Course 2 Section 2 Airport Layouts Traffic and Lighting

Question 1

Aerodrome VS Airport

Answer 1

Question 2

What is the Apron?

Answer 2

Question 3

Airport Intersection?

Answer 3

Any point where two runways, two taxiways or a runway and a taxiway cross of meet

Question 4

Airport Helipad

Answer 4

Designated area for takeoff and landing of helicoperts. Could be located in the Apron or its own separate area

Question 5

Manoeuvring area

Answer 5

Question 6

Movement Area

Answer 6

Question 7

Runway Numbering

Answer 7

01 - 36, corresponding to compass direction in relation to MAGNETIC NORTH. Round to the nearest ten degrees then drop the last digit

to get the opposite runway number add 18 if the runway is between 01 and 18. and subtract 18 if between 19 and 36

Question 8

Ground Traffic

Answer 8

Ground traffic is all traffic, other than aircraft, on the manoeuvring and runway protected areas, such as vehicles, equipment and personnel

Generally speaking, taxiways are used to move ground traffic, and runways are limited to arriving and departing aircraft. In some instances, runways may also be used to move ground traffic; however, this poses a risk of conflict with aircraft landing and taking off

Question 9

Responsibility for traffic movement - ATC vs FSS

Answer 9

FSS- authority to issue instructions to vehicles, but not to aircraft. Vehicle operators must adhere to the instructions recieved from FSS, while pilots inform FSS of their intentions. Based on the information given to FSS from pilots, FFS manages the traffic in the safest and most efficient way

ATC - has the authority to issue instructions to both vehicles and aircraft

Question 10

CARS 602.96 (3)

Answer 10

Question 11

Parts of the circuit

Answer 11

Downwind Leg
Base Leg
Final Approach Leg
Crosswind Leg

Departure and Overshoot Path
Upwind Side

Question 12

Downwind Leg

Answer 12

Question 13

Base Leg

Answer 13

Question 14

Final Approach Leg

Answer 14

Question 15

Crosswind Leg

Answer 15

Question 16

Departure and Overshoot Path

Answer 16

Question 17

Upwind Side

Answer 17

Question 18

Circuits - Standard Procedure for Landing at an Airport

Answer 18

Question 19

Circuits - Right hand circuits

Answer 19

Normally, circuits are left-hand turns, meaning the direction of turns the aircraft makes while in the circuit is always left.

However, air traffic control may elect to use a non-standard circuit (ie a right hand circuit) in order to provide a safer and more expeditious and orderly flow of airport traffic.

CARs make allowances for right hand turns to be used

A right hand circuit may be used to
- Avoid populated areas
- avoid obstructions or terrain
- Allow the controller to have a better view of traffic due to the positioning of the tower on the field and the configuration of control positions
- provide a more expeditious flow of traffic
- provide a more orderly flow of traffic

Question 20

Clearance Limits

Answer 20

If the aircraft is inbound for an airport with an air traffic control unit, the pilot will be given a clearance limit that corresponds with a point in the circuit or a physical landmark the pilot is familiar with. A clearance limit is the point to which an aircraft is granted an ATC clearance

Question 21

Traffic Movement in Circuit - FSS vs ATC

Answer 21

FSS - flight service specialists do not have the authority to issue instructions to aircraft, therefore they cannot instruct pilots to join the circuit via a certain leg. Instead, a pilot informs the FSS of how they intend to join the circuit and the specialist then provides the pilot with information, including any details on any other aircraft whose flight path might conflict with the pilot’s state route

ATC - Air traffic controllers have the authority to issue instructions to aircraft and must do so to ensure separation. The controller normally instructs a pilot to join the leg that uses the shortest route to get to the airport while minimizing the possibility of a conflict with another aircraft

Question 22

Noise Abatement

Answer 22

Many airports have established noise abatement procedures. CARs contain specific rules designed to protect residents living near airports

Question 23

Night

Answer 23

Night is the period of time during any day that starts at the end of evening civil twilight nd ends at the start of morning civil twlight

Question 24

Lighting: Precision vs Non Precision approach

Answer 24

Lighting configurations will be different depending on whether the runway has a precision approach or non-precision approach

Question 25

Obstruction Lights

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Approach lights

Answer 26

Approach lights help pilots align aircraft with the runway. There are various types of approach light systems

Question 27

Runway Touchdown Zone Lighting

Answer 27

Runway touchdown zone lights identify the touchdown zone for landing. The lights are unidirectional, showing only in the direction of approach to landing

Question 28

Runway threshold and end lights

Answer 28

Runway threshold lights are placed across the ends of a runway or landing strip to indicate its usable limits. Runway end lights are fixed unidirectional lights located near the runway extremity and showing red in the direction of the runway

Question 29

Runway Edge Lights

Answer 29

Runway edge lights appear at the runway edges along the full length of the runway, except at intersections with other runways or taxiways

Question 30

Runway Centre line lighting

Answer 30

Runway centreline lights facilitate landing when visbility is obscured

Question 31

Runway threshold identification Lights

Answer 31

runway threshold identification lights (RTILs) are required when the terrain does not allow for the installation of approach lights or here other lighting conditions reduce the effects of the approach lights. They are often used in marginal or reduced visibility conditions

Question 32

Taxiway lighting

Answer 32

There are three types of taxiway lighting on a taxiway
-taxiway edge lights in blue
-intersection of taxiway and apron lights in yellow
-centreline taxiway lights in green

Question 33

Rapid Exit Taxiway lighting

Answer 33

To reduce the aircraft occupancy time, some airports provide rapid exit taxiways. These are lit in alternating green and yellow lights

Question 34

Lighting Configurations

Answer 34