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1.01 Aerodromes Flashcards

1
Q

What is an airport?

A

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

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2
Q

What is a manoeuvring area?

A

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

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3
Q

Is the apron included in the manoeuvring area?

A

No

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4
Q

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

A

15+ knots

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5
Q

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

A

30 Degrees

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6
Q

What does it mean if the wind sock is fluttering?

A

Its ‘gusty’ out

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7
Q

What is the max distance aerodrome lights may be apart?

A

200 feet (61 m)

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8
Q

What do BLACK aerodrome lights mean?

A

Runway

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9
Q

What colour are runway lights?

A

BLACK

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10
Q

What do blue aerodrome light signify?

A

Taxiway

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11
Q

What colous are taxiway lights?

A

BLUE

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12
Q

What do orange aerodrome lights mean?

A

Apron

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13
Q

What colour are apron lights

A

Orange

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14
Q

What do green aerodrome lights signify?

A

Approach

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15
Q

What colour are approach lights?

A

Green

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16
Q

What do red aerodrome lights mean?

A

End

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17
Q

What colour are end lights?

A

Red

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18
Q

What do runway numbers represent?

A

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

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19
Q

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

A

23

20
Q

What heading would the runway 18 have?

A

180

21
Q

How do you find the reciprocal heading of a runway?

A

Add/subtract 180

22
Q

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

A

Multiple runways eith the same heading; Left Centre Right

23
Q

A steady green ground light means what?

A

Cleared for takeoff

24
Q

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

A

Steady Green

25
Q

What does a flashing green ground signal mean?

A

Cleared to taxi

26
Q

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

A

Flashing green

27
Q

What does a steady red ground signal mean?

A

Stop

28
Q

What ground signal means stop

A

Steady red

29
Q

What does a flashing red ground signal mean?

A

Taxi clear of runway

30
Q

What ground signal means taxi clear of runway

A

Flashing red

31
Q

What does a flashing white ground signal mean?

A

Return to starting point at airport

32
Q

What ground signal means return to starting point on airport

A

Flashing white

33
Q

What does a red and green alternating ground signal mean?

A

Exercise extreme caution

34
Q

What signal means exercise extreme caution

A

Red alternating green

35
Q

What is an aerodrome?

A

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

36
Q

What does a steady green air signal mean?

A

Cleared to Land

37
Q

What does a flashing green air signal mean?

A

Return for landing

38
Q

What does a steady red air signal mean?

A

Give way - continue circling

39
Q

What does a flashing red air signal mean?

A

Airport Unsafe - Do Not Land

40
Q

What does a red alt. green air signal mean?

A

Exercise extreme caution

41
Q

What do red pyrotechnics mean?

A

Do not land - wait for permission

42
Q

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

A

Steady Green

43
Q

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

A

Flashing Green

44
Q

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

A

Steady Red

45
Q

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

A

Flashing Red

46
Q

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

A

Red alt. green

47
Q

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

A

Red Pyrotechnics

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