Airfield Operations Specialists

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct inspections of the airport property and perimeter to maintain controlled access to airfields.
• Maintain air-to-ground and point-to-point radio contact with aircraft commanders.
• Coordinate with agencies, such as air traffic control, civil engineers, or command posts, to ensure support of airfield management activities.
• Plan and coordinate airfield construction.
• Post visual display boards and status boards.
• Relay departure, arrival, delay, aircraft and airfield status, and other pertinent information to upline controlling agencies.
• Receive and post weather information and flight plan data, such as air routes or arrival and departure times.
• Perform and supervise airfield management activities, including mobile airfield management functions.
• Collaborate with others to plan flight schedules and air crew assignments.
• Assist in responding to aircraft and medical emergencies.
• Train operations staff.
• Check military flight plans with civilian agencies.
• Conduct departure and arrival briefings.
• Manage wildlife on and around airport grounds.
• Coordinate changes to flight itineraries with appropriate Air Traffic Control (ATC) agencies.
• Receive, transmit, and control message traffic.
• Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.
• Maintain flight and event logs, air crew flying records, and flight operations records of incoming and outgoing flights.
• Monitor the arrival, parking, refueling, loading, and departure of all aircraft.
• Procure, produce, and provide information on the safe operation of aircraft, such as flight planning publications, operations publications, charts and maps, or weather information.
• Provide aircrews with information and services needed for airfield management and flight planning.
• Coordinate communications between air traffic control and maintenance personnel.
• Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
• Initiate or conduct airport-wide coordination of snow removal on runways and taxiways.
• Anticipate aircraft equipment needs for air evacuation and cargo flights.
• Coordinate with agencies to meet aircrew requirements for billeting, messing, refueling, ground transportation, and transient aircraft maintenance.
• Use airfield landing and navigational aids and digital data terminal communications equipment to perform duties.