FAA figures/8080-2H/Figure 48

Figure 48: Airport diagram

FAA-CT-8080-2H · Sport, Recreational, Private & Remote Pilot supplement · asked on the Private Pilot test

FAA Figure 48Airport diagramFAA-CT-8080-2H · Sport, Recreational, Private & Remote Pilot supplement
How to read it: Lettered areas mark runway segments (displaced threshold, blast pad, stopway) and taxiways. A displaced threshold may be used for taxi, takeoff and landing rollout, not for landing.

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  1. Question 1 · Private Pilot

    (Refer to FAA-CT-8080-2H, Figure 48.) The portion of the runway identified by the letter A may be used for

    • A.landing.
    • B.taxiing and takeoff.
    • C.taxiing and landing.
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    Correct: B. taxiing and takeoff.

    Area A on Figure 48 is the paved runway section before Runway 12's threshold, marked with white arrows along the centerline and arrowheads ahead of the threshold bar. That is a displaced threshold. Per AIM 2-3-3 and PHAK Ch. 14, the pavement behind a displaced threshold is available for taxiing and for takeoffs in either direction. An aircraft landing on Runway 12 may not touch down there; only the rollout of an aircraft landing in the opposite direction may use it. So it is correctly described as usable for taxiing and takeoff, not for landing.

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