AIRPORT ENGINEERING QUIZ

Castor angle is defined as the angle

Between the horizontal and the fuselage axis

Between the direction of wind and the longitudinal axis of the runway

Formed by the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and the direction of movement of the nose gear

Between the true speed of the aircraft and the crosswind component

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Beaufort scale is used to determine

Direction of winds

Height of air-crafts

None of these

Strength of winds

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The runway length after correcting for elevation and temperature is 2845 m. If the effective gradient on runway is 0.5 percent then the revised runway length will be

3030 m

2845 m

2910 m

3130 m

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Zero fuel weight of an aircraft is:

Equal to empty operating weight

Less than empty operating weight

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

Equal to maximum landing weight

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Speed of

Sound at 0°C is called one Mach

Sound varies 2.4 kmph per degree centigrade rise in temperature

Sound at 0°C is 1190 kmph

All listed here

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Maximum gross takeoff weight of an aircraft is

Equal to the maximum structural landing weight

Equal to the empty operating weight plus the payload

Less than the maximum structural landing weight

More than the maximum structural landing weight

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As per UK design criteria, if LCN of aircraft is between 1.25 to 1.5 times the LCN of pavement, then the number of movements allowed are

Unrestricted

Zero

300

3000

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The lift off distance is the distance along the centre of the runway between the starting point and

End of the runway

Point where air craft becomes air borne

Point where air craft attains a height of 10.7 m

End of stop-way

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The best direction of a runway is along the direction of

Longest line on wind rose diagram

None of these

Shortest line on the wind rose diagram

Line clear of wind rose diagram

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For the taxiways, the following statement is true

The maximum longitudinal grade is 3%

The permissible transverse grade is 1.5%

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The permissible rate of change of grade is 1%

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