force (stating that the airport meets airport safety standards)

Question 2

What is a manoeuvring area?

Answer 2

Area intended for take off or landing and associated movement (not including apron)

Question 3

Is the apron included in the manoeuvring area?

Answer 3

No

Question 4

What is the air speed when a wind sock is horizontal?

Answer 4

15+ knots

Question 5

When the airspeed is 6 knots what angle is the wind sock at?

Answer 5

30 Degrees

Question 6

What does it mean if the wind sock is fluttering?

Answer 6

Its ‘gusty’ out

Question 7

What is the max distance aerodrome lights may be apart?

Answer 7

200 feet (61 m)

Question 8

What do BLACK aerodrome lights mean?

Answer 8

Runway

Question 9

What colour are runway lights?

Answer 9

BLACK

Question 10

What do blue aerodrome light signify?

Answer 10

Taxiway

Question 11

What colous are taxiway lights?

Answer 11

BLUE

Question 12

What do orange aerodrome lights mean?

Answer 12

Apron

Question 13

What colour are apron lights

Answer 13

Orange

Question 14

What do green aerodrome lights signify?

Answer 14

Approach

Question 15

What colour are approach lights?

Answer 15

Green

Question 16

What do red aerodrome lights mean?

Answer 16

End

Question 17

What colour are end lights?

Answer 17

Red

Question 18

What do runway numbers represent?

Answer 18

Magnetic bearing (rounded to nearest 10 with the last zero ommited)

Question 19

What number would a runway with the bearing 230 be given?

Answer 19

23

Question 20

What heading would the runway 18 have?

Answer 20

180

Question 21

How do you find the reciprocal heading of a runway?

Answer 21

Add/subtract 180

Question 22

What do (R) (C) or (L) represent in a runway name?

Answer 22

Multiple runways eith the same heading; Left Centre Right

Question 23

A steady green ground light means what?

Answer 23

Cleared for takeoff

Question 24

What ground signal are you looking for to know you’re cleared for takeoff?

Answer 24

Steady Green

Question 25

What does a flashing green ground signal mean?

Answer 25

Cleared to taxi

Question 26

What ground signal are you looking for to know you're cleared to taxi?

Answer 26

Flashing green

Question 27

What does a steady red ground signal mean?

Answer 27

Stop

Question 28

What ground signal means stop

Answer 28

Steady red

Question 29

What does a flashing red ground signal mean?

Answer 29

Taxi clear of runway

Question 30

What ground signal means taxi clear of runway

Answer 30

Flashing red

Question 31

What does a flashing white ground signal mean?

Answer 31

Return to starting point at airport

Question 32

What ground signal means return to starting point on airport

Answer 32

Flashing white

Question 33

What does a red and green alternating ground signal mean?

Answer 33

Exercise extreme caution

Question 34

What signal means exercise extreme caution

Answer 34

Red alternating green

Question 35

What is an aerodrome?

Answer 35

Any area of land water or other supporting surface used or designated for the arrival or departure, movement, or servicing aircraft

Question 36

What does a steady green air signal mean?

Answer 36

Cleared to Land

Question 37

What does a flashing green air signal mean?

Answer 37

Return for landing

Question 38

What does a steady red air signal mean?

Answer 38

Give way - continue circling

Question 39

What does a flashing red air signal mean?

Answer 39

Airport Unsafe - Do Not Land

Question 40

What does a red alt. green air signal mean?

Answer 40

Exercise extreme caution

Question 41

What do red pyrotechnics mean?

Answer 41

Do not land - wait for permission

Question 42

What signal are you looking for to know you're cleared to land?

Answer 42

Steady Green

Question 43

What signal are you looking for to know you must return for landing?

Answer 43

Flashing Green

Question 44

What signal are you looking for to know you must give way and continue circling?

Answer 44

Steady Red

Question 45

What signal are you looking for to know the airport is unsafe and not to land?

Answer 45

Flashing Red

Question 46

What signal are you looking for to know you must exercise extreme caution

Answer 46

Red alt. green

Question 47

What are you looking for to know you must not land and to wait for permission?

Answer 47

Red Pyrotechnics