40 Questions
What requires airfield safety and inspection programs?
Title 14 CFR Part 139 Airport Certification
_____ helps to manage safety risks through systematic procedures, practices and policies.
Safety Management System (SMS)
What communicates management's commitment to safety and the assurance that safety constantly is being monitored and evaluated by all employees and other airport stakeholders?
The Safety Policy
The use of _____ techniques in risk identification, assessment, mitigation and tracking are the principal methods for enhancing or increasing an airport's safety record.
Safety Risk Management (SRM)
Who is the designated individual responsible for implementing and overseeing the SMS processes at airports from a policy perspective?
Accountable Executive
The main goal of _____ is to create a "safety culture" that allows the SMS to succeed.
Safety Promotion
What is the aspect of SMS that comes with internal and external audits and corrective actions providing feedback on implemented risk mitigation strategies?
Safety Assurance
What does Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139 Certification of Airports address?
The minimum safety and maintenance standards for airports.
An Airport Operating Certificate (AOC) is required when an airport reaches how many passenger enplanements?
2,500
What type of airport serves all types of scheduled operations of air carrier aircraft, including small scheduled, large, and any other type of air carrier operations, and must comply with all Part 139 requirements?
Class I
What type of airport serves only unscheduled operations of large air carrier aircraft?
Class IV
What type of airport serves only scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft?
Class III
What type of airport serves scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft and unscheduled operations of large air carrier aircraft and are not permitted to serve scheduled large air carrier operations?
Class II
What typically identifies unusual operational characteristics, such as when air carrier operations are limited to specific runways or load-bearing weights due to pavement strength?
Limitations
What provides relief to an airport operator from a particular requirement of Part 139?
Exemptions
What occurs when an airport must deviate from a regulatory requirement under Part 139 due to emergency conditions.
Deviations
What is the central purpose of the Airport Certification Manual (ACM)?
To be a reference document for airport personnel on maintaining a safe airport and complying with federal regulations
A proposed amendment to its Airport Certification Manual to the Regional Airports Division Manager requires at least how many days before the proposed effective date?
30 days
What enables an airport operator to conduct uninterrupted day-to-day airport operations in compliance with Part 139 standards?
An effective self-inspection program
Part 139 requires those individuals with necessary access to the Movement Area to be trained every ____ consecutive calendar months.
12
Part 139 requires individuals with airfield self-inspection responsibilities to be trained in those duties every how many consecutive calendar months?
12
What can be laid without expansion joints and is generally less expensive and faster, but it requires higher maintenance?
Asphalt
What type of pavement is characterized by being poured into distinctive slabs that require seams or joints to allow for expansion and contraction, resulting in higher cost?
Concrete
What includes any regular or recurring work necessary to sustaining airport pavement in good condition?
Pavement Management Program
How many years of structural life is airport pavement traditionally engineered for?
20
What is a rating of the surface condition of the pavement and indicates the functional capability of the surface course?
Pavement Condition Index
What are the two causes of pavement deterioration?
Environmental and Structural
What occurs between the cement paste and the surface aggregate, forming a layer of silica-gel?
Alkali-Silica Reaction
What assists airports in finding optimum strategies for maintaining pavements in a safe, serviceable condition over a given period for the least cost?
Pavement Management Program
According to the FAA, every $1 spent for preventative maintenance early in the life of the pavement is equivalent to how much spent in repairs later in the life of the pavement?
$4 - $5
What is the classification system that provides a standardized international airplane/pavement rating system?
Aircraft Classification Number/Pavement Classification Number
The Aircraft Classification Number/Pavement Classification Number system only applies to pavements with bearing strengths of how much?
12,500 pounds or higher
Part 139 requires a daily inspection of airport pavements in the _____.
Movement Area
What are either mechanical or electrical and are used to assess the friction properties of runways?
Decelerometers
What devices provide a continuous, graphic record of the pavement surface friction characteristics with friction averages for each one-third portion of a runway length?
Continuous Friction Measuring Equipment
Airport operators use what to categorize runway conditions and friction measurements, while pilots use it to interpret reported braking actions and the overall runway condition?
Runway Condition Assessment Matrix
What improves how the aviation community assesses runway conditions based on contaminant type and depth, which provides an aircraft operator with the correct information to anticipate airplane braking performance?
Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment
What is used to assess surfaces, report contaminants present, and determine the numerical value based on the Runway Condition Assessment Matrix?
Runway Condition Codes
What are necessary for the safety areas?
Signs, lights and navigational aids
What provides relevant information to pilots, air traffic controllers, and vehicle operators on the airfield, specifically in the Movement Area?
Airport signs, markings and lights
Study Notes
Airport Safety and Certification
- Airfield safety and inspection programs require a Safety Management System (SMS) to manage safety risks through systematic procedures, practices, and policies.
- SMS helps to create a "safety culture" that allows the SMS to succeed.
SMS Implementation and Oversight
- The Accountable Manager is the designated individual responsible for implementing and overseeing the SMS processes at airports from a policy perspective.
SMS Components
- The use of risk assessment, mitigation, and tracking techniques are the principal methods for enhancing an airport's safety record.
- Continuous monitoring and evaluation through internal and external audits and corrective actions provide feedback on implemented risk mitigation strategies.
Airport Certification
- Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139 addresses the certification of airports.
- An Airport Operating Certificate (AOC) is required when an airport reaches 2,500 passenger enplanements.
Airport Types and Classification
- A commercial service airport serves all types of scheduled operations of air carrier aircraft, including small scheduled, large, and any other type of air carrier operations, and must comply with all Part 139 requirements.
- A non-primary commercial service airport serves only unscheduled operations of large air carrier aircraft.
- A reliever airport serves only scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft.
- A non-hub airport serves scheduled operations of small air carrier aircraft and unscheduled operations of large air carrier aircraft and are not permitted to serve scheduled large air carrier operations.
Airport Certification Manual (ACM)
- The Airport Certification Manual (ACM) is a document that outlines the airport's procedures and policies to comply with Part 139 requirements.
- Any amendments to the ACM require a minimum of 30 days' notice before the proposed effective date.
Airport Operations
- Part 139 requires a daily inspection of airport pavements in the Movement Area.
- Training for individuals with airfield self-inspection responsibilities is required every 12 consecutive calendar months.
Pavement Management
- Pavement management involves regular or recurring work necessary to sustain airport pavement in good condition.
- Airport pavement is traditionally engineered for 20 years of structural life.
- The two causes of pavement deterioration are chemical and physical factors.
Pavement Maintenance
- Preventative maintenance is crucial, as every $1 spent early in the life of the pavement is equivalent to $6 spent in repairs later in the life of the pavement.
- The Aircraft Classification Number/Pavement Classification Number system provides a standardized international airplane/pavement rating system.
Runway Condition Reporting
- Airport operators use the Runway Condition Assessment Matrix to categorize runway conditions and friction measurements.
- The Runway Condition Assessment Matrix improves how the aviation community assesses runway conditions based on contaminant type and depth, providing an aircraft operator with the correct information to anticipate airplane braking performance.
- The matrix is used to assess surfaces, report contaminants present, and determine the numerical value based on the Runway Condition Assessment Matrix.
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