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What was the very first type of terminal?

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Centralized

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What did centralized terminals become known as?

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Simple-unit terminals

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When did the pier finger concept evolve?

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1950s

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What’s a pier finger terminal?

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Gate concourse are added to simple-unit terminal buildings

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When was the mobile lounge introduced?

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1962

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At what airport was the mobile lounge first introduced?

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Washington Dulles International

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Airports incorporating features of tow or more of the basic configurations are called?

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Hybrid terminal geometries

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What are the five major aircraft parking types?

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Nose-in
Angled nose-in
Angled nose-out
Parallell
Remote
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What’s the most efficient way of A/C parking?

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Nose-in

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What’s single-lane taxiways?

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Where there exists sufficient room for one aircraft to taxi

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What’s dual-lane taxiways?

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Where there is sufficient room for two aircraft to taxi

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What’s the turnaround time also known as?

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Gate occupancy time

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What are the three most common types of gate usage agreements?

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Exclusive use
Shared use
Preferential use

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What’s the advantage of exclusive gate use agreement?

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Give the aircarrier maximum flexibility when planning flight schedules

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What’s the disadvantage of exclusive gate use agreements?

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Inefficiencies in overall gate use

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Shared-use agreements of gates are usually done by?

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Air carriers with relatively few operations at the airport

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What are signatory carriers?

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Air carriers signing exclusive-use agreements for a premium and for a long contracted period of time

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If you have less than 50 pax how fast can the turn around time be?

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15 min

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What’s a Gantt chart?

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Graphical representation of the utilization of aircraft gates over a given period of time

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What’s the advantage of a Gantt chart?

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Visual identification of inefficiencies

Potential conflicts

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What’s one of the greatest challenges of managing airport terminal operations?

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Accommodating the necessary and desired processing needs of a wide spectrum of passengers

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What’s the job of TSA?

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Pax and baggage security screening

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What’s the most challenging of all processing at the airports?

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Security screening

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What is the single largest passenger processing component at many airports within the terminal?

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Security screening

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Who's responsible for baggage handling?
At most airports: responsibility of the individual air carrier
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What's the no.1 vehicle of choice to get to the airport?
Car
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What is the most used vehicle to get to the airport outside the US?
Train
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What effect has the ability to access an airport over another on pax?
Which airport pax will use
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What's vital to the ultimate success of an airport?
Identify the airports capture area and coordinate an effective ground access system
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For what period of time do 75% of the people park?
3 hours or less
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What are on-airport consolidated rental car facilities?
Combine the operations of several rental car companies, providing central locations for reservations, automobile pickup and drop-off and vehicle inventory Access to consolidated car rental facilities is provided by the airport
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What's the terminal curb?
Provides temporary vehicle parking during passenger transition Pax enter or leave some for of ground transportation
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What's dwell time?
The time vehicles stop on the curb for loading and unloading
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When did airport security first become an issue?
1930s
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When did the first fatal aircraft hijacking take place?
1947 when Romanians killed an aircrew member
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When did the first criminal violence against a US carrier occur?
1 Nov 1955 Jack Graham placed a bomb in his mothers luggage Killed all 33 people
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What did the rise of Fidel Castro do?
Significant increase in the number of hijackings first by people leaving Cuba, then by people who wanted to go to Cuba
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When were the peak years of hijackings?
1968-72
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When did the first airport security regulations kick in?
1972
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What did the airlines do at first do combat hijackings?
Developed a hijacker profile and and used metal detectors
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What part were the first airport security regulations?
Part 107
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What did the first security programs have to contain?
Listing of air operations area Identification of areas with littler or no protections against unauthorized access A plan to upgrade security
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What was addressed in part 108?
Screening of carry on luggage
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What's positive passenger baggage matching (PPBM)?
Reconcile boarded pax with their checked-in baggage
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When did air marshals become permanent?
1985
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What changes are due to the aviation and transportation security act (ATSA)?
TSA
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When did the ATSA go into effect?
10 Dec 2001
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Under what part do the ATSA regulations fall?
Part 49
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What's the light weight A/C rule?
12,500lbs
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Airport expenses can be classified as?
Capital improvement expenses | Operation and maintenance
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What are capital improvement expenses?
Very large Periodic Contribute to significant airport infrastructure improvement or expansion
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What are operation and maintenance expenses?
Regular basis | Required to maintain the current operations at the airport
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What's lump sum appropriation?
Simplest form of budget Generally only utilized by small GA airports No restrictions on how money can be spent Most flexible form of budgeting
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What's an appropriation by activity budget?
Appropriated expenses are planned according to major work area or activity Establish capital and operating expense budgets for particular areas Permits flexibility for changing conditions
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What's a line-item budget?
Most detailed form of budgeting Used at large commercial airports Budgets are established for each item and often adjusted to take into consideration changes in volume
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What's the residual cost approach?
One or more air carriers assume financial risk by agreeing to pay any costs of running the airport
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What's the compensatory cost approach?
Operator assumes financial risk of running the airport and charges the air carriers fees and rents to recover the actual cost of the facilities and services
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Where did landing fees come from?
???
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How do you determine who to charge what?
Weight of the A/C
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What may AIP funds used for?
Airport planning Airport development Airport capacity enhancement Noise compatibility programs
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What must an airport be part of to use AIP funds?
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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What's the purpose of the NPIAS?
Identify those public-use airports that are essential to providing a safe and efficient air traffic system
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How is the AIP financed?
Through user fees and taxes from those who benefit from the services
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How are AIP funds awarded?
80% paid by government | 20% paid by airport
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How are the 20% of the AIP funds covered?
State and local funding Bond issues Airport revenues
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How much are PFCs right now?
$4.5

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