Module 1 ACE Operations Part 139

Question 1

Airport Classification:

Class 1 Airport. Type of Air Carrier Operations?

Answer 1

Scheduled Large Air Carrier Aircraft

Unscheduled Large Air Carrier Aircraft

Scheduled Small Air Carrier Aircraft

Question 2

Airport Classification:

Class 2 Airport. Type of Air Carrier Operations?

Answer 2

Unscheduled Large Air Carrier Aircraft

Scheduled Small Air Carrier Aircraft

Question 3

Airport Classifications:

Class 3 Airport. Type of Air Carrier Operation?

Answer 3

Scheduled small air carrier aircraft

Question 4

Airport Classifications:

Class 4 Airport. Type of air carrier operation?

Answer 4

Unscheduled large air carrier aircraft

Question 5

Airport Certification Safety Inspector (ACSI)

Answer 5

credentialed FAA personnel responsible for conducting periodic airport inspections and ensuring the 14 CFP Part 139 program is carried out in accordance with FAA’s Compliance and Enforcement Program. They investigate potential regulatory violations, recommended enforcement actions, and represent the Administrator

Question 6

AFFF

Answer 6

aqueous film forming foam agent

Question 7

Air Carrier Aircraft

Answer 7

Airplane being operated by an air carrier and is either small or large.
Large: at least 31 passenger seats
small: more than 9, less than 31 passenger seats

Question 8

Air Carrier Operation

Answer 8

the takeoff or landing of an air carrier aircraft and includes the period of time form 15 min before until 15 min after the takeoff or landing

Question 9

Airport

Answer 9

an area of land or other hard surface, excluding water, that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, including any buildings and facilities

Question 10

Average daily departures

Answer 10

The average number of scheduled departures per day of air carrier aircraft computed based on the busiest 3 consecutive calendar months of the immediately preceding 12 consecutive months. However, if the average daily departures are expected to increase, then “average daily departures” may be determined by planned rather than current activity, in a manner authorized by the administrator

Question 11

Clean Agent

Answer 11

An electrically nonconduction volatile or gaseous fire extinguishing agent that does not leave a residue upon evaporation and has been shown to provide extinguishing action equivalent to halon 1211 under test protocols of FAA technical Report DOT/FAA/AR-95/87

Question 12

Scheduled Operation

Answer 12

any common carriage passenger-carrying operation for compensation or hire conducted by an air carrier for which the air carrier or its representatives offers in advance the departure location, time, and arrival location. It does not include any operation that is conducted as a supplemental operation under 14 CR part 121 or public charter operations under 14 CFR part 380

Question 13

Unscheduled Operations

Answer 13

any common carriage passenger- carrying operation for compensation or hire, using aircraft designed for at least 31 passenger seats, conducted by an air carrier for which the departure time, location, and arrival are specifically negotiated with the customer or the customer’s representative

Question 14

139.1 Applicability

Answer 14

Applies to:
scheduled passenger operations for aircraft configured more than 9 passenger seats
unscheduled passenger operations configured for at least 31 passenger seats

Does not apply to:
serving scheduled only by designation as an alternate
airports operated by the united states
airports in Alaska that only serve scheduled operations of small air carrier (class 3)
airports in Alaska when there are no large air carriers or
heliports

Question 15

139.3 Delegation of Authority

Answer 15

authority of the administrator is to issue, deny, and revoke airport operating certificates is delegated to the associate administrator for airport, director of airport safety and standards, and regional airports division manager

Question 16

139.103 Process of obtaining an Airport Operating Certificate (AOC)

Answer 16

must prepare and submit to the Regional office a Form 5280-1, Application for Certificate and two copies of the ACM in compliance with the applicable provisions of subpart C

must provide written documentation from at least one air carrier committing to initiate air carrier service on a certain date

Question 17

(139.103) To make a change in the AOC these steps must be completed

Answer 17

1. If an airport operator wishes to voluntarily surrender its AOC, the form of an official notice to the FAA should be on an airport letterhead and signed by the certificate holder
2. The AOC should also accompany this surrender notice
3. If there is a modification to the Class Certificate, there will be changes required in the airport’s ACM
4. After the ACM has been approved for modifications tot he Class Certificate, the FAA will update the airport status

Question 18

What is Part 139.105

Answer 18

Inspection Authority. Specifically states that the FAA or the Administrator can make regular, including unannounced, inspections

Refusal on the part of an airport certificate holder on their representative will result in a violation of Part 139 and legal enforcement action

Question 19

What is Part 139.107

Answer 19

presents the guidelines for the issuance of an Airport Operating Certificate

FAA takes several factors into consideration when determining the Class: letter of intent from the air carrier, aircraft size number of passenger seats, and number of operations per day or within a 3-month period, and ARFF requirements for the aircraft and intended purpose

Question 20

49 CFR Part 1542, Airport Security

Answer 20

Embodies the key security requirements for commercial Airport Operators. It includes the role and responsibilities of the Airport Security Coordinators, access control systems, personnel identification systems including the Criminal History record Check process, law enforcement personnel and response requirements, contingency planning and incident response. Critical to this area is the identification and use of Security Areas and Barriers

Question 21

Advisory Circulars

Answer 21

FAA issues these to inform of non-regulatory materials, they are not binding to the public. An AC is issued to provide guidance an information in a designated subject area or to show a method acceptable to the Administrator for complying with a related Federal Aviation Regulation

Question 22

AOA

Answer 22

any area of an airport used or intended to be used for landing, takeoff, or surface maneuvering of an aircraft. The AOA included movement and nonmovement areas

Question 23

ACM

Answer 23

FAA approved manual required of airports servicing scheduled passenger-carrying operations of an air carrier aircraft designed for more than nine passenger seats or unscheduled passenger-carrying operations of an air carrier aircraft designed for a t least 31 passenger seat’s. The ACM contains a description of operating procedures, facilities and equipment, responsibility assignments, and any other information needed by personnel concerned with operating the airport in order to comply with subpart D of Part 139

Question 24

Airport Certified Employee

Answer 24

designation obtained from AAAE signifying in0debth knowledge in one or more of four areas - ops, airfield lighting maintenance, security, and communications

Question 25

Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)

Answer 25

and industry driven, applied research program that develops near-term, practical solutions to problems faced by airport operators. ACRP is managed by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the national academies and sponsored by the FAA

Question 26

Airport Improvment Program

Answer 26

provides grants to public agencies– and sometimes private owners and entities– for the planning and development of public-use airports that are included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport systems (NPIAS)

Question 27

Airport Master Record

Answer 27

FAA is authorized to collect, maintain, and disseminate accurate, complete, and timely airport data for the safe and efficient movement of people and goods through air transportation. The FAA accomplishes this through the Airport Safety Data Program, which is the FAAs primary means for gathering aeronautical information on landing facilities

Question 28

Airports District Office (ADO)

Answer 28

field office of an faa regional office airports division

Question 29

Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)

Answer 29

serve as the nations primary surface weather observing system. measures meteorological conditions and transmits hourly and special observations via computer-generated voice directly to an aircraft via radio

Question 30

Automatic Weather Observation System (AWOS)

Answer 30

automatically measures meteorological parameters, analyzes via computer, and broadcasts aviation weather reports which can be received by aircraft 10,000ft and 25NM from the AWOS

Question 31

Aviation routine weather report (METAR)

Answer 31

format for reporting weather information predominatly used by pilots. Taken once an hour

Question 32

capacity

Answer 32

the ability of an airport component to handle a given volume or magnitude of traffic within a specified time period

Question 33

Continuous serveilance inspections

Answer 33

inspection of those activities and facilities that have been identified to require continuous surveillance, typically inspected any time personnel are in the air operations area

Question 34

delay

Answer 34

length of time an operation is postponed from its schedule, also known as the difference between constrained and unconstrained operating time

Question 35

Federally Obligated Airports

Answer 35

Airports that have accepted federal assistance, either in the form of grants or property conveyances. As a result of accepting this federal assistance, these airports are obligated to the federal government in the form of numerous grant assurances, known as Airport Sponsor Assurances

Question 36

Flight Service Station

Answer 36

under contract per FAA, Lockheed Martin provides flight service functions: pre-flight, inflight operational and specials services, en route communications, search and rescue, pre and in flight meteorological and aeronautical briefings, development translation processing and coordination of aeronautical meteorological an aviation information, and support of air shows, conventions and other aviation events

Question 37

grant assurance

Answer 37

when airport owners or sponsors, planning agencies, or other organizations accept funds from FAA-administered airport financial assistance programs, they must agree to certain obligations or assurance. These obligations require the recipients to maintain and operate their facilities safely and efficiently and in accordance with specified conditions. The assurance may be attached to the application or the grant for federal assistance and becoming part of the final grant offer or in restrictive covenants to property deeds. The duration of these obligations depends on the type of recipient, the useful life for the facility being developed, and other conditions stipulated in the assurances

Question 38

ground delay

Answer 38

used to hold traffic at the departure airport when airspace or airfield capacity is expected to be reduced at the designation airport. Primary tool for limiting the number of arrivals at an airport

Question 39

ground stop

Answer 39

used as a last resort, held on the ground for an unknown period of time

Question 40

Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS)

Answer 40

provides automated, value added weather forecasts, by providing automated weather information for use 60 miles around the airport. it provides a comprehensive current weather situation and highly accurate forecasts of expected weather conditions for 30 min in the future

Question 41

International Civil Aviation Organization

Answer 41

agency of the United Nations that codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth, headquartered in Quebec

Question 42

Large Hub airport

Answer 42

commercial service airports that each account for at least 1 percent of total us passenger enplanements. almost 9.3 million

Question 43

Low level windshear alert system (LLWS)

Answer 43

involves remote sensor station sites situated around an airport that measure wind speed and direction transmitted to a master station. this generates warnings when windshear or microburst conditions are detected

Question 44

medium hub airport

Answer 44

commercial service airport that each account for .25 to 1 percent of total US passenger enplanements. between 2.3 and 9.3 million

Question 45

national airspace system

Answer 45

the common network of US airspace, nav facilities, equipment and services, airports or landing areas, aeronautical charts, information, and services, rules, regulations, procedures, technical information, and manpower and material

Question 46

next-generation radar (NEXRAD)

Answer 46

a network of high-resolution doppler weather radar operated by the NWS. NEXRAD detects precipitation and atmospheric movement or wind. it returns data which can be displayed in a mosaic map that shows patterns of precipitation and its movement

Question 47

practical capacity

Answer 47

number of aircraft operations an airfield can accommodate with no more than some agreed upon or acceptable amount of average delay. practical capacity is always less that throughput capacity and is a subjective value judgment about how much delay is tolerable

Question 48

periodic condition inspection

Answer 48

inspection of activities and facilities conducted on a regularly scheduled basis, but less frequently than daily. the time interval could be weekly, monthly, or quarterly, depending on the activity or facility