The document discusses the key components of an airport, including landside and airside areas. It also outlines the skills needed to work airside, such as radio phraseology, situational awareness, and attention to detail. Tests are required, including a 90% written exam pass rate and a driving test. Radio communication procedures are specified, such as identifying who you are speaking to, your call sign, and location before making a request. Different airport signage and lighting are also described.
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3. What Is The Airfield?
Landside
Landside areas include parking lots, public
transportation, train stations and access roads
Airside
Airside areas include all areas accessible to
aircraft, including runways, taxiways and
ramps
5. What Skills Do You Need?
Proper radio phraseology and etiquette
Situational awareness
Keen eye
Attention to detail (ex. a taxiway light out)
6. Tests
90% or greater on written exam
Familiarization
Where is everything located?
Driving Test
Lectures
Detailed lectures on FARs (federal acquisition
regulation), rules, etc.
7. How Do You Talk On The
Radio?
In this order:
Who you are speaking to
Who you are
Location
State Request
Keep it short!!!
EX: Lafayette Tower, 580PU holding short
runway 23, requesting departure to North
8. Airport Signage
RED = contact ATC before proceeding.
Hold short here
BLACK with yellow border = Location
sign
YELLOW = Direction sign
10. Airport Lighting
Taxiway
Edge blue
Centerline green
Runway Guard Lights flash yellow
Runway
End 4 lights, omnidirectional, green
approaching, red from ground
Edge white, yellow with 2000 ft remaining
Centerline white, alternating white/red
2000 ft remaining, red 1000 ft remaining
11. Airport Markings
Taxiway
Centerline solid single yellow line
Edge solid double yellow line
Runway Hold Short Position 4 yellow lines,
2 solid, 2 dashed
Runway
Centerline white lines
TDZ massive white rectangles, 1000 ft.
from beginning of runway
Numbers white, indicates runway heading