AIRPORT ENGINEERING QUIZ

Airport elevation is the reduced level above M.S.L. of

Highest point of the landing area

None of these

Control tower

Lowest point of the landing area

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An aircraft is flying in an atmosphere of 30°C with a speed of 1260 kmph. Its speed is known as

Sonic

Mach

Super-sonic

Subsonic

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Zero fuel weight of an aircraft is:

Equal to sum of empty operating weight and the maximum pay load

Equal to empty operating weight

Equal to maximum landing weight

Less than empty operating weight

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The slope of the obstruction clearance line from the boundary of the heliport should be

0.069444444444444

0.043055555555556

0.045138888888889

0.047222222222222

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If the monthly mean of average daily temperature for the hottest month of the year is 25°C and the monthly mean of the maximum daily temperature of the same month of the year is 46°C, the airport reference temperature is

35.5°C

32°C

25°C

48°C

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The length of clear zone for none instrument runway of a small aircraft is

750 m

150 m

300 m

600 m

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A gradient of + 0.08% is followed by a gradient of - 0.07%. If the permissible rate of change of grade is 0.003 per 30 meters, the length of the transition curve, is

175 m

160 m

150 m

140 m

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The size of landing area for multi engine helicopters operating under 1 FR conditions is

22.5 m × 30 m

30 m × 30 m

22.5 m × 22.5 m

60 m × 120 m

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The threshold markings are

1 m clear space between adjacent

Placed symmetrically on either side of the runway centre line

All listed here

4 m wide

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The centre to centre spacing of heliport lighting along the periphery of landing and takeoff area should be

5.0 m

2.5 m

7.5 m

10.0 m

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