7. Operations and Regulation

Flight Ops — Quiz

Test your understanding of flight ops with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

For a flight requiring trip fuel of 2000 kg, contingency fuel at 5 % of trip fuel, alternate fuel of 600 kg, and final reserve fuel of 45 minutes at 800 kg/h, what is the total fuel required? Show your calculation.

Question 2

Given an aircraft with empty weight 18 000 kg at arm 2000 mm, payload 5000 kg at arm 4000 mm, and fuel 3000 kg at arm 1500 mm, what is the loaded center of gravity (CG) arm? Show your calculation.

Question 3

If a flight must clear a 300 ft obstacle with 50 ft of minimum clearance at 1 NM from the runway end, what climb gradient (in ft/NM) is required?

Question 4

A flight can be routed 500 NM at FL350 with a 20 kt tailwind or 550 NM at FL370 with a 20 kt headwind. Cruise TAS is 450 kt. Which routing yields the shorter flight time? Show your calculation.

Question 5

A flight is dispatched under ETOPS-120 approval but the most distant en-route alternate is 125 minutes away at cruise speed. Is this dispatch ETOPS-compliant?