Bonus
Airport Information
Runway Markings/Weather
Airport Signs
Airport Lighting
100
Standardized series of steps performed from take-off to landing
What is flight profile.
100

Depicts useful information such as radio frequencies, obstructions, airports, and airspace boundaries.

What is an aeronautical chart?

100
Three wind direction indicators
What is wind socks, wind tees, tetrahedrons.
100
Black with white numbers; tells distance remaining on the runway.
What is Runway Distance Remaining.
100

Red lights marking the end of a runway.

What is end of runway lights.

200
The policy controlling the noise impact of an airport on the surrounding community.
What is noise abatement.
200

A message to pilots that indicates hazards at an airport?

What is a NOTAM?

200
The runway heading of a runway facing 130 degrees.
What is 13
200
Red with white characters, tells of runway entrances and prohibited/critical areas.
What is a mandatory sign.
200
White lights denoting the edge of a runway.
What is edge lights.
300
A set of indicators providing traffic pattern information to airborne pilots.
What is a segmented circle.
300
Provides current airport information to pilots, including winds, altimeter, hazards, and weather.
What is ATIS?
300
The type of runway that gives left/right as well as up/down information.
What is a precision instrument runway.
300
Black with yellow characters; identifies locations and boundaries.
What is a location sign.
300
A complex Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)
What is Tri-Color VASI
400
The rectangular virtual path above an airport facilitating/controlling the flow of airborne planes.
What is a traffic pattern.
400

Provides comprehensive non-graphic information to pilots and complements the aeronautical chart.

What is a chart supplement.

400
Surrounds the wind direction indicators.
What is the segmented circle.
400
Yellow background with black characters; gives directions.
What is a direction sign.
400
A Tri-Color VASI with different colors and pulsing lights.
What is Pulse Light Approach Slope Indicator and Precision Approach Path Indicator (PLASI and PAPI).
500
FAA facility providing pilots with weather briefings and flight plans.
What is Flight Service Station (FSS)
500

This system is similar to ATIS but is not monitored by a human.

What is ASOS.

500
The runway heading of a south-facing runway.
What is 18.
500
Yellow with black characters; gives directions to special locations.
What is a destination sign.
500
Bright white strobe lights that show the end of the runway in reduced visibility.
What is Runway End Identifier Lights (REIL).
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