AIRPORT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT - Chapter 5 1) How did the implementation of radar affect the nation’s air traffic control system? 2

AIRPORT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT - Chapter 5

1) How did the implementation of radar affect the nation’s air traffic control system?

2. How is the current administrative operating structure of air traffic control organized in the United States?

3. What is the ATCSCC? What purpose does the ATCSCC serve in the ATC systems?

4. What are the different classes of airspace that exist in the current NAS? How do these classes vary in location and air traffic control regulations?

5. What purposes to ATCTs serve at airports?

6. How do contract towers differ from federal air traffic control towers?

7. What are the different types of special-use airspace? How does each affect the movement of aircraft in their vicinity?

8. What are TFRs? Why have TFRs been implemented? How do TFRs affect airspace and the air traffic control system?

9. What is free flight? How does free flight expect to change aircraft navigation through the NAS?

10. How does GPS work?

11. What technologies exist that enhance the capabilities of GPS?

12. What are the technological enhancements to communications associated with NAS modernization?

13. What is Automated Dependent Surveillance (ADS)? How does ADS-A differ from ADS-B?

14. What types of weather reporting technologies are being developed to improve the safety and efficiency of aircraft traveling in the NAS?

15. What are some of the air traffic management strategies being developed to enhance aircraft movement through the NAS?